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. 1998 Jul 25;317(7153):245–252. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7153.245

Table 2.

Number (%) of day case admissions by deprivation status

Distribution of affluence (tenths) No (%) of day cases % difference from most affluent 10th (95% CI) Odds of day case admission (95% CI)
Colorectal cancer (ICD-9 codes 153-154)
1st (affluent) 2367/5738 (41.25) 1.00
2nd 2706/6467 (41.84) 0.59 (−1.16 to 2.34) 1.03 (0.95 to 1.11)
3rd 2074/5951 (34.85) −6.40 (−8.16 to −4.64) 0.79 (0.73 to 0.83)
4th 2043/5677 (35.99) −5.26 (−7.05 to −3.48) 0.84 (0.78 to 0.91)
5th 2080/6001 (34.66) −6.59 (−8.34 to −4.84) 0.80 (0.74 to 0.87)
6th 2315/5635 (41.08) −0.17 (−1.98 to 1.64)  1.01 (0.94 to 1.09)
7th 1821/5026 (36.23) −5.02 (−6.86 to −3.18) 0.87 (0.80 to 0.94)
8th 1411/4243 (33.25) −8.00 (−9.90 to −6.09) 0.77 (0.70 to 0.84)
9th 1342/4040 (33.22) −8.03 (−9.97 to −6.10) 0.73 (0.67 to 0.80)
10th (deprived) 1336/3938 (33.93) −7.33 (−9.28 to −5.37) 0.70 (0.64 to 0.76)
Deviance difference (trend) 400.54*
Deviance difference (heterogeneity) 543.83*
Unknown  500/1026 (48.73) 7.48 (4.17 to 10.79) 1.20 (1.05 to 1.38)
Cancer of lung, trachea, or bronchus (ICD-9 code 162)
1st (affluent)  725/2939 (24.67) 100
2nd  698/3343 (20.88) −3.79 (−5.87 to −1.71) 0.82 (0.73 to 0.92)
3rd  824/3486 (23.64) −1.03 (−3.13 to 1.07)  0.96 (0.86 to 1.08)
4th  726/3817 (19.02) −5.65 (−7.64 to −3.65) 0.73 (0.65 to 0.82)
5th  740/3812 (19.41) −5.26 (−7.26 to −3.25) 0.75 (0.66 to 0.84)
6th  778/4001 (19.45) −5.22 (−7.21 to −3.24) 0.75 (0.67 to 0.84)
7th  675/3847 (17.55) −7.12 (−9.09 to −5.15) 0.66 (0.59 to 0.75)
8th  805/4346 (18.52) −6.15 (−8.09 to −4.21) 0.70 (0.63 to 0.78)
9th  631/4184 (15.08)  −9.59 (−11.49 to −7.69) 0.55 (0.49 to 0.62)
10th (deprived)  598/4250 (14.07) −10.60 (−12.47 to 8.72)  0.50 (0.44 to 0.56)
Deviance difference (trend) 384.48*
Deviance difference (heterogeneity) 416.37*
Unknown   119/643 (18.51) −6.16 (−9.54 to −2.78) 0.68 (0.55 to 0.85)
Female breast cancer (ICD-9 code 174)
1st (affluent) 1764/5698 (30.96) 1.00
2nd 2207/6438 (34.28) 3.32 (1.65 to 4.99)  1.13 (1.04 to 1.22)
3rd 1911/6067 (31.50) 0.54 (−1.14 to 2.22) 1.04 (0.96 to 1.13)
4th 1860/5804 (32.05) 1.09 (−0.61 to 2.79) 1.05 (0.97 to 1.14)
5th 1798/5775 (31.13) 0.18 (−1.52 to 1.87) 0.99 (0.92 to 1.08)
6th 1790/5567 (32.15) 1.20 (−0.52 to 2.91) 1.06 (0.98 to 1.15)
7th 1552/5088 (30.50) −0.46 (2.20 to 1.29)   0.95 (0.87 to 1.04)
8th 1593/4820 (33.05) 2.09 (0.30 to 3.88)  1.13 (1.04 to 1.23)
9th 1292/4399 (29.37) −1.59 (−3.39 to 0.22)  0.90 (0.82 to 0.98)
10th (deprived)  741/3546 (20.90) −10.06 (−11.86 to −8.26) 0.56 (0.50 to 0.62)
Deviance difference (trend) 321.43*
Deviance difference (heterogeneity) 472.13*
Unknown  316/1027 (30.77) −0.19 (−3.26 to 2.88)  0.91 (0.78 to 1.05)
*

P<0.05.