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Table 1 Sociodemographic and female breast cancer characteristics by country of birth in NSW; unadjusted comparisons with Australia*

From: Female breast cancer in New South Wales, Australia, by country of birth: implications for health-service delivery

 

Australia

China mainland

Germ -any

Greece

Italy

Lebanon

New Zealand

Philipp-ines

United King- dom

Vietnam

Other mainly English-speaking

Other mainly non-English speaking

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Age group (years)

Reference

##

##

##

##

##

##

##

##

##

##

##

 18 to 49

24.3 (7688)

39.6 (434)

11.4 (52)

6.5 (34)

8.6 (66)

29.9 (185)

34.9 (364)

34.5 (277)

19.2 (666)

44.8 (223)

30.4 (265)

28.3 (2000)

 50 to 59

25.7 (8140)

27.2 (298)

23.8 (109)

19.2 (101)

16.0 (123)

33.6 (208)

31.0 (323)

38.0 (305)

23.1 (801)

30.7 (153)

26.7 (233)

27.2 (1919)

 60 to 69

25.1 (7954)

17.0 (186)

32.3 (148)

34.5 (181)

30.3 (233)

24.2 (150)

19.8 (207)

20.4 (164)

27.8 (964)

17.9 (89)

26.7 (233)

24.4 (1722)

 70+

25.0 (7909)

16.3 (179)

32.5 (149)

39.8 (209)

45.1 (347)

12.3 (76)

14.3 (149)

7.0 (56)

29.9 (1039)

6.6 (33)

16.3 (142)

20.1 (1423)

SEIFA SES disadvantage

Reference

##

 

##

##

##

##

##

##

##

##

##

 1 (most)

17.0 (5401)

18.1 (199)

17.0 (78)

18.3 (96)

17.4 (134)

39.7 (246)

14.9 (155)

20.9 (168)

15.6 (540)

57.0 (284)

8.6 (75)

19.9 (1409)

 2

18.5 (5853)

19.8 (217)

14.4 (66)

21.1 (111)

22.6 (174)

27.6 (171)

17.3 (180)

21.1 (169)

16.5 (573)

20.9 (104)

9.4 (82)

18.6 (1314)

 3

18.9 (5974)

22.2 (244)

19.9 (91)

28.4 (149)

20.0 (154)

16.0 (99)

19.9 (208)

22.7 (182)

18.7 (650)

9.6 (48)

14.0 (122)

18.7 (1324)

 4

21.7 (6868)

18.8 (206)

20.7 (95)

19.8 (104)

23.4 (180)

11.8 (73)

20.2 (211)

18.5 (148)

22.2 (770)

7.4 (37)

20.5 (179)

18.5 (1304)

 5 (least)

24.0 (7595)

21.1 (231)

27.9 (128)

12.4 (65)

16.5 (127)

4.8 (30)

27.7 (289)

16.8 (135)

27.0 (937)

5.0 (25)

47.5 (415)

24.2 (1713)

Year of diagnosis

Reference

##

##

  

##

 

##

##

##

 

##

 2003–2004

12.4 (3941)

9.4 (103)

17.2 (79)

13.3 (70)

12.9 (99)

9.5 (59)

11.4 (119)

11.2 (90)

12.9 (448)

10.2 (51)

11.8 (103)

10.6 (751)

 2005–2006

12.8 (4053)

10.3 (113)

14.4 (66)

13.0 (68)

13.4 (103)

11.1 (69)

11.3 (118)

11.8 (95)

13.4 (464)

10.6 (53)

13.3 (116)

11.7 (825)

 2007–2008

13.4 (4248)

11.6 (127)

11.4 (52)

11.0 (58)

15.2 (117)

11.3 (70)

13.9 (145)

10.6 (85)

14.5 (502)

12.0 (60)

13.4 (117)

13.4 (946)

 2009–2010

14.3 (4528)

11.6 (127)

15.3 (70)

13.7 (72)

14.3 (110)

15.3 (95)

14.5 (151)

13.5 (108)

15.5 (537)

14.1 (70)

13.7 (120)

14.9 (1054)

 2011–2012

14.6 (4628)

16.7 (183)

15.1 (69)

15.4 (81)

15.7 (121)

14.7 (91)

14.0 (146)

17.2 (138)

13.5 (470)

14.9 (74)

12.9 (113)

15.1 (1070)

 2013–2014

15.5 (4902)

18.0 (198)

11.4 (52)

16.8 (88)

13.7 (105)

18.7 (116)

15.6 (163)

17.3 (139)

15.1 (524)

16.9 (84)

16.0 (140)

16.1 (1137)

 2015–2016

17.0 (5391)

22.4 (246)

15.3 (70)

16.8 (88)

14.8 (114)

19.2 (119)

19.3 (201)

18.3 (147)

15.1 (525)

21.3 (106)

18.8 (164)

18.1 (1281)

Stage (degree of spread)

Reference

  

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##

##

     

##

 Localised

52.3 (16571)

51.1 (561)

47.6 (218)

47.8 (251)

46.7 (359

42.8 (265)

50.7 (529)

49.9 (400)

52.5 (1821)

53.2 (265)

51.0 (445)

49.0 (3464)

 Regional

37.2 (11778)

39.8 (437)

40.2 (184)

38.9 (204)

41.5 (319)

45.7 (283)

39.6 (413)

40.1 (322)

36.4 (1264)

39.6 (197)

38.5 (336)

39.3 (2775)

 Distant

6.3 (1995)

4.3 (47)

6.1 (28)

9.0 (47)

7.2 (55)

6.9 (43)

6..0 (63)

5.6 (45)

6.2 (214)

4.0 (20)

6.5 (57)

7.1 (504)

 Unknowna

4.3 (1347)

4.7 (52)

6.1 (28)

4.4 (23)

4.7 (36)

4.5 (28)

3.6 (38)

4.4 (35)

4.9 (171)

3.2 (16)

4.0 (35)

4.5 (321)

Comorbid Index (Charlson)

Reference

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##

  

##

 

a

 

##

 0

96.8 (30688)

98.0 (1075)

95.6 (438)

95.8 (503)

94.7 (728)

97.4 (603)

98.6 (1017)

98.6 (791)

96.9 (3363)

a

97.6 (852)

97.5 (6889)

  > 0

3.2 (1003)

2.0 (22)

4.4 (20)

4.2 (22)

5.3 (41)

2.6 (16)

1.4 (26)

1.4 (11)

3.1 (107)

a

2.4 (21)

2.5 (175)

  1. Excludes multiple primary cancers and local health districts bordering other states/territories (see text)
  2. SEIFA SES socio-economic indexes for areas socio-economic status
  3. *##: P < 0.05 as calculated (see text)
  4. aExcluded due to small numbers