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Table 5 Time trends: regression analysis 1 of cause-specific mortality in two years after diagnosis for all cancers combined, Australia (excluding Victoria), 1991-2005

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

 

HR2

(95% CI)

Indigenous3

1.54

(1.42-1.66)

Sex

 

 Female

0.95

(0.94-0.95)

Age at diagnosis (per year of age)

 

 Non-indigenous

1.03

(1.03-1.03)

 Indigenous

1.02

(1.02-1.02)

Remoteness (per ARIA category)

 

 Non-indigenous

1.06

(1.06-1.07)

 Indigenous

1.16

(1.13-1.19)

Year of diagnosis (per year)

 

 Non-indigenous

0.98

(0.98-0.98)

 Indigenous

0.99

(0.98-1.00)

  1. 1The model was also adjusted for cancer site (see Additional file 4: Table S5a).
  2. 2Hazard ratio.
  3. 3Applies to the reference categories of the interaction terms (i.e., people of median age 59 years in 2005).
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