Table 2.
Rate ratio, with 95% Confidence Interval, for excess mortality by socioeconomic indicator.
| Cancer | Social Class Model | Carstairs Score Model | Car Access Model | Tenure Model | |||||
| All cancers† N = 26,273 |
1 | 1.11 | 1.09–1.14 | 1.12 | 1.10–1.14 | 1.41 | 1.34–1.49 | 1.45 | 1.38–1.52 |
| 2 | 1.05 | 1.02–1.08 | 1.06 | 1.04–1.08 | 1.19 | 1.13–1.26 | 1.26 | 1.20–1.33 | |
| All cancers, Male N = 13,523 |
1 | 1.11 | 1.08–1.14 | 1.11 | 1.09–1.14 | 1.45 | 1.35–1.55 | 1.44 | 1.34–1.53 |
| 2 | 1.05 | 1.02–1.08 | 1.05 | 1.03–1.08 | 1.22 | 1.13–1.32 | 1.24 | 1.16–1.34 | |
| All cancers, Female N = 12,750 |
1 | 1.10 | 1.06–1.15 | 1.12 | 1.09–1.15 | 1.34 | 1.24–1.46 | 1.42 | 1.33–1.53 |
| 2 | 1.04 | 0.99–1.09 | 1.07 | 1.04–1.10 | 1.14 | 1.05–1.24 | 1.27 | 1.17–1.37 | |
| Lung N = 4,271 |
1 | 1.04 | 1.01–1.08 | 1.06 | 1.03–1.09 | 1.13 | 1.05–1.22 | 1.11 | 1.03–1.19 |
| 2 | 1.02 | 0.99–1.06 | 1.04 | 1.01–1.08 | 1.07 | 0.98–1.17 | 1.04 | 0.95–1.12 | |
| Oesophagus N = 608 |
1 | 1.12 | 1.01–1.24 | 1.07 | 0.99–1.16 | 1.21 | 0.96–1.51 | 1.14 | 0.91–1.42 |
| 2 | 1.11 | 0.99–1.23 | 1.06 | 0.98–1.15 | 1.10 | 0.86–1.41 | 1.06 | 0.84–1.33 | |
| Stomach N = 1,283 |
1 | 0.99 | 0.92–1.06 | 1.03 | 0.97–1.09 | 1.13 | 0.96–1.34 | 1.04 | 0.89–1.22 |
| 2 | 0.99 | 0.90–1.05 | 1.02 | 0.96–1.09 | 1.11 | 0.93–1.33 | 0.99 | 0.83–1.17 | |
| Colorectal N = 3,298 |
1 | 1.01 | 0.94–1.08 | 1.01 | 0.96–1.07 | 1.25 | 1.08–1.46 | 1.15 | 1.00–1.32 |
| 2 | 0.98 | 0.91–1.06 | 0.99 | 0.94–1.04 | 1.24 | 1.05–1.46 | 1.08 | 0.93–1.26 | |
| Female Breast N = 3,102 |
1 | 0.94 | 0.84–1.05 | 1.14 | 1.06–1.22 | 1.13 | 0.91–1.40 | 1.28 | 1.06–1.55 |
| 2 | 0.90 | 0.80–1.01 | 1.13 | 1.05–1.22 | 0.97 | 0.77–1.21 | 1.17 | 0.95–1.45 | |
| Bladder N = 1,407 |
1 | 1.10 | 0.93–1.30 | 1.22 | 1.06–1.40 | 2.30 | 1.52–3.48 | 2.01 | 1.41–2.87 |
| 2 | 0.95 | 0.79–1.15 | 1.14 | 0.98–1.32 | 1.87 | 1.22–2.88 | 1.67 | 1.16–2.42 | |
| Prostate N = 1,714 |
1 | 1.02 | 0.92–1.14 | 1.09 | 0.99–1.20 | 1.25 | 0.94–1.67 | 1.14 | 0.86–1.51 |
| 2 | 0.99 | 0.88–1.11 | 1.07 | 0.97–1.18 | 1.14 | 0.83–1.57 | 1.02 | 0.76–1.38 | |
| Pancreas N = 641 |
1 | 1.09 | 0.99–1.21 | 1.02 | 0.94–1.09 | 1.06 | 0.85–1.33 | 1.13 | 0.91–1.41 |
| 2 | 1.08 | 0.98–1.20 | 1.01 | 0.93–1.09 | 0.97 | 0.75–1.25 | 1.11 | 0.87–1.42 | |
| Leukaemia N = 446 |
1 | 1.07 | 0.87–1.32 | 1.09 | 0.95–1.24 | 1.25 | 0.80–1.96 | 1.58 | 1.08–2.32 |
| 2 | 1.05 | 0.84–1.31 | 1.05 | 0.91–1.21 | 1.08 | 0.68–1.71 | 1.42 | 0.93–2.17 | |
| Cervix/Uterus N = 816 |
1 | 0.96 | 0.76–1.20 | 1.12 | 0.97–1.30 | 1.91 | 1.29–2.81 | 1.23 | 0.85–1.78 |
| 2 | 0.95 | 0.75–1.21 | 1.08 | 0.92–1.26 | 1.98 | 1.24–3.14 | 0.85 | 0.55–1.32 | |
| Ovary N = 574 |
1 | 1.11 | 0.98–1.26 | 1.04 | 0.96–1.14 | 1.59 | 1.23–2.05 | 1.34 | 1.05–1.71 |
| 2 | 1.03 | 0.90–1.18 | 0.99 | 0.91–1.09 | 1.50 | 1.14–1.97 | 1.21 | 0.93–1.57 | |
Social Class model: Registrar-General's Social Class – six point scale.
Carstairs model: quintiles of Carstairs index – five point scale.
Car Access model: binary indicator of no household access to car/van.
Tenure model: binary indicator of renting accommodation.
Model 1: Socioeconomic indicator controlled for year of follow-up, age group, sex (where appropriate), period of diagnosis, marital status, north/south geographic zone.
Model 2: Model 1, additionally controlled for all other socioeconomic indicators shown.
Results in bold type significant at 5% level or below.
† any malignancy, not restricted to groups listed below
Source: ONS Longitudinal Study