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3-14. Cancer

In 2018, around one in ten (10.8%) 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 8.7% in the Northern Adelaide LHN to 15.3%* in the Flinders and Upper North LHN¹.
The proportion of people who reported having or ever had cancer in metropolitan Adelaide (10.0%) is statistically significantly lower than Country SA (12.5%)¹.
No time series is available for this indicator due to a change in survey methods. In 2018, SA Health discontinued the South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System (SAMSS) and moved to the improved South Australian Population Health Survey (SAPHS). Results between the collections are not comparable.

* Relative Standard Error is between 25% and 50%. Please treat the estimate with caution.

Note: Data are weighted which can result in rounding discrepancies.

Data source: SA Health 2020

In 2018, there was no statistically significant difference between the proportion of males (10.1%) and females (11.3%) aged 18 years and over that had ever been told by a doctor that they had cancer¹.
The rate increases with age¹.

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* Relative Standard Error is between 25% and 50%. Please treat the estimate with caution.

Note: Data are weighted which can result in rounding discrepancies.

Data source: SA Health 2020

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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Note: Data are weighted which can result in rounding discrepancies.

Data source: SA Health 2020

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). 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

Less than one in a hundred (0.9%) Aboriginal people in South Australia (all ages) are estimated to be living with cancer (malignant neoplasms)³.
This rate is below the estimate of 1.7% (age standardised) for all South Australians in 2017-18 (see 3-14-4 above)².
South Australia's rate for Aboriginal people was slightly below the national average for Aboriginal people of 1.1%³.

**Living with cancer (malignant neoplasms) - Aboriginal people (all ages), 2018–19 (crude rates)**
State/Territory	%
Australian Capital Territory	0.0%
Northern Territory	0.7%
Victoria	0.7%
South Australia	0.9%
New South Wales	1.1%
Queensland	1.1%
Tasmania	1.3%*
Western Australia	1.3%
Australia	1.1%

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* Estimate has a high margin of error and should be used with caution

Data source: ABS 2019

Based on South Australian Population Health Survey customised extract 2020, Prevention and Population Health, SA Health, Adelaide, 3 February 2020.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2019), 'Table 3.3 Selected health characteristics, by State/Territory, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, 2018–19, Proportion of persons,' National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2018-19, cat. no. 4715.0, 11 December 2019.