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Table 6 Time trends: regression analysis of cause-specific mortality in two years after diagnosis for specific cancers, hazard ratio (95% confidence interval), Australia (excluding Victoria), 1991-2005

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

 

Colorectal

Lung

Breast

Prostate

Indigenous1

1.44

(1.05-1.97)

1.42

(1.21-1.66)

1.66

(1.06-2.61)

5.59

(3.15-9.94)

Sex

        

 Female

1.02

(1.00-1.04)

0.90

(0.89-0.92)

n/a

 

n/a

 

Age at diagnosis

        

 Non-indigenous

1.03

(1.02-1.03)

1.02

(1.02-1.02)

1.04

(1.04-1.04)

1.08

(1.08-1.08)

 Indigenous

1.00

(0.99-1.01)

1.01

(1.01-1.02)

1.00

(0.99-1.02)

1.02

(1.00-1.05)

Remoteness (per ARIA category)

      

 Non-indigenous

1.08

(1.06-1.09)

1.07

(1.06-1.08)

1.06

(1.03-1.10)

1.13

(1.10-1.16)

 Indigenous

1.19

(1.07-1.33)

1.08

(1.03-1.14)

1.29

(1.13-1.48)

1.35

(1.12-1.64)

Year of diagnosis (per year)

      

 Non-indigenous

0.97

(0.97-0.98)

0.99

(0.99-0.99)

0.96

(0.95-0.96)

0.96

(0.95-0.96)

 Indigenous

0.97

(0.94-1.00)

1.00

(0.98-1.02)

0.97

(0.92-1.02)

1.06

(0.99-1.13)

  1. 1Applies to the reference categories of the interaction terms (i.e., people of median age 59 years in 2005).