Cancer survival for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a national study of survival rates and excess mortality

R. Condon, John; Zhang, Xiaohua; D. Baade, Peter; Griffiths, Kalinda; Cunningham, Joan; Roder, David; Coory, Michael; Jelfs, Paul; Threlfall, Tim

doi:10.1186/1478-7954-12-1

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Cancer survival for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a national study of survival rates and excess mortality

Published in Population Health Metrics • Jan 31, 2014

Authors:

John R. Condon

Xiaohua Zhang

Peter D. Baade

Abstract

BACKGROUND: National cancer survival statistics are available for the total Australian population but not Indigenous Australians, although their cancer mortality rates are known to be higher than those of other Australians. We aimed to validate analysis methods and report cancer survival rates for I...

Subject

Indigenous

Medicine

Demography

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