Cancer incidence and mortality in Indigenous Australians in Queensland, 1997–2006
- 15 November 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 193 (10), 590-593
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04068.x
Abstract
Objective: To examine cancer incidence and mortality in Indigenous Queenslanders. Design, setting and patients: Assessment of indirectly standardised incidence and mortality ratios for Indigenous Australians in Queensland diagnosed with cancer from 1997 to 2006, compared with the total Queensland population. Main outcome measures: Standardised incidence and mortality ratios. Results: Compared with the total Queensland population, Indigenous Queenslanders had a lower overall incidence of cancer (standardised incidence ratio, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.75–0.82), but a higher incidence of some of the more fatal cancer types. Overall cancer mortality was higher (standardised mortality ratio, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.28–1.45) and similar to rates for Indigenous people in other Australian states. Conclusion: Cancer rates for Indigenous Queenslanders, a mostly urbanised population, are similar to rates for Indigenous Australians mostly living in remote areas.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Health and Medical Research Council (339461)
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