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Table 1 Top 5 cancer types with the highest incidence and mortality rates by region (PERSONS): NSW residents averaged 2004-2008

From: Quantifying disparities in cancer incidence and mortality of Australian residents of New South Wales (NSW) by place of birth: an ecological study

 

Australia

New Zealand

Oceania

Central and Southern Asia

East Asia

High Income Asia Pacific

Southeast Asia

UK & Ireland

 

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

INCIDENCE

ALL CANCERS

308.5

(306.6,310.5)

322

(308.3,336.1)

301.6

(267.2,337.8)

165.3

(153.1,178.1)

203.8

(194.3,213.5)

176.8

(169.9,192.6)

195.2

(186.6,204)

280.9

(273.6,288.3)

Prostate

1

119

(117.2,120.6)

1

108

(97.2,119.8)

2

70.9

(57.3,86.7)

2

52.8

(43.5,63.5)

2

42.2

(37,47.8)

2

48.8

(37.3,62.7)

2

49.8

(44.1,56.1)

1

94.2

(90.2,98.4)

Breast

2

81.9

(80.5,83.4)

2

91.4

(82.2,101.3)

1

92.2

(79.3,106.6)

1

59.3

(49.8,70)

1

57.2

(51.8,63)

1

49.8

(40.5,60.6)

1

62.7

(57.8,67.8)

2

83.6

(79,88.3)

Lung

3

26.8

(26.2,27.3)

3

30.8

(26.8,35.1)

3

28

(22.5,34.4)

3

12.1

(9.1,15.8)

3

24.8

(22.2,27.6)

3

14.7

(10.5,20.1)

3

18.3

(16.1,20.6)

3

30.4

(28.8,32.1)

Colon

4

25.8

(25.3,26.4)

4

29.1

(25.2,33.4)

   

4

11.3

(8.5,14.8)

4

20.4

(18,23)

4

14

(10,19.2)

4

14.4

(12.5,16.5)

4

20.8

(19.4,22.2)

Melanoma

5

25.3

(24.8,25.9)

5

18.7

(15.7,22.1)

               

5

14.1

(12.6,15.8)

Uterus

      

4

27.7

(20.6,36.4)

               

Cervix

      

5

17.2

(11.9,24)

               

Ovary

         

5

9.6

(6,14.5)

            

Rectum

            

5

11.9

(10.1,14)

         

Stomach

               

5

13.9

(9.9,18.9)

      

Thyroid

                  

5

11.5

(9.9,13.2)

   

MORTALITY

ALL CANCERS

105.3

(104.2,106.3)

104.7

(97.4,112.3)

108.2

(88.3,129.8)

46.8

(40.8,53.4)

66.2

(62,70.6)

62.1

(53.1,72.2)

 

67.1

(62.9,71.5)

106.4

(101.8,111.1)

Lung

1

20.8

(20.3, 21.3)

1

21.5

(18.2,25.2)

2

18.7

(14.2,24)

2

6.7

(4.5,9.5)

1

17.1

(15.1,19.4)

1

12.5

(8.6,17.5)

1

13.2

(11.4,15.2)

1

24.8

(23.4,26.3)

Breast

2

16

(15.4, 16.6)

2

17.6

(13.7,22.2)

1

19.1

(13.5,26.2)

1

14.9

(10.3,20.8)

4

5.7

(4.2,7.6)

   

2

7.7

(6,9.6)

2

15.4

(13.7,17.3)

Prostate

3

15.4

(14.8, 15.9)

3

15.1

(11.1,19.9)

3

17.6

(11, 26.6)

         

4

7

(5.1,9.4)

3

14

(12.7,15.4)

Colon

4

8.8

(8.5, 9.1)

4

8.6

(6.6,11)

      

3

5.7

(4.5,7.2)

   

5

5.1

(4,6.5)

5

7.1

(6.4,7.9)

CUPa

5

6.5

(6.2, 6.7)

5

7.7

(5.9,9.9)

               

4

7.4

(4.9,10.1)

Liver

      

4

6.4

(4, 9.6)

   

2

6.4

(5.1,7.9)

2

6.9

(4.1,10.9)

3

7.4

(6.1,8.9)

   

Pancreas

      

5

5.9

(3.6, 9)

   

5

4.1

(3.1,5.4)

         

Stomach

               

3

6.9

(4.1,10.7)

      
 

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

Central Europe

North East Africa & Middle East

Rest of Africab

South Africa

North America

Latin America and Caribbean

 

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

ASR

95 % CI

INCIDENCE

ALL CANCERS

302.5

(292.1,313)

280.1

(249.3,312.5)

154.1

(145.5,162.9)

233.3

(223.6,243.3)

187.6

(165.9,211.1)

261.8

(242.4,282.3)

293.4

(270.4,317.6)

248

(230.3, 266.5)

Prostate

2

83.3

(79.5,87.3)

1

97.2

(75.3,122.1)

1

39.7

(35.8,44)

2

54.7

(49.4,60.5)

1

68.9

(52.5,88.6)

1

114.6

(96.0,135.7)

1

101.8

(83.7,122.4)

1

100.1

(85.8, 116.1)

Breast

1

84.4

(78.7,90.3)

2

78.6

(57.5,103.9)

2

35.2

(30.6,40.3)

1

72.2

(65.7,79.2)

2

64.1

(48.5,83)

2

94.2

(78.5,112)

2

100.9

(82.7,121.6)

2

74.2

(63.2, 86.5)

Lung

3

28.3

(26.6,29.9)

3

20.5

(14.3,27.7)

3

16.4

(14.6,18.4)

3

22.1

(19.7,24.8)

5

9.6

(5.6,15.4)

   

3

24.4

(17.7,32.6)

3

17.9

(13.8,22.7)

Colon

4

23.3

(21.8,24.9)

4

18.3

(12.7,24.9)

4

12.9

(11.2,14.7)

4

18.1

(15.8,20.5)

3

18.4

(12.6,25.9)

3

17.9

(13.1,24)

4

19.7

(14.1,26.7)

4

14

(10.6,18.3)

Melanoma

               

4

14.1

(9.9,19.5)

      

Rectum

5

16.2

(14.9,17.7)

   

5

9.2

(7.7,10.8)

   

4

9.6

(5.6,15.5)

5

13.8

(9.7,18.9)

      

Thyroid

         

5

12.7

(10.8,14.8)

            

NHL

   

5

13.5

(7.6,21.2)

            

5

16.1

(11.1,22.5)

   

Kidney

                     

5

12.1

(9.0,16.1)

MORTALITY

ALL CANCERS

110.9

(106.8,115.1)

95.7

(81.9,110.5)

59

(55.6,62.7)

82

(77.3,87)

62

(50.7,75)

79.9

(69.5,91.4)

96.9

(84.2,110.9)

77.8

(69.2,87.3)

Lung

1

21.7

(20.3,23.1)

1

19.6

(13.5,26.7)

1

11.8

(10.4,13.5)

1

17.5

(15.3,19.9)

   

3

8.9

(5.6,13.3)

1

19

(13.3, 26.4)

2

14

(10.5,18.3)

Breast

2

18

(15.5,20.6)

2

13.1

(5.5,24)

2

8.1

(6.1,10.4)

2

13.9

(11.1,17.1)

   

1

17

(10.7,25.5)

2

18.6

(11.0,29.3)

3

9.3

(5.7,14.3)

Prostate

3

11.3

(10.1,12.6)

4

7

(4,10.9)

3

6.2

(4.9,7.7)

3

7.7

(5.7,10.1)

   

2

15.1

(8.7,24.2)

3

14.9

(9.0,23.2)

1

17

(10.3,26)

CUP

5

7.3

(6.4,8.3)

      

5

5.7

(4.5,7.2)

      

5

6.9

(3.8,11.2)

5

5.4

(3.3,8.3)

Pancreas

   

3

7.6

(4.5, 11.4)

   

4

5.9

(4.7,7.3)

      

4

8

(4.7,12.6)

   

Stomach

   

5

6.6

(3.1,11)

5

3.9

(3,5)

            

4

5.8

(3.6,8.7)

  1. aCUP = cancer of unknown primary
  2. bThe region “Rest of Africa” does not include South Africa (a separate region) or Egypt and Tunisia (group with North East Africa and Middle East)
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