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. 2015 Jan 20;112(4):676–687. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.634

Table 1. Patient characteristics, mean and median (percentile) primary-care interval.

 
 
Primary-care interval
  N Mean Median 25th Percentile 75th Percentile 90th Percentile
All
5036
32.5
8
0
34
87
Sex
Female 2413 33.1 9 0 36 88
Male
2623
31.9
8
0
32
85
Age
15–44 150 36.9 7.5 0 43 113
45–54 405 30.3 8 0 34 75
55–64 1030 31.1 8 0 33 85
65–74 1503 32.0 8 0 34 83
75–84 1430 33.6 9 0 36 88
85+
518
34.2
7
0
32
100
Cancer diagnosis
Colorectal 2111 33.0 6 0 30 94
Ovarian 345 21.5 7 0 25 54
Lung 1494 34.5 13 3 39 83
Oesophageal 513 26.3 6 0 31 75
Pancreatic 327 33.0 7 0 32 96
Stomach
246
43.2
13
0
58
132
Investigations in primary care
No 1838 17.4 0 0 10 44
Yes 3198 41.2 16 5 45 106