Table 3.
Competing risk regression models of risk of cancer death by remoteness, socio-economic disadvantage and country of birth category, stratified by diagnostic period (1980–1989, 1990–1999, 2000–2008), NSW 1980–2008
| 1980–1989 (n = 157,400) |
1990–1999 (n = 229, 561) |
2000–2008 (n = 264,236) |
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| Site-adjusteda | Stage-adjustedb | Site-adjusteda | Stage-adjustedb | Site-adjusteda | Stage-adjustedb | |
| Remoteness | SHR (95% CI) | SHR (95% CI) | SHR (95% CI) | SHR (95% CI) | SHR (95% CI) | SHR (95% CI) |
| Major cities | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Inner regional | 0.99 (0.97–1.01) | 1.00 (0.98–1.02) | 1.01 (0.99–1.03) | 1.02 (1.00–1.04) | 1.01 (0.99–1.03) | 1.02 (1.00–1.04) |
| Outer regional/ Remote | 1.03 (1.00–1.06) | 1.04 (1.01–1.07) | 1.06 (1.03–1.09) | 1.07 (1.04–1.09) | 1.03 (1.01–1.06) | 1.03 (1.00–1.06) |
| SEIFA quintile | ||||||
| 1 (least disadvantaged) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1.01 (0.99–1.04) | 1.01 (0.99–1.04) | 1.06 (1.04–1.09) | 1.04 (1.02–1.07) | 1.07 (1.04–1.10) | 1.07 (1.04–1.10) |
| 3 | 1.04 (1.02–1.07) | 1.03 (1.01–1.06) | 1.08 (1.05–1.10) | 1.06 (1.03–1.08) | 1.15 (1.12–1.18) | 1.14 (1.11–1.17) |
| 4 | 1.06 (1.04–1.09) | 1.05 (1.02–1.08) | 1.13 (1.11–1.16) | 1.11 (1.08–1.13) | 1.17 (1.14–1.20) | 1.17 (1.14–1.20) |
| 5 (most disadvantaged) | 1.08 (1.06–1.11) | 1.07 (1.04–1.10) | 1.17 (1.15–1.20) | 1.14 (1.12–1.17) | 1.25 (1.22–1.28) | 1.24 (1.21–1.27) |
| Country of birth | ||||||
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other English speaking | 0.99 (0.97–1.01) | 0.99 (0.97–1.01) | 1.01 (0.99–1.03) | 1.00 (0.98–1.02) | 1.02 (1.00–1.05) | 1.00 (0.98–1.03) |
| Non-English speaking | 0.91 (0.89–0.94) | 0.91 (0.88–0.93) | 0.93 (0.92–0.95) | 0.92 (0.90–0.93) | 0.93 (0.91–0.95) | 0.90 (0.88–0.92) |
| Unknown | 0.37 (0.35–0.40) | 0.40 (0.37–0.43) | 0.16 (0.15–0.18) | 0.19 (0.17–0.20) | 0.17 (0.15–0.18) | 0.19 (0.17–0.20) |
SEIFA Socio-Economic Index for Areas, SHR Sub-hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval; Country of birth categorised into Australia, other English-speaking and non-English speaking countries and unknown
aModels adjusted for sex, age, cancer site and, as appropriate, for remoteness/SEIFA quintile/country of birth
bModels further adjusted for summary stage