Table 1.
Characteristics of male and female patients diagnosed with colon cancer in 2013, during the two years prior to diagnosis, by deprivation quintilea.
| Male | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Least deprived (N = 1722) | 2 (N = 1725) | 3 (N = 1687) | 4 (N = 1611) | Most deprived (N = 1252) | Total (N = 7997) | |
| Age in years (N (%)) | ||||||
| <45 | 51 (3.0%) | 50 (2.9%) | 45 (2.7%) | 65 (4.0%) | 56 (4.5%) | 267 (3.3%) |
| (45–55] | 69 (4.0%) | 72 (4.2%) | 86 (5.1%) | 107 (6.6%) | 92 (7.3%) | 426 (5.3%) |
| (55–65] | 242 (14.1%) | 215 (12.5%) | 248 (14.7%) | 226 (14.0%) | 232 (18.5%) | 1163 (14.5%) |
| >65 | 1360 (79.0%) | 1388 (80.5%) | 1308 (77.5%) | 1213 (75.3%) | 872 (69.6%) | 6141 (76.8%) |
| Patients with: | ||||||
| 1–2 HAb | 1205 (70.0%) | 1180 (68.4%) | 1176 (69.7%) | 1,094 (67.9%) | 812 (64.9%) | 5467 (68.4%) |
| 3 HA | 226 (13.1%) | 228 (13.2%) | 221 (13.1%) | 225 (14.0%) | 182 (14.5%) | 1082 (13.5%) |
| >3 HA | 291 (16.9%) | 317 (18.4%) | 290 (17.2%) | 292 (18.1%) | 258 (20.6%) | 1448 (18.1%) |
| Patients with: | ||||||
| 1 HEAc | 1433 (83.2%) | 1432 (83.0%) | 1375 (81.5%) | 1302 (80.8%) | 943 (75.3%) | 6485 (81.1%) |
| 2 HEA | 173 (10.0%) | 181 (10.5%) | 168 (10.0%) | 181 (11.2%) | 166 (13.3%) | 869 (10.9%) |
| >2 HEA | 116 (6.7%) | 112 (6.5%) | 144 (8.5%) | 128 (7.9%) | 143 (11.4%) | 643 (8.0%) |
| Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Least deprived (N = 1500) | 2 (N = 1642) | 3 (N = 1516) | 4 (N = 1467) | Most deprived (N = 1141) | Total (N = 7266) | |
| Age in years | ||||||
| (15–45] | 56 (3.7%) | 71 (4.3%) | 74 (4.9%) | 79 (5.4%) | 77 (6.7%) | 357 (4.9%) |
| (45–55] | 71 (4.7%) | 87 (5.3%) | 87 (5.7%) | 100 (6.8%) | 74 (6.5%) | 419 (5.8%) |
| (55–65] | 186 (12.4%) | 192 (11.7%) | 190 (12.5%) | 184 (12.5%) | 186 (16.3%) | 938 (12.9%) |
| >65 | 1187 (79.1%) | 1292 (78.7%) | 1165 (76.8%) | 1104 (75.3%) | 804 (70.5%) | 5552 (76.4%) |
| Patients with: | ||||||
| 1–2 HA | 1070 (71.3%) | 1162 (70.8%) | 1037 (68.4%) | 1008 (68.7%) | 733 (64.2%) | 5010 (69.0%) |
| 3 HA | 196 (13.1%) | 206 (12.5%) | 195 (12.9%) | 216 (14.7%) | 169 (14.8%) | 982 (13.5%) |
| >3 HA | 234 (15.6%) | 274 (16.7%) | 284 (18.7%) | 243 (16.6%) | 239 (20.9%) | 1274 (17.5%) |
| Patients with: | ||||||
| 1 HEA | 1237 (82.5%) | 1338 (81.5%) | 1185 (78.2%) | 1129 (77.0%) | 851 (74.6%) | 5740 (79.0%) |
| 2 HEA | 161 (10.7%) | 173 (10.5%) | 192 (12.7%) | 206 (14.0%) | 159 (13.9%) | 891 (12.3%) |
| >2 HEA | 102 (6.8%) | 131 (8.0%) | 139 (9.2%) | 132 (9.0%) | 131 (11.5%) | 635 (8.7%) |
aBased on the income domain score of the English Index of Multiple Deprivation.
bHA = Hospital Admissions.
cHEA = Hospital Emergency Admissions.