1. Cancer incidence and mortality in Indigenous Australians in Queensland, 1997-2006.
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Moore SP, O'Rourke PK, Mallitt KA, Garvey G, Green AC, Coory MD, Valery PC, Moore, Suzanne P, O'Rourke, Peter K, Mallitt, Kylie-Ann, Garvey, Gail, Green, Adèle C, Coory, Michael D, and Valery, Patricia C
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2010
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