Table 1.

Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics for patient interval by patient characteristic and cancer (n = 10,297)

								Patient interval binary category
	Patient interval (days)							Prompt (0–14 days)		Non-prompt (15+ days)
	N	25th Centile	Median	75th Centile	90th Centile	95th Centile	p-Value1	N	%	N	%	p-Value2
Age
15–44	784	1	13	42	120	242	p < 0.0001	439	56.0	345	44.0	p < 0.0001
45–54	1,220	1	14	45	108	187		649	53.2	571	46.8
55–64	2,170	0	12	41	102	191		1,186	54.7	984	45.3
65–74	2,807	0	11	43	112	185		1,526	54.4	1,281	45.6
75–84	2,459	0	7	31	92	183		1,463	59.5	996	40.5
85+	857	0	7	31	95	188		526	61.4	331	38.6
Sex
Male	5,028	0	11	43	116	200	p = 0.37	2,742	54.5	2,286	45.5	p = 0.0008
Female	5,269	0	10	33	92	182		3,047	57.8	2,222	42.2
Cancer
Bladder	601	0	2	16	67	141	p < 0.0001	446	74.2	155	25.8	p < 0.0001
Renal	209	0	3	19	74	184		146	69.9	63	30.1
Brain	125	1	7	26	96	154		81	64.8	44	35.2
Breast	2,124	1	7	27	77	164		1371	64.5	753	35.5
Unknown primary	110	0	7	23	64.5	104		69	62.7	41	37.3
Leukaemia	239	0	7	30	86	140		144	60.3	95	39.7
Prostate	1,386	0	6	42	151	283		813	58.7	573	41.3
Pancreatic	272	1	9.5	31	73	97		162	59.6	110	40.4
Stomach	187	0	9	33	125	205		104	55.6	83	44.4
Lung	1,126	0	12	33	87	138		622	55.2	504	44.8
Myeloma	127	0	14	40	95	193		69	54.3	58	45.7
Endometrial	311	1	14	57	152	259		165	53.1	146	46.9
Ovarian	270	2	14	51	113.5	172		144	53.3	126	46.7
Lymphoma	482	1	14	43	92	183		243	50.4	239	49.6
Melanoma	477	0	20	69	241	366		216	45.3	261	54.7
Colorectal	1,697	1	19	60	131	203		786	46.3	911	53.7
Oesophageal	407	7	22	46	99	152		158	38.8	249	61.2
Oro-pharyngeal	147	7	30	62	122	212		50	34.0	97	66.0
Housebound status
No	9,707	0	11	39	103	188	p < 0.0001	5399	55.6	4308	44.4	p < 0.0001
Yes	590	0	5	28	91	200		390	66.1	200	33.9
Total	10,297	0	10	38	103	189		5,789	56.2	4,508	43.8

¹Kruskal–Wallis test.

²Chi-squared test.