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. 2010 Nov 15;193(10):590-3.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04068.x.

Cancer incidence and mortality in Indigenous Australians in Queensland, 1997-2006

Suzanne P Moore  1 , Peter K O'Rourke, Kylie-Ann Mallitt, Gail Garvey, Adèle C Green, Michael D Coory, Patricia C Valery
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Cancer incidence and mortality in Indigenous Australians in Queensland, 1997-2006

Suzanne P Moore et al. Med J Aust. .

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.

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