Table 1. Proportion of patients by stage, gender, age and deprivation group categories for breast and lung cancer (2006–2009).
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Breast
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Lung
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| N | % among all patients | % among patients with known stage | N | % among all patients | % among patients with known stage | |
| Stage | ||||||
| Stage I | 6788 | 38% | 41% | 1534 | 12% | 15% |
| Stage II | 7361 | 41% | 45% | 670 | 5% | 6% |
| Stage III | 1490 | 8% | 9% | 3483 | 26% | 33% |
| Stage IV | 821 | 5% | 5% | 4748 | 36% | 46% |
| Unknown | 1376 | 8% | n/a | 2851 | 21% | n/a |
| Sex | ||||||
| Men | n/a | 7684 | 58% | |||
| Women | 17 836 | 100% | 5602 | 42% | ||
| Age group a | ||||||
| 15–39 | 770 | 4% | ||||
| 40–44 | 1091 | 6% | n/a | |||
| 45–49 | 1539 | 9% | ||||
| 15–49 | n/a | 380 | 3% | |||
| 50–54 | 2048 | 11% | 443 | 3% | ||
| 55–59 | 1911 | 11% | 903 | 7% | ||
| 60–64 | 2461 | 14% | 1525 | 11% | ||
| 65–69 | 2152 | 12% | 1762 | 13% | ||
| 70–74 | 1491 | 8% | 2166 | 16% | ||
| 75–79 | 1590 | 9% | 2384 | 18% | ||
| 80–84 | 1321 | 7% | 2099 | 16% | ||
| ⩾85 | 1462 | 8% | 1624 | 12% | ||
| Deprivation group | ||||||
| Affluent | 4778 | 27% | 2471 | 19% | ||
| 2 | 4658 | 26% | 3072 | 23% | ||
| 3 | 4323 | 24% | 3444 | 26% | ||
| 4 | 3081 | 17% | 3072 | 23% | ||
| Deprived | 996 | 6% | 1227 | 9% | ||
a
Younger age groups were categorised differently for the two examined cancers because compared with breast cancer there were fewer patients with lung cancer in the younger age groups.