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Table 2 One-year and five-year relative survival 1 by Indigenous status and cancer site/type, Australia, 2001-2005

From: Cancer survival for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a national study of survival rates and excess mortality

 

Indigenous

Non-indigenous2

 

Cases

One-year

Five-year

Cases

One-year

Five-year

Cancer site/type

n

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

n

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

Head and neck (C1-14, C30-32)

236

60.3

(53.6-66.4)

32.4

(25.6-39.5)

11 893

86.1

(85.5-86.8)

65.9

(64.9-66.9)

Stomach (C16)

73

39.8

(28.3-51.1)

16.9

(8.0-29.0)

9 349

56.1

(55.1-57.1)

30.7

(29.6-31.7)

Colorectal (C18-20)

306

80.1

(74.8-84.6)

58.5

(50.9-65.7)

62 021

85.6

(85.3-85.9)

66.3

(65.9-66.8)

Anus (C21)

22

73.8

(49.9-88.0)

49.1

(20.9-73.8)

1 304

91.7

(89.9-93.1)

70.4

(67.3-73.4)

Liver (C22)

83

24.8

(16.0-34.6)

11.2

(5.1-20.0)

4 500

43.4

(41.9-44.9)

19.9

(18.5-21.2)

Pancreas (C25)

91

26.3

(17.6-35.9)

11.2

(5.4-19.5)

9 667

27.6

(26.7-28.5)

7.6

(7.0-8.3)

Lung (C33-34)

500

29.4

(25.4-33.5)

9.1

(6.3-12.5)

42 139

43.4

(42.9-43.9)

16.7

(16.3-17.2)

Melanoma (C43)

59

95.6

(84.4-100.7)

73.8

(55.5-88.5)

48 592

97.9

(97.7-98.1)

92.4

(91.9-92.8)

Breast (C50)

420

94.1

(91.0-96.4)

80.1

(74.3-85.2)

59 640

97.9

(97.7-98.0)

89.5

(89.1-89.8)

Cervix (C53)

109

79.8

(70.8-86.5)

57.6

(46.6-67.4)

3 475

90.8

(89.7-91.7)

78.3

(76.7-79.8)

Uterus (C54)

96

85.2

(75.9-91.4)

78.7

(66.7-88.2)

7 969

94.0

(93.5-94.6)

84.6

(83.6-85.7)

Ovary (C56)

53

77.1

(62.9-86.8)

50.1

(33.6-65.1)

5 777

83.5

(82.5-84.5)

53.1

(51.6-54.6)

Prostate (C61)

181

90.4

(84.0-94.9)

83.6

(72.5-93.2)

68 475

97.3

(97.1-97.4)

91.0

(90.6-91.4)

Testis (C62)

25

100.5

(100.5-100.5)

94.5

(73.6-100.5)

3 209

98.8

(98.3-99.2)

96.9

(96.0-97.6)

Kidney (C64)

69

77.5

(65.2-86.3)

68.1

(53.0-80.7)

10 522

84.9

(84.2-85.6)

73.2

(72.1-74.2)

Bladder (C67)

53

61.5

(46.4-74.0)

54.7

(36.1-72.6)

11 270

85.2

(84.5-85.9)

68.1

(66.9-69.2)

Brain (C71)

48

58.9

(43.6-71.4)

42.2

(26.9-56.9)

6 800

64.3

(63.2-65.5)

40.4

(39.2-41.7)

Thyroid (C73)

74

93.0

(83.9-97.5)

85.0

(69.3-94.5)

6 809

97.0

(96.5-97.4)

96.0

(95.3-96.6)

Hodgkin lymphoma (C81)

26

96.8

(76.2-100.1)

100.6

(79.2-104.0)

2 290

96.0

(95.1-96.8)

90.3

(88.8-91.7)

NHL (C82-85, C96)

101

67.4

(56.9-76.1)

52.0

(37.3-65.8)

18 392

85.5

(85.0-86.0)

73.7

(72.9-74.5)

Leukemia (C91-95)

108

64.6

(54.5-73.1)

53.7

(42.7-63.9)

12 864

80.3

(79.5-81.0)

63.9

(62.9-64.9)

Unknown primary (C76-80)

196

29.2

(22.8-35.8)

14.9

(9.9-21.1)

14 997

35.6

(34.9-36.4)

21.3

(20.6-22.1)

Other

363

61.1

(55.7-66.1)

40.3

(34.4-46.2)

42 463

78.5

(78.1-78.9)

57.2

(56.7-57.8)

All cancers (C00-96, D45-47)

3 292

63.8

(62.1-65.5)

46.7

(44.6-48.7)

464 417

83.4

(83.3-83.5)

70.0

(69.8-70.2)

  1. 1Relative survival rate.
  2. 2Age-adjusted to age distribution of Indigenous cases for each cancer site.