Table 2: Patient characteristics, by age group.
| Characteristic | Patients, no. (%)* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age < 45 yr n = 20 821 |
Age ≥ 45 yr n = 178 797 |
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| Type of cancer |
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| Breast (women only) |
9 147 |
(43.9) |
55 670 |
(31.1) |
| Thyroid |
5 394 |
(25.9) |
– |
|
| Melanoma |
3 816 |
(18.3) |
– |
|
| Testis |
2 464 |
(11.8) |
– |
|
| Lung |
– |
14 372 |
(8.0) |
|
| Colorectal |
– |
43 621 |
(24.4) |
|
| Prostate |
– |
65 134 |
(36.4) |
|
| Age at diagnosis, yr |
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| Mean |
36.5 |
66.2 |
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| Median |
38.0 |
66.0 |
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| Standard deviation |
6.2 |
10.5 |
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| Sex |
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| Female |
15 882 |
(76.3) |
82 266 |
(46.0) |
| Male |
4 939 |
(23.7) |
96 531 |
(54.0) |
| Neighbourhood income quintile |
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| Data missing |
105 |
(0.5) |
712 |
(0.4) |
| 1 (lowest) |
3 520 |
(16.9) |
31 330 |
(17.5) |
| 2 |
3 917 |
(18.8) |
35 712 |
(20.1) |
| 3 |
4 224 |
(20.3) |
35 308 |
(19.7) |
| 4 |
4 428 |
(21.3) |
36 006 |
(20.1) |
| 5 (highest) |
4 627 |
(22.2) |
39 729 |
(22.2) |
| Rural residence | 2 202 | (10.6) | 27 274 | (15.3) |
*Unless stated otherwise.