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

Table 6.

Differences in excess mortality by socio-demographic variables

Variable Crude model Age-adjusted model Covariate adjusted model 1 Time between diagnosis and major resection + Covariate adjusted
Excess hazards ratio 95% Confidence interval Excess hazards ratio 95% Confidence interval Excess hazards ratio 95% Confidence interval Excess hazards ratio 95% Confidence interval
Age group
  15 - 44 1.00 1.00 1.00
  45 - 54 1.44 1.07 to 1.93 1.43 1.07 to 1.92 1.47 1.09 to 1.97
  55 - 64 1.36 1.03 to 1.80 1.42 1.08 to 1.88 1.46 1.11 to 1.93
  65 - 74 1.63 1.24 to 2.14 1.70 1.29 to 2.22 1.74 1.33 to 2.28
  75 and older 2.58 1.97 to 3.38 2.62 2.00 to 3.42 2.71 2.07 to 3.54
Region of residence
  London 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  North East 0.93 0.77 to 1.12 0.92 0.77 to 1.11 0.93 0.78 to 1.11 0.95 0.80 to 1.14
  North West 1.10 0.91 to 1.32 1.09 0.91 to 1.30 1.14 0.95 to 1.35 1.09 0.91 to 1.30
  Yorkshire and the Humber 0.98 0.82 to 1.16 0.98 0.83 to 1.15 1.01 0.86 to 1.18 1.03 0.88 to 1.21
  East Midlands 1.15 0.95 to 1.39 1.16 0.97 to 1.39 1.27 1.06 to 1.52 1.32 1.10 to 1.58
  West Midlands 1.03 0.87 to 1.23 1.03 0.87 to 1.22 1.05 0.89 to 1.23 1.06 0.90 to 1.25
  East of England 0.83 0.68 to 1.01 0.84 0.70 to 1.01 0.96 0.80 to 1.15 0.99 0.82 to 1.19
  South East 0.92 0.78 to 1.08 0.89 0.76 to 1.05 0.97 0.83 to 1.14 0.99 0.85 to 1.17
  South West 1.07 0.91 to 1.26 1.02 0.88 to 1.19 1.11 0.96 to 1.30 1.09 0.94 to 1.27
Ethnicity, major groups 2
  White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Black 0.83 0.38 to 1.78 0.91 0.42 to 1.98 0.77 0.35 to 1.68 0.79 0.37 to 1.68
  Mixed 2.08 0.81 to 5.31 2.26 0.88 to 5.78 2.08 0.81 to 5.37 1.90 0.72 to 5.02
  Other Ethnic Group 0.82 0.30 to 2.27 0.87 0.32 to 2.42 0.71 0.24 to 2.14 0.65 0.22 to 1.89
  Unknown 1.24 1.02 to 1.50 1.28 1.08 to 1.53 1.33 1.11 to 1.59 1.33 1.12 to 1.59
Income quintile 3
  1 - least deprived 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  2 0.98 0.86 to 1.12 0.97 0.85 to 1.09 0.97 0.85 to 1.09 0.97 0.86 to 1.10
  3 1.03 0.91 to 1.17 1.02 0.90 to 1.15 1.01 0.89 to 1.14 1.02 0.90 to 1.16
  4 1.14 1.00 to 1.31 1.11 0.98 to 1.26 1.11 0.98 to 1.26 1.12 0.99 to 1.27
  5 - most deprived 1.34 1.18 to 1.53 1.31 1.16 to 1.49 1.27 1.12 to 1.45 1.29 1.13 to 1.46

1adjusted for age (region of residence, ethnicity and income quintile only), sex, region of residence, subsite, stage, morphology, grade, deprivation quintile and period.

2represents only data from 2005–2009; EHRs could not be computed for Asians due to insufficient number of deaths.

3Based on the income component of the 2007 Index of Multiple Deprivation.