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3-14. Cancer
3-14-1. Cancer in South Australia – by Local Health Network
3-14-2. Cancer in South Australia – by age and sex
3-14-3. Cancer in South Australia – by socio-economic status
3-14-4. Cancer in Australia – by state and territory
3-14-5. Cancer – Aboriginal people
3-14-1. Cancer in South Australia – by Local Health Network
- In 2017, around one in ten (9.7%) South Australians aged 18 years or more had ever been told by a doctor that they had cancer1.
- The rate varies between local health networks (LHNs) from 6.1%* in the South East LHN to 10.7% in the Southern Adelaide LHN1.
- The proportion of people who reported having or ever had cancer in metropolitan Adelaide (10.4%) is statistically significantly higher than Country SA (8.2%)1.
- No statistically significant underlying trend was identified in either the metropolitan Adelaide or Country SA time series1.
- Data prior to 2010 is not available.
Local Health Network | % |
Northern Adelaide | 10.4% |
Central Adelaide | 10.2% |
Southern Adelaide | 10.7% |
Metropolitan Adelaide | 10.4% |
Barossa Hills Fleurieu | 9.0% |
Eyre and Far North | 8.6%* |
Flinders and Upper North | 8.0%* |
Riverland Mallee Coorong | 7.5% |
South East | 6.1%* |
Yorke & Northern | 8.4% |
Country SA | 8.2% |
South Australia | 9.7% |
Australia | n.a. |
* Relative Standard Error is between 25% and 50%. Please treat the estimate with caution.
Data prior to 2010 is not available.
Data source: SA Health 2018
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3-14-2. Cancer in South Australia – by age and sex
- In 2017, the proportion of the population aged 18 years and over that had ever been told by a doctor that they had cancer was roughly equivalent between males (9.9%) and females (9.8%)1.
- The rate increases with age1.
Age (years) | Males | Females |
18-24 | 0.0% | 1.6% |
25-34 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
35-44 | 2.0% | 5.4% |
45-54 | 9.2% | 6.8% |
55-64 | 13.2% | 13.6% |
65-74 | 28.7% | 19.0% |
75+ | 31.6% | 24.6% |
All ages | 9.9% | 9.8% |
Data source: SA Health 2018
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3-14-3. Cancer in South Australia – by socio-economic status
- There is no statistically significant correlation evident between the proportion of people aged 18 years and over who have ever been told by a doctor that they have cancer and the socio-economic status of the geographic area in which they live1.
Socio-economic status (SES) | % |
Lowest SES | 9.0% |
Low SES | 12.6% |
Middle SES | 12.1% |
High SES | 8.8% |
Highest SES | 7.1% |
Data source: SA Health 2018
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3-14-4. Cancer in Australia – by state and territory
Data not available for this indicator.
3-14-5. Cancer – Aboriginal people
Data not available for this indicator.
Sources
- Based on South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System customised extract 2018, Prevention and Population Health, SA Health, Adelaide, 16 August 2018.
