Table 1. Number (%) of colorectal cancer patients by deprivation group.

	Deprivation category
	Most affluent		2		3		4		Most deprived		No of patients
Deprivation	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
(a) AXIS trial (1989–1997)
No. of patients	423	17.1	567	22.9	481	19.4	510	20.6	500	20.2	2481	100.0
Site of tumour
Colon	234	17.7	327	24.7	259	19.5	258	19.5	248	18.7	1326	53.5
Rectum	189	16.4	240	20.8	222	19.2	252	21.8	252	21.8	1155	46.6
Sex
Male	238	15.8	353	23.5	296	19.7	319	21.2	299	19.9	1505	60.7
Female	185	19.0	214	21.9	185	19.0	191	19.6	201	20.6	976	39.3
Age (years)
Less than 40	8	24.2	10	30.3	4	12.1	6	18.2	5	15.2	33	1.3
40–59	81	15.3	135	25.6	106	20.1	109	20.6	97	18.4	528	21.3
60–79	304	17.4	376	21.6	338	19.4	357	20.5	369	21.2	1744	70.3
80 and over	30	17.1	46	26.1	33	18.8	38	21.6	29	16.5	176	7.1
5-FU
No	217	18.0	279	23.1	223	18.5	240	19.9	249	20.6	1208	48.7
Yes	195	16.1	277	22.8	248	20.5	257	21.2	236	19.5	1213	48.9
Not randomised	11	18.3	11	18.3	10	16.7	13	21.7	15	25.0	60	2.4
Duke's stage
A	56	19.2	68	23.3	59	20.2	59	20.2	50	17.1	292	11.8
B	171	17.5	226	23.2	201	20.6	194	19.9	183	18.8	975	39.3
C	117	15.2	181	23.5	137	17.8	165	21.5	169	22.0	769	31.0
D	44	21.4	44	21.4	37	18.0	45	21.8	36	17.5	206	8.3
Missing	35	14.6	48	20.1	47	19.7	47	19.7	62	25.9	239	9.6
(b) General population of England and Wales (1991–1995)
No. of patients	17 800	14.3	21 438	17.3	24 826	20.0	28 954	23.3	31 229	25.1	124 247	100.0
Site of tumour
Colon	11 222	14.7	13 555	17.7	15 557	20.3	17 650	23.0	18 607	24.3	76 591	61.6
Rectum	6578	13.8	7883	16.5	9269	19.5	11 304	23.7	12 622	26.5	47 656	38.4
Sex
Male	9301	14.4	10 951	17.0	12 792	19.8	15 003	23.2	16 531	25.6	64 578	52.0
Female	8499	14.2	10 487	17.6	12 034	20.2	13 951	23.4	14 698	24.6	59 669	48.0
Age (years)
Less than 40	219	15.3	208	14.6	256	17.9	350	24.5	397	27.8	1430	1.2
40–59	3229	16.5	3430	17.5	3802	19.4	4368	22.3	4739	24.2	19 568	15.8
60–79	10 245	13.9	12 584	17.0	14 679	19.9	17 205	23.3	19 159	25.9	73 872	59.5
80 and over	4107	14.0	5216	17.8	6089	20.7	7031	23.9	6934	23.6	29 377	23.6