Table 1 Characteristics of the study population overall and by remoteness, socio-economic disadvantage and country of birth category, NSW 1980–2008
All | Remoteness | SEIFA quintile | Country of birth | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Major cities | Inner regional | Outer regional/Remote | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Australia | Other English | Non-English | Unknown | ||
(n = 651,245) | (n = 458,455) | (n = 141,831) | (n = 50,959) | (n = 115,352) | (n = 118,022) | (n = 130,111) | (n = 143,226) | (n = 144,534) | (n = 444,879) | (n = 68,944) | (n = 93,042) | (n = 44,380) | |
n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | n (%)b | |
Sex | |||||||||||||
Male | 358,011 (55.0) | 247,353 (54.0) | 80,894 (57.0) | 29,764 (58.4) | 60,849 (52.8) | 63,987 (54.2) | 71,964 (55.3) | 80,415 (56.2) | 80,796 (55.9) | 242,324 (54.5) | 38,771 (56.2) | 51,566 (55.4) | 25,350 (57.1) |
Female | 293,234 (45.0) | 211,102 (46.1) | 60,937 (43.0) | 21,195 (41.6) | 54,503 (47.3) | 54,035 (45.8) | 58,147 (44.7) | 62,811 (43.9) | 63,738 (44.1) | 202,555 (45.5) | 30,173 (43.8) | 41,476 (44.6) | 19,030 (42.9) |
Agea | |||||||||||||
< 65 | 281,795 (43.3) | 201,289 (43.9) | 58,658 (41.4) | 21,848 (42.9) | 56,631 (49.1) | 53,899 (45.7) | 55,758 (42.9) | 57,772 (40.3) | 57,735 (40.0) | 186,292 (41.9) | 26,599 (38.6) | 43,847 (47.1) | 25,057 (56.5) |
65–79 | 272,415 (41.8) | 188,097 (41.0) | 62,278 (43.9) | 22,040 (43.3) | 42,786 (37.1) | 46,918 (39.8) | 54,767 (42.1) | 63,333 (44.2) | 64,611 (44.7) | 190,277 (42.8) | 29,354 (42.6) | 38,084 (40.9) | 14,700 (33.2) |
≥ 80 | 96,987 (14.9) | 69,032 (15.1) | 20,889 (14.7) | 7066 (13.9) | 15,923 (13.8) | 17,197 (14.6) | 19,582 (15.1) | 22,112 (15.4) | 22,173 (15.3) | 68,308 (15.4) | 12,990 (18.8) | 11,110 (11.9) | 4579 (10.3) |
Summary stage | |||||||||||||
Localised | 281,783 (43.3) | 200,462 (43.7) | 60,520 (42.7) | 20,801 (40.8) | 56,004 (48.6) | 53,486 (45.3) | 56,010 (43.1) | 59,226 (41.4) | 57,057 (39.5) | 190,129 (42.7) | 27,706 (40.2) | 36,426 (39.2) | 27,522 (62.0) |
Regional | 135,648 (20.8) | 97,486 (21.3) | 27,858 (19.6) | 10,304 (20.2) | 24,823 (21.5) | 24,529 (20.8) | 26,788 (20.6) | 29,332 (20.5) | 30,176 (20.9) | 95,211 (21.4) | 15,094 (21.9) | 22,190 (23.9) | 3153 (7.1) |
Distant | 107,067 (16.4) | 76,682 (16.7) | 22,079 (15.6) | 8306 (16.3) | 16,109 (14.0) | 18,464 (15.6) | 21,406 (16.5) | 24,635 (17.2) | 26,453 (18.3) | 75,315 (16.9) | 12,852 (18.6) | 17,453 (18.8) | 1447 (3.3) |
Unknown | 126,747 (19.5) | 83,825 (18.3) | 31,374 (22.1) | 11,548 (22.7) | 18,416 (16.0) | 21,543 (18.3) | 25,907 (19.9) | 30,033 (21.0) | 30,848 (21.3) | 84,224 (18.9) | 13,292 (19.3) | 16,973 (18.2) | 12,258 (27.6) |
Diagnostic period | |||||||||||||
1980–89 | 157,443 (24.2) | 116,766 (25.5) | 29,073 (20.5) | 11,604 (22.8) | 24,896 (21.6) | 28,523 (24.2) | 33,320 (25.6) | 36,070 (25.2) | 34,634 (24.0) | 115,238 (25.9) | 19,539 (28.3) | 17,418 (18.7) | 5248 (11.8) |
1990–99 | 229,566 (35.3) | 162,827 (35.5) | 49,447 (34.9) | 17,292 (33.9) | 41,457 (35.9) | 40,943 (34.7) | 45,402 (34.9) | 50,154 (35.0) | 51,610 (35.7) | 159,513 (35.9) | 24,196 (35.1) | 32,311 (34.7) | 13,546 (30.5) |
2000–08 | 264,236 (40.6) | 178,862 (39.0) | 63,311 (44.6) | 22,063 (43.3) | 48,999 (42.5) | 48,556 (41.1) | 51,389 (39.5) | 57,002 (39.8) | 58,290 (40.3) | 170,128 (38.2) | 25,209 (36.6) | 43,313 (46.6) | 25,586 (57.7) |
Status | |||||||||||||
Alive | 271,757 (41.7) | 189,946 (41.4) | 61,046 (43.0) | 20,765 (40.8) | 58,419 (50.6) | 53,105 (45.0) | 52,976 (40.7) | 54,900 (38.3) | 52,357 (36.2) | 168,015 (37.8) | 23,787 (34.5) | 41,228 (44.3) | 38,727 (87.3) |
Died (cancer)c | 259,616 (39.9) | 183,671 (40.1) | 54,966 (38.8) | 20,979 (41.2) | 38,846 (33.7) | 44,072 (37.3) | 52,338 (40.2) | 60,307 (42.1) | 64,053 (44.3) | 186,802 (42.0) | 31,730 (46.0) | 38,703 (41.6) | 2381 (5.4) |
Died (other cause) | 119,872 (18.4) | 84,838 (18.5) | 25,819 (18.2) | 9215 (18.1) | 18,087 (15.7) | 20,845 (17.7) | 24,797 (19.1) | 28,019 (19.6) | 28,124 (19.5) | 90,062 (20.2) | 13,427 (19.5) | 13,111 (14.1) | 3272 (7.4) |