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Table 4 Cancer site-specific competing risk regression models of risk of cancer death by remoteness, socio-economic disadvantage and country of birth category, NSW 1980–2008

From: Cancer survival disparities worsening by socio-economic disadvantage over the last 3 decades in new South Wales, Australia

 

Stomach

Colorectal

Liver

Lung

Melanoma

Breasta

Cervix

Prostate

(n = 17,848)

(n = 101,402)

(n = 5732)

(n = 72,437)

(n = 70,464)

(n = 88,768)

(n = 8968)

(n = 95,543)

Remoteness

SHR (95% CI)b

SHR (95% CI)b

SHR (95% CI)b

SHR (95% CI)b

SHR (95% CI)b

SHR (95% CI)b

SHR (95% CI)b

SHR (95% CI)b

 Major cities

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 Inner regional

1.09 (1.04–1.14)

1.02 (0.99–1.05)

1.04 (0.95–1.13)

1.02 (0.99–1.04)

0.97 (0.92–1.03)

1.00 (0.96–1.04)

1.04 (0.93–1.16)

1.08 (1.05–1.12)

 Outer regional/Remote

1.15 (1.07–1.24)

1.12 (1.08–1.17)

1.08 (0.95–1.24)

1.02 (0.99–1.06)

1.09 (1.00–1.19)

1.04 (0.98–1.10)

1.24 (1.07–1.43)

1.10 (1.05–1.16)

SEIFA quintile

 1 (least disadvantaged)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 2

0.99 (0.93–1.05)

1.05 (1.01–1.08)

1.01 (0.90–1.12)

1.06 (1.02–1.09)

1.10 (1.02–1.18)

1.06 (1.01–1.11)

0.94 (0.80–1.10)

1.06 (1.01–1.11)

 3

1.01 (0.95–1.07)

1.06 (1.02–1.10)

1.07 (0.96–1.18)

1.08 (1.05–1.12)

1.13 (1.05–1.22)

1.12 (1.07–1.18)

1.10 (0.95–1.27)

1.08 (1.03–1.13)

 4

1.03 (0.97–1.09)

1.11 (1.07–1.14)

1.11 (1.00–1.23)

1.12 (1.09–1.15)

1.12 (1.04–1.21)

1.14 (1.09–1.19)

1.13 (0.98–1.30)

1.13 (1.08–1.19)

 5 (most disadvantaged)

1.03 (0.97–1.09)

1.14 (1.10–1.18)

1.22 (1.11–1.34)

1.15 (1.12–1.18)

1.25 (1.16–1.34)

1.14 (1.08–1.19)

1.11 (0.97–1.27)

1.16 (1.11–1.22)

Country of birth

 Australia

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 Other English speaking

1.00 (0.95–1.06)

0.97 (0.93–1.00)

0.89 (0.80–1.00)

0.98 (0.95–1.00)

0.94 (0.86–1.03)

1.00 (0.95–1.04)

0.83 (0.73–0.94)

1.03 (0.99–1.08)

 Non-English speaking

0.87 (0.83–0.91)

0.92 (0.89–0.95)

0.84 (0.78–0.90)

0.88 (0.86–0.90)

1.26 (1.14–1.39)

0.98 (0.94–1.02)

0.82 (0.73–0.92)

0.93 (0.89–0.97)

 Unknown

0.49 (0.41–0.58)

0.32 (0.28–0.36)

0.35 (0.25–0.50)

0.48 (0.43–0.53)

0.03 (0.03–0.04)

0.27 (0.23–0.32)

0.14 (0.09–0.22)

0.13 (0.11–0.15)

  1. SEIFA Socio-Economic Index for Areas, SHR Sub-hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval; Country of birth categorised into Australia, other English-speaking and non-English speaking countries and unknown
  2. aFemale breast cancers only
  3. bModels adjusted for sex (when appropriate), age, diagnostic period, summary stage and, as appropriate, for remoteness/SEIFA quintile/country of birth
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