3-14

3-14. Cancer

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.

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* 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

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.

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Data source: SA Health 2018

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.

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Data source: SA Health 2018

Data presented here is from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2017-18 National Health Survey and refers to persons of all ages living with cancer (malignant neoplasms) which has lasted, or is expected to last, six months or more. It is not comparable to the information in 3-13-1 to 3-13-3 above.
The South Australian rate of 1.7% (age standardised) is roughly equivalent to the Australian average of 1.6% (age standardised) and ranks around the middle of the states and territories².

**Living with cancer (malignant neoplasms) (all ages), 2017–18 (age-standardised)**
State/Territory	%
Western Australia	1.4%
New South Wales	1.5%
Queensland	1.5%
South Australia	1.7%
Victoria	1.9%
Australian Capital Territory	2.0%
Northern Territory	2.1%
Tasmania	2.3%
Australia	1.6%

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Data source: ABS 2018

Data not available for this indicator.

Based on South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System customised extract 2018, Prevention and Population Health, SA Health, Adelaide, 16 August 2018.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2018), ‘Table 2.3 Summary health characteristics — States and territories, Proportion of persons’, National Health Survey: First Results, 2017-18, cat. no. 4364.0.55.001, 12 December 2018.