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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of CancerCostMod for all cancers combined, and most commonly diagnosed cancersa

From: CancerCostMod: a model of the healthcare expenditure, patient resource use, and patient co-payment costs for Australian cancer patients

  All cancers Breast cancer Prostate cancer Colorectal cancer Tracheal, bronchus and lung cancer Melanoma of the skin
Actual n 25,600 3100 4200 2900 2100 3300
Weighted N (%) 123,900 15,400 (12.5) 20,700 (16.7) 14,800 (11.9) 11,100 (9.0) 12,300 (9.9)
Died within 12-months post-diagnosis (%) 25,100 (20.2) 700 (4.2) 1000 (4.6) 2400 (16.3) 6400 (57.7) 400 (3.1)
Age group
  ≤ 17 (%) 1000 (0.8)
 18 to 44 (%) 9300 (7.5) 1800 (12.0) 100 (0.6) 700 (4.7) 200 (1.6) 1800 (14.6)
 45 to 64 (%) 42,700 (34.5) 7600 (49.1) 7800 (37.7) 4100 (27.7) 2900 (26.3) 4500 (36.4)
  ≥ 65 (%) 70,900 (57.2) 6000 (38.9) 12,800 (61.8) 10,000 (27.6) 8000 (72.1) 6000 (48.7)
Sex
 Male (%) 69,300 (55.9) 100 (0.7) 20,700 (100) 8100 (54.9) 6500 (58.4) 7200 (58.4)
 Female (%) 54,600 (44.1) 15,300 (99.3) n/a 6700 (45.1) 4600 (41.6) 5100 (41.6)
Indigenous status
 Non-Indigenous Australian (%) 121,800 (98.3) 15,200 (98.4) 20,500 (99.0) 14,600 (99.1) 10,800 (97.3) 12,100 (98.8)
 Indigenous Australian (%) 2100 (1.7) 300 (1.6) 200 (1.0) 100 (0.9) 300 (2.7) 100 (1.2)
Ruralityb
 Metropolitan (%) 58,500 (47.5) 7800 (50.5) 9100 (44.1) 6700 (45.9) 5000 (45.2) 6100 (49.7)
 Regional (%) 54,500 (44.2) 6400 (41.7) 9600 (46.5) 6600 (45.1) 5100 (45.8) 5300 (43.7)
 Remote (%) 10,200 (8.3) 1200 (7.8) 1900 (9.4) 1300 (9.1) 1000 (9.0) 800 (6.7)
IRSDc Quintilesb
 Q1 (Most disadvantaged) (%) 11,300 (9.2) 1100 (7.2) 2100 (10.2) 1400 (9.8) 1300 (11.6) 1000 (8.2)
 Q2 (%) 5700 (4.7) 800 (5.0) 900 (4.3) 700 (4.6) 600 (5.3) 500 (4.3)
 Q3 (%) 19,900 (16.2) 2500 (16.3) 3400 (16.5) 2500 (16.7) 1900 (17.5) 1800 (14.7)
 Q4 (%) 56,000 (45.5) 6700 (43.7) 9300 (45.2) 6700 (45.7) 4900 (44.5) 5900 (47.9)
 Q5 (Least disadvantaged) (%) 30,200 (24.5) 4300 (27.8) 4900 (23.8) 3400 (23.1) 2300 (21.1) 3000 (24.9)
  1. a Weighted results reported (except in the first row), and rounded to the nearest 100. Weighted values less than 100 are not reported
  2. b Excluding individuals with missing postcodes
  3. c Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage