Table 4.

The association of time between diagnosis and resection with excess mortality, using narrow time intervals

Time between diagnosis and resection (days)	Model
	Crude model				Age-adjusted model				Covariate adjusted model 1
	Excess hazards ratio	95% Confidence interval			Excess hazards ratio	95% Confidence interval			Excess hazards ratio	95% Confidence interval
1-6	2.50	2.42	to	2.59	2.36	2.28	to	2.43	2.11	2.05	to	2.18
7-13	1.95	1.88	to	2.02	1.93	1.86	to	1.99	1.66	1.60	to	1.72
14-20	1.36	1.31	to	1.41	1.36	1.31	to	1.41	1.25	1.21	to	1.30
21-27	1.15	1.11	to	1.19	1.18	1.14	to	1.23	1.14	1.10	to	1.18
28-34	1.00				1.00				1.00
35-41	1.08	1.04	to	1.12	1.07	1.03	to	1.11	1.10	1.06	to	1.14
42-48	1.06	1.02	to	1.11	1.06	1.02	to	1.11	1.08	1.04	to	1.12
49-55	1.29	1.23	to	1.34	1.24	1.19	to	1.30	1.24	1.19	to	1.29
56-62	1.58	1.51	to	1.66	1.55	1.48	to	1.62	1.52	1.46	to	1.59

¹adjusted for age, sex, region of residence, subsite, stage, grade, morphology, deprivation quintile and period.