Cancer kills more poor people in Australia

By Katelyn Catanzariti
Updated December 1 2021 - 3:50am, first published 3:32am
Australians in poor areas are 40 per cent more likely to die from cancer, new statistics show.
Australians in poor areas are 40 per cent more likely to die from cancer, new statistics show.

Australians living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are 40 per cent more likely to die from cancer, the latest government statistics show.

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