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. 2014 Aug 31;14:642. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-642

Table 1.

The distribution of selected risk factors by time between diagnosis and major resection, early stage colorectal cancer, 1996–2009

Variable Overall Time from diagnosis to major resection
N % Less than 25 days 25-38 days More than 38 days
N % N % N %
Age group
  15 – 44 921 1.98 432 2.47 276 1.99 213 1.41
  45 – 54 2,744 5.90 1,083 6.18 875 6.30 786 5.21
  55 – 64 8,628 18.55 3,142 17.93 2,725 19.61 2,761 18.29
  65 – 74 15,507 33.34 5,604 31.98 4,700 33.83 5,203 34.47
  75 and older 18,711 40.23 7,263 41.45 5,317 38.27 6,131 40.62
Gender
  Male 26,105 56.13 9,360 53.41 7,826 56.33 8,919 59.09
  Female 20,406 43.87 8,164 46.59 6,067 43.67 6,175 40.91
Region of residence
  London 4,137 8.89 1,714 9.78 1,291 9.29 1,132 7.50
  North East 4,003 8.61 1,471 8.39 1,297 9.34 1,235 8.18
  North West 3,951 8.49 1,821 10.39 996 7.17 1,134 7.51
  Yorkshire and the Humber 6,417 13.80 2,455 14.01 1,931 13.90 2,031 13.46
  East Midlands 3,355 7.21 1,025 5.85 1,017 7.32 1,313 8.70
  West Midlands 5,242 11.27 1,767 10.08 1,682 12.11 1,793 11.88
  East of England 4,669 10.04 1,309 7.47 1,490 10.72 1,870 12.39
  South East 7,542 16.22 2,641 15.07 2,293 16.50 2,608 17.28
  South West 7,195 15.47 3,321 18.95 1,896 13.65 1,978 13.10
Ethnicity, major groups 1
  White 17,909 75.68 5,580 76.20 5,757 75.38 6,572 75.51
  Black 197 0.83 69 0.94 61 0.80 67 0.77
  Asian 200 0.85 64 0.87 77 1.01 59 0.68
  Mixed 42 0.18 20 0.27 15 0.20 7 0.08
  Other Ethnic Group 109 0.46 49 0.67 27 0.35 33 0.38
  Unknown 5,206 22.00 1,541 21.04 1,700 22.26 1,965 22.58
Site
  Colon 29,431 63.28 12,776 72.91 8,708 62.68 7,947 52.65
  Rectosigmoid 4,249 9.14 1382 7.89 1,372 9.88 1,495 9.90
  Rectum 12,831 27.59 3366 19.21 3,813 27.45 5,652 37.45
Stage
  A 12,135 26.09 3,263 18.62 3,789 27.27 5,083 33.68
  B 34,376 73.91 14,261 81.38 10,104 72.73 10,011 66.32
Morphology
  Adenocarcinoma 41,845 89.97 15,668 89.41 12,530 90.19 13,647 90.41
  Mucinous adenocarcinoma 2,484 5.34 1,068 6.09 734 5.28 682 4.52
  Other 2,155 4.63 775 4.42 622 4.48 758 5.02
  Not otherwise specified 27 0.06 13 0.07 7 0.05 7 0.05
Grade
  G1 3,159 6.79 1,319 7.53 909 6.54 931 6.17
  G2 36,430 78.33 13,345 76.15 11,026 79.36 12,059 79.89
  G3 4,632 9.96 1,916 10.93 1,334 9.60 1,382 9.16
  G4 46 0.10 28 0.16 12 0.09 6 0.04
  Unknown 2,244 4.82 916 5.23 612 4.41 716 4.74
Deprivation quintile 2
  1 - least deprived 9,010 19.37 3,231 18.44 2,770 19.94 3,009 19.94
  2 9,657 20.76 3,435 19.60 2,971 21.38 3,251 21.54
  3 9,485 20.39 3,398 19.39 2,852 20.53 3,235 21.43
  4 8,343 17.94 3,037 17.33 2,501 18.00 2,805 18.58
  5 - most deprived 6,550 14.08 2,448 13.97 1,976 14.22 2,126 14.09
  Unknown 3,466 7.45 1,975 11.27 823 5.92 668 4.43
Cancer plan implementation period
  Prior to implementation 9,415 20.24 4,803 27.41 2,408 17.33 2,204 14.60
  Initialization 17,583 37.80 6,891 39.32 5,066 36.46 5,626 37.27
  Implementation 19,513 41.95 5,830 33.27 6,419 46.20 7,264 48.13

1represents only data from 2005–2009.

2based on the income component of the 2007 Index of Multiple Deprivation.