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Health services administration Cancer
Volume 199 - Issue 11

Australia is continuing to make progress against cancer, but the regional and remote disadvantage remains

Authors:  Michael D Coory, Tsun Ho and Susan J Jordan

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (11): 757. || doi: 10.5694/mja13.c10055
Published online: 16 December 2013
CorrectionIncorrect footnote: In “Australia is continuing to make progress against cancer, but the regional and remote disadvantage remains” in the 4 November 2013 issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2013; 199: 605-608), there was an error in Box 2 (page 607). There should be two separate footnotes for Box 2A and Box 2B: the footnote to Box 2A should state “Based on age- and sex-specific rates for ...
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Correction

Incorrect footnote: In “Australia is continuing to make progress against cancer, but the regional and remote disadvantage remains” in the 4 November 2013 issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2013; 199: 605-608), there was an error in Box 2 (page 607). There should be two separate footnotes for Box 2A and Box 2B: the footnote to Box 2A should state “Based on age- and sex-specific rates for metropolitan areas”, and the footnote to Box 2B should state “Based on age- and sex-specific rates for Australia for 1997–2000”.

There was also an error in the year groupings described in the Methods (page 605). This should read: “The expected number of deaths was obtained by applying the 5-year age- and sex-specific mortality rates for 1997–2000 to the corresponding age- and sex-specific populations for each subsequent year through to 2010.”

Authors

  • Michael D Coory MB BS, PhD, FAFPHM1
  • Tsun Ho BE(Hons), PhD2
  • Susan J Jordan MB BS, PhD3
  • 1. Health Services Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 2. Department of Health, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 3. Population Health Department, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD.

Correspondence: michael.coory@mcri.edu.au

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