Table 1.
Logistic regression of demographic and clinical factors and associations with late diagnosisa
| Cohort of Cancer Decedents [n = 2,443 people (%)] |
Cancer Decedents who received a Late Diagnosisb [n = 831 people (%)] |
Cancer Decedents who did Not received a Late diagnosis [n = 1,612 people (%)] | Univariate OR (95% CI) |
Multivariate Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||
| < 65 years | 478 | 108 (22.6) | 370 (77.4) | 1 | 1 |
| 65–74 years | 662 | 194 (29.3) | 468 (70.7) | 1.43 (1.09 to 1.85) | 1.41 (1.06 to 1.85) |
| 75–84 years | 809 | 292 (36.1) | 517 (63.9) | 1.92 (1.49 to 2.5) | 2.04 (1.56 to 2.63) |
| ≥ 85 years | 494 | 237 (48.0) | 257 (52.0) | 3.13 (2.38 to 4.17) | 3.45 (2.63 to 4.55) |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 1,165 | 415 (35.6) | 750 (64.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Male | 1,278 | 416 (32.6) | 862 (67.4) | 0.87 (0.75 to 1.03) | 0.84 (0.70 to 1.00) |
| Cancer type | |||||
| Lung | 672 | 241 (35.9) | 431 (64.1) | 1 | 1 |
| Upper GI | 514 | 210 (40.9) | 304 (59.1) | 1.23 (0.97 to 1.56) | 1.10 (0.85 to 1.41) |
| Bowel | 303 | 92 (30.4) | 211 (69.6) | 0.78 (0.58 to 1.04) | 0.66 (0.49 to 0.89) |
| Breast & Ovarian | 237 | 41 (17.3) | 196 (82.7) | 0.37 (0.26 to 0.54) | 0.30 (0.20 to 0.44) |
| Prostate | 99 | 7 (7.1) | 92 (92.9) | 0.14 (0.6 to 0.30) | 0.11 (0.05 to 0.25) |
| Haematological | 241 | 101 (41.9) | 140 (58.1) | 1.28 (0.95 to 1.75) | 1.08 (0.80 to 1.47) |
| Other | 377 | 139 (36.9) | 238 (63.1) | 1.04 (0.81 to 1.35) | 1.00 (0.76 to 1.32) |
| Rurality Groupedc | |||||
| Urban | 1,588 | 549 (34.6) | 1039 (65.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Accessible | 587 | 204 (34.8) | 383 (65.2) | 1.01 (0.83 to 1.23) | 1.11 (0.88 to 1.41) |
| Remote | 235 | 71 (30.2) | 164 (69.8) | 0.82 (0.61 to 1.10) | 0.83 (0.61 to 1.15) |
| Deprivationd | |||||
| SIMD5 1 | 469 | 145 (34.4) | 277 (65.6) | 1 | 1 |
| SIMD5 2 | 528 | 139 (35.5) | 253 (64.5) | 1.05 (0.79 to 1.41) | 0.96 (0.88 to 1.30) |
| SIMD5 3 | 447 | 163 (36.7) | 281 (63.6) | 1.11 (0.84 to 1.47) | 1.00 (0.74 to 1.35) |
| SIMD5 4 | 495 | 237 (32.4) | 494 (67.6) | 0.92 (0.71 to 1.18) | 0.84 (0.63 to 1.12) |
| SIMD5 5 | 471 | 140 (33.3) | 281 (66.7) | 0.95 (0.71 to 1.27) | 0.87 (0.64 to 1.18) |
aSignificant results are indicated in bold font
bDiagnosed within the last 12 weeks of life
c‘Urban’ comprises SEUR1&2, ‘Accessible’ comprises SEUR3&5 and ‘Remote’ comprises SEUR 4 & 6. 33 people had missing information (excluded from this analysis)
dScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD). Category 1 is most deprived, and category 5 is least deprived. 33 people had missing information (excluded from analysis)