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

Table 4.

Number (%) of patients who ever received therapeutic or palliative surgery, by deprivation status

Distribution of affluence (tenths) No (%) who received surgery % difference from most affluent 10th (95% CI) Odds of ever receiving surgery (95% CI)
Colorectal cancer (ICD-9 codes 153-154)
1st (affluent) 1456/2606 (55.87) 1.00
2nd 1549/2774 (55.84) −0.03 (−2.69 to 2.62) 1.00 (0.89 to 1.11)
3rd 1638/2859 (57.29)  1.42 (−1.21 to 4.05) 1.05 (0.94 to 1.17)
4th 1557/2832 (54.98) −0.89 (−3.54 to 1.75) 0.96 (0.86 to 1.07)
5th 1571/2782 (56.47)  0.60 (−2.05 to 3.25) 1.01 (0.91 to 1.13)
6th 1398/2521 (55.45) −0.42 (−3.14 to 2.30) 0.97 (0.87 to 1.09)
7th 1366/2445 (55.87)  0.00 (−2.74 to 2.74) 0.99 (0.89 to 1.11)
8th 1237/2153 (57.45)  1.58 (−1.24 to 4.41) 1.06 (0.94 to 1.19)
9th 1154/2047 (56.38)  0.50 (−2.37 to 3.38) 1.01 (0.90 to 1.14)
10th (deprived)  985/1869 (52.70)  −3.17 (−6.13 to −0.21) 0.88 (0.78 to 1.00)
Deviance difference (trend)  1.08
Deviance difference (heterogeneity) 12.31
Unknown   245/416 (58.89)  3.02 (−2.07 to 8.12) 1.14 (0.92 to 1.40)
Cancer of lung, trachea, or bronchus (ICD-9 code 162)
1st (affluent)  256/1642 (15.59) 1.00
2nd  265/1976 (13.41) −2.18 (−4.49 to 0.13) 0.85 (0.71 to 1.03)
3rd  274/2107 (13.00)  −2.59 (−4.85 to−0.32) 0.83 (0.69 to 1.00)
4th  287/2276 (12.61)  −2.98 (−5.20 to −0.76) 0.80 (0.67 to 0.96)
5th  277/2382 (11.63)  −3.96 (−6.14 to −1.79) 0.74 (0.61 to 0.89)
6th  287/2446 (11.73)  −3.86 (−6.03 to −1.69) 0.73 (0.61 to 0.88)
7th  288/2446 (11.77)  −3.82 (−5.99 to −1.65) 0.74 (0.62 to 0.89)
8th  333/2533 (13.15)  −2.44 (−4.64 to −0.25) 0.82 (0.68 to 0.98)
9th  342/2595 (13.18)  −2.41 (−4.60 to −0.23) 0.82 (0.69 to 0.98)
10th (deprived)  260/2581 (10.07)  −5.52 (−7.62 to −3.41) 0.58 (0.48 to 0.70)
Deviance difference (trend)  19.04*
Deviance difference (heterogeneity)  39.72*
Unknown    61/434 (14.06) −1.54 (−5.25 to 2.18) 0.81 (0.60 to 1.11)
Female breast cancer (ICD-9 code 174)
1st (affluent) 1927/2953 (65.26) 1.00
2nd 1980/3053 (64.85) −0.40 (−2.81 to 2.01) 0.99 (0.89 to 1.10)
3rd 2054/3171 (64.77) −0.48 (−2.87 to 1.91) 0.99 (0.89 to 1.10)
4th 1980/3031 (65.32)  0.07 (−2.34 to 2.48) 1.02 (0.92 to 1.13)
5th 1845/2936 (62.84) −2.42 (−4.87 to 0.04) 0.91 (0.82 to 1.01)
6th 1727/2809 (61.48)  −3.77 (−6.26 to −1.29) 0.86 (0.77 to 0.96)
7th 1661/2655 (62.56)  −2.69 (−5.21 to −0.18) 0.90 (0.81 to 1.01)
8th 1472/2394 (61.49)  −3.77 (−6.37 to −1.17) 0.86 (0.77 to 0.97)
9th 1352/2244 (60.25)  −5.01 (−7.66 to −2.35) 0.81 (0.73 to 0.91)
10th (deprived) 1094/2025 (54.02)  −11.23 (−14.00 to −8.46) 0.63 (0.56 to 0.71)
Deviance difference (trend)  73.38*
Deviance difference (heterogeneity) 103.67*
Unknown  345/559 (61.72) −3.54 (−7.92 to 0.84) 0.85 (0.70 to 1.02)
*

P<0.05.