Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of patients who had an FIT request from November 2017 to December 2021 compared with baseline Nottinghamshire population
| Base population, n (%) | Investigated population, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Category | Total | Total | CRC detected |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 496 525 (49.9) | 21 800 (56.0) | 252 (1.2) |
| Male | 498 755 (50.1) | 17 112 (44.0) | 347 (2.0) |
| Unknown | 35 (0.004) | 8 (0.02) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Age, years | |||
| <65 | 777 085 (78.1) | 18 029 (46.3) | 130 (0.7) |
| ≥65 | 218 195 (21.9) | 20 891 (53.7) | 469 (2.2) |
| Unknown | 35 (0.004) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
|
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| Ethnic group | |||
| White | 753 845 (75.7) | 27 277 (70.1) | 439 (1.6) |
| Asian | 66 220 (6.7) | 1584 (4.1) | 6 (0.4) |
| Black | 29 565 (3.0) | 801 (2.1) | 7 (0.9) |
| Mixed or other | 31 750 (3.2) | 876 (2.3) | 8 (0.9) |
| Unknown | 113 935 (11.4) | 8382 (21.5) | 139 (1.7) |
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| IMD quintile | |||
| 5 (least deprived) | 195 680 (19.7) | 11 036 (28.4) | 183 (1.7) |
| 4 | 204 595 (20.6) | 6278 (16.1) | 124 (2.0) |
| 3 | 205 315 (20.6) | 6454 (16.6) | 95 (1.5) |
| 2 | 194 310 (19.5) | 6177 (15.9) | 95 (1.5) |
| 1 (most deprived) | 195 325 (19.6) | 8927 (22.9) | 102 (1.1) |
| Unknown | 90 (0.01) | 48 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
FIT = faecal immunochemical test. IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation.