Table 6.

Five-year cancer-specific survival (%) and adjusted^‡ hazard ratios in Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal people, males and females, NSW, 1999-2007, with 95% confidence intervals

Cancer site	Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal	Hazard Ratio‡
Persons
Head and neck	48.7 (38.4-58.9)***		65.6 (64.4-66.8)	1.90 (1.46-2.48)***
Stomach	17.1 (5.6-28.6)*		29.6 (28.3-30.9)	1.36 (1.01-1.82)*
Large bowel	50.7 (43.5-57.9)***		64.9 (64.4-65.4)	1.63 (1.35-1.97)***
Pancreas	4.4 (0.0-10.3)		6.7 (6.0-7.5)	1.32 (1.01-1.73)*
Lung	9.2 (5.4-13.1)**		16.3 (15.8-16.9)	1.47 (1.31-1.66)***
Melanoma of skin	90.6 (84.7-96.5)		90.4 (90.0-90.8)	0.98 (0.52-1.84)
All cancers	52.6 (50.3-55.0)***		65.4 (65.2-65.5)	1.62 (1.52-1.73)***
Males
Head and neck	40.7 (28.2-53.2)***		64.7 (63.3-66.2)	2.17 (1.61-2.93)***
Stomach	19.9 (5.7-34.1)		29.6 (28.0-31.3)	1.18 (0.83-1.68)
Large bowel	47.9 (38.1-57.7)*		64.6 (63.8-65.3)	1.74 (1.36-2.22)***
Pancreas	8.0 (0.0-18.4)		6.2 (5.2-7.2)	1.19 (0.81-1.75)
Lung	9.3 (4.3-14.3)*		15.0 (14.4-15.7)	1.43 (1.22-1.67)***
Melanoma of skin	89.0 (80.1-97.9)		88.3 (87.7-88.8)	0.84 (0.37-1.90)
Prostate	77.6 (70.9-84.3)***		87.7 (87.3-88.1)	1.87 (1.37-2.57)***
All cancers	48.8 (45.5-52.1)***		64.1 (63.8-64.4)	1.65 (1.51-1.80)***
Females
Head and neck	67.7 (52.4-83.0)		67.7 (65.5-69.9)	1.28 (0.71-2.30)
Stomach	11.4 (0.0-28.9)*		29.5 (27.3-31.8)	1.98 (1.15-3.40)*
Large bowel	54.6 (43.8-65.3)*		65.3 (64.5-66.1)	1.49 (1.11-2.00)*
Pancreas	8.5 (0.0-19.5)		7.2 (6.1-8.3)	1.46 (0.99-2.15)
Lung	8.9 (2.8-15.1)*		18.7 (17.7-19.6)	1.54 (1.30-1.84)***
Melanoma of skin	92.1 (84.3-99.9)		93.3 (92.8-93.8)	1.35 (0.50-3.64)
Breast	79.1 (74.0-84.2)***		87.8 (87.4-88.2)	1.83 (1.40-2.40)***
Cervix	59.0 (46.0-72.0)*		73.6 (71.5-75.6)	1.96 (1.30-2.96)***
All cancers	56.5 (53.4-59.7)***		66.9 (66.6-67.2)	1.59 (1.45-1.75)***

^‡Adjusted for age and year of diagnosis, and cancer degree of spread.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.001.

^***p < .0001.