Table 2.

Radiotherapy utilisation (RTU) rates by residential region

Region	2010			2012			Change % (95% CI)	P valuea
	New RT courses	New cancer cases	RTU rate (%)	New RT courses	New cancer cases	RTU rate (%)
Bathurst	68	215	32%	81	220	37%	+5% (−4 to 14%)	0.27
Orange	173	577	30%	234	592	40%	+10% (4–15%)	0.0007
Dubbo	154	567	27%	163	577	28%	+1% (−4 to 6%)	0.70
North West	32	102	31%	33	104	32%	+1% (−12 to 13%)	0.90
Remote	26	84	31%	17	84	20%	−9% (−24 to 2%)	0.09

RT, Radiotherapy; RTU, Radiotherapy utilisation; CI, confidence interval.

^aStatistical test = Chi‐square.