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New maps reveal cancer levels across Australia, and across the social strata

  • Written by John Glover, Director of Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU), Torrens University Australia

Public health experts traditionally expect to see a very strong pattern of health inequality – the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be unwell and die before your time. But newly available data on cancer incidence rates show that’s not always the case.

Our team at the Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU) used data...

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