How many cancer deaths could New Zealand avoid if five-year relative survival ratios were the same as in Australia?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-161

  Sandiford, Peter ^a   Abdel Rahman, Manar E ^b   Allemani, Claudia ^c   Coleman, Michel P ^c   Gala, Geeta ^d  

^a WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d New Zealand Blood Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

avoidable mortality; cancer; Ma ori; New Zealand; relative survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926025386     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12344     Document Type: Article

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