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. 2014 Jan 31;12:1. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-12-1

Table 2.

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

 
Indigenous
Non-indigenous 2
 
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)

1Relative survival rate.

2Age-adjusted to age distribution of Indigenous cases for each cancer site.