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. 2015 Mar 3;112(Suppl 1):S108–S115. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.49

Table 2. Variation in stage at diagnosis by sex, age and income deprivation.

    Breast
Colorectal
Lung
Ovarian
Prostate
Cohort Stages n % n % n % n % n %
Sex
Female Stage 1 15752 37.4% 2111 14.0% 2395 15.0% 1711 31.4%
Male   3144 16.0% 2241 12.0% 11896 32.8%
Female Stage 2 14148 33.6% 3722 25.0% 1128 7.0% 276 5.1%
Male   4680 24.0% 1512 8.0% 6269 17.3%
Female Stage 3 3583 8.5% 3922 27.0% 3097 20.0% 1567 28.7%
Male   5336 28.0% 3915 20.0% 5625 15.5%
Female Stage 4 2366 5.6% 3215 22.0% 7618 48.0% 929 17.0%
Male   4136 22.0% 9533 50.0% 5836 16.1%
Female Stage NK 6222 14.8% 1826 12.0% 1639 10.0% 972 17.8%
Male   1919 10.0% 1919 10.0% 6661 18.4%
Age (years)
15–49 Stage 1 2545 29.9% 282 13.6% 126 12.9% 588 54.6% 185 45.7%
50–59   3927 44.2% 526 14.2% 368 10.7% 387 40.5% 1438 38.6%
60–69   5462 49.6% 1647 19.4% 1282 13.4% 389 28.4% 4618 36.4%
70–79   2493 34.7% 1777 16.9% 1704 14.3% 243 19.9% 4247 33.0%
80–89   1132 21.3% 933 11.9% 1036 13.2% 97 13.5% 1332 23.0%
90–99   193 16.3% 90 6.5% 120 10.1% 7 6.4% 76 9.7%
15–49 Stage 2 3431 40.3% 384 18.5% 68 7.0% 52 4.8% 84 20.7%
50–59   2832 31.9% 788 21.2% 233 6.8% 60 6.3% 738 19.8%
60–69   3215 29.2% 2019 23.8% 716 7.5% 74 5.4% 2497 19.7%
70–79   2478 34.5% 2836 27.0% 962 8.1% 57 4.7% 2286 17.7%
80–89   1850 34.9% 2104 26.8% 602 7.7% 30 4.2% 625 10.8%
90–99   342 28.9% 271 19.7% 59 4.9% 3 2.7% 39 5.0%
15–49 Stage 3 997 11.7% 634 30.6% 171 17.6% 199 18.5% 37 9.1%
50–59   747 8.4% 1216 32.7% 716 20.8% 240 25.1% 587 15.7%
60–69   748 6.8% 2510 29.5% 2104 22.0% 441 32.2% 2157 17.0%
70–79   633 8.8% 2856 27.2% 2420 20.3% 440 36.0% 2148 16.7%
80–89   397 7.5% 1835 23.4% 1425 18.1% 230 31.9% 632 10.9%
90–99   61 5.2% 207 15.0% 176 14.8% 17 15.5% 64 8.2%
15–49 Stage 4 363 4.3% 478 23.1% 515 52.9% 87 8.1% 36 8.9%
50–59   385 4.3% 916 24.7% 1874 54.4% 141 14.7% 409 11.0%
60–69   488 4.4% 1790 21.1% 4750 49.6% 258 18.8% 1539 12.1%
70–79   543 7.5% 2144 20.4% 5742 48.1% 257 21.0% 2086 16.2%
80–89   499 9.4% 1723 21.9% 3710 47.2% 157 21.8% 1501 25.9%
90–99   88 7.4% 300 21.8% 560 47.0% 29 26.4% 265 33.9%
15–49 Stage NK 1168 13.7% 293 14.1% 93 9.6% 151 14.0% 63 15.6%
50–59   990 11.1% 267 7.2% 254 7.4% 128 13.4% 555 14.9%
60–69   1089 9.9% 535 6.3% 731 7.6% 207 15.1% 1880 14.8%
70–79   1046 14.5% 880 8.4% 1109 9.3% 226 18.5% 2120 16.5%
80–89   1429 26.9% 1262 16.1% 1094 13.9% 206 28.6% 1705 29.4%
90–99   500 42.2% 508 36.9% 277 23.2% 54 49.1% 338 43.2%
Income deprivation
Least deprived Stage 1 3650 38.5% 1184 16.2% 615 13.0% 347 31.9% 2898 33.5%
2   3704 38.7% 1168 15.6% 842 13.2% 345 28.2% 2874 32.3%
3   3505 39.0% 1207 16.5% 924 13.0% 361 30.7% 2571 33.4%
4   2724 35.0% 918 14.1% 1062 13.3% 343 32.4% 1963 31.7%
Most deprived   2169 34.6% 778 14.3% 1193 13.5% 315 34.8% 1590 33.0%
Least deprived Stage 2 2965 31.3% 1827 25.0% 363 7.7% 56 5.1% 1536 17.7%
2   3223 33.7% 1879 25.1% 481 7.6% 65 5.3% 1610 18.1%
3   3061 34.1% 1783 24.4% 529 7.4% 64 5.4% 1338 17.4%
4   2702 34.7% 1628 25.1% 587 7.4% 52 4.9% 1066 17.2%
Most deprived   2197 35.1% 1285 23.7% 680 7.7% 39 4.3% 719 14.9%
Least deprived Stage 3 745 7.9% 2053 28.1% 903 19.1% 321 29.5% 1244 14.4%
2   760 7.9% 2048 27.4% 1290 20.3% 365 29.8% 1406 15.8%
3   766 8.5% 1950 26.7% 1415 19.9% 337 28.6% 1212 15.7%
4   690 8.9% 1733 26.7% 1588 19.9% 280 26.4% 1007 16.2%
Most deprived   622 9.9% 1474 27.1% 1816 20.6% 264 29.2% 756 15.7%
Least deprived Stage 4 465 4.9% 1522 20.8% 2368 50.1% 179 16.4% 1259 14.5%
2   442 4.6% 1564 20.9% 3080 48.4% 207 16.9% 1365 15.3%
3   457 5.1% 1553 21.3% 3523 49.5% 213 18.1% 1284 16.7%
4   529 6.8% 1459 22.5% 3887 48.8% 189 17.8% 1048 16.9%
Most deprived   473 7.6% 1253 23.1% 4293 48.6% 141 15.6% 880 18.3%
Least deprived Stage NK 1649 17.4% 720 9.9% 474 10.0% 186 17.1% 1724 19.9%
2   1444 15.1% 829 11.1% 677 10.6% 243 19.8% 1649 18.5%
3   1187 13.2% 805 11.0% 724 10.2% 202 17.2% 1299 16.9%
4   1143 14.7% 750 11.6% 837 10.5% 196 18.5% 1113 18.0%
Most deprived   799 12.8% 641 11.8% 846 9.6% 145 16.0% 876 18.2%

Abbreviation: NK=not known.