Cancer survival differentials for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Queensland: the impact of remoteness.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (First Nations population) often have low overall cancer survival, as do all residents of geographically remote areas. This study aimed to quantify the survival disparity between First Nations and other Queenslanders for 12 common cancer types by remoteness areas.

Methods

For all Queensland residents aged 20-89 years diagnosed with a primary invasive cancer during 1997-2016, we ran flexible parametric survival models incorporating age, First Nations status, sex, diagnosis time period, area-level socioeconomic status, remoteness categories and where appropriate, broad cancer type. Three survival measures were predicted: cause-specific survival, survival differences and the comparative survival ratio, each sta

SUBMITTER: Cramb SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9816203 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature