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Marrickville Local Government Area Health ProfileFigure 12: Smokers as % of total population versus lung cancer incidence across the Inner West SydneySource: Cancer Institute NSW (2010)Information on cancer screening rates is not available at an LGA level. At an LHD level, cancerscreening information is available for both breast and cervical cancer screening.The NSW Cancer Plan includes a target to increase breast cancer screening participation in theage group 50-69 years so that over 70% of women aged 50-69 years have 2 yearly mammogramsby 2010. In the period 2009-2010, the participation rate in SLHD was 47%, compared to 52.7%for NSW. 21Cervical cancer screening rates in NSW for women aged 20 - 69 in 2009 and 2010 combinedwere 56.5% and in Inner West Sydney were for the period 2009 - 2010 were 54.9% 22The count and age standardised incidence rates (per 100,000) for cancers (2004-2008) in theMarrickville LGA and NSW are presented in Table 11. Over this period, 1,540 people from theMarrickville LGA were diagnosed with cancer, a rate of 61.5 per 100,000 (less than the state rateof 483.2 per 100,000). The most common cancers were prostate, breast and lung. Incidencerates for colon, rectal, stomach, thyroid, ovarian, liver, brain, uterine and cervical cancer andnon-Hodgkins lymphoma were higher than for the state.21Health Statistics NSW http://www.healthstats.nsw.gov.au/Indicator/can_brstscr_lhn. Accessed 19 November 201222Health Statistics NSW http://www.healthstats.nsw.gov.au/Indicator/can_cervscr_lhn. Accessed 19 November 2012Inner West Sydney Medicare Local and Sydney Local Health District Page 18Marrickville Local Government AreaPopulation Health LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013
Marrickville Local Government Area Health ProfileTable 11: Count and age standardised incidence rates (per 100,000) for cancers, 2004 – 2008, Marrickville LGAand NSWCancer Site Marrickville NSWCountStandardisedIncidenceRate/100,000CountStandardisedIncidenceRate/100,000All Cancers 1,540 461.5 177,519 483.2Bladder 32 10.4 3,631 9.7Brain 17 5.1 2,356 6.6Breast 201 55.4 21,102 58.2Cervix 14 3.4 1,228 3.5Colon 141 44.6 15,072 40.6Head and Neck 54 15.5 4,686 12.8Kidney 45 13.4 4,857 13.2Leukaemia 39 11.8 4,605 12.6Lip 8 2.4 1,203 3.3Liver 36 11 2,088 5.7Lung 178 56 15,905 43Melanoma 94 26.2 17,716 48.8Mesothelioma 8 2.5 1,047 2.8Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 67 19.9 6,828 18.6Oesophagus 16 4.9 2,024 5.4Ovaries 26 7.7 2,191 6Pancreas 44 13.2 4,062 10.9Prostate 202 63.2 31,321 84.4Rectal 58 18 8,338 22.6Stomach 30 9.5 3,275 8.8Testicles 11 2 1,084 3.2Thyroid 45 11.2 3,301 9.4Uterus 27 8.4 3,043 8.3Cancer at Indef & Unspec Site 46 14.7 6,014 16Other Cancers 101 31.1 10,542 28.8Source: Incidence and Mortality data is from the NSW Central Cancer Registry. Population estimates are from HOIST, Epidemiology andSurveillance Branch, NSW Health Department. 23The count and age standardised mortality rates (per 100,000) for cancers (2004 – 2008) in theMarrickville LGA and NSW are presented in Table 12. Over this period 673 residents ofMarrickville LGA died from cancer, representing a higher rate than that for NSW. The threemain cancers causing death were (in descending order) lung, colon and breast. Mortality ratesfor lung, colon, breast, prostate, pancreatic, head and neck, stomach, liver, ovarian, oesophagus,kidney and uterine cancer, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, leukaemia were higher than for the state.23Cancer Institute NSW, Central Cancer Registry Statistical Reporting Module website. Accessed 10 November 2012. Available at:http://www.cancerinstitute.org.au/data-and-statistics/cancer-statistics/online-statistics-moduleInner West Sydney Medicare Local and Sydney Local Health District Page 19Marrickville Local Government AreaPopulation Health LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013
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