Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of patients by cancer site.

Variable	Breast		Colorectal		Lung		Prostate
	N = 8,639		N = 5,912		N = 5,737		N = 1,763
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Age group (at diagnosis)
15–44	1,537	17.8	151	2.6	83	1.4	2	0.1
45–54	1,978	22.9	502	8.5	381	6.6	53	3.0
55–64	1,556	18.0	1,222	20.7	1,285	22.4	338	19.2
65–74	1,461	16.9	1,818	30.8	1,976	34.4	668	37.9
75 and above	2,107	24.4	2,219	37.5	2,012	35.1	702	39.8
Sex
Male	0	0.0	3,219	54.4	3,382	59.0	2,807	100.0
Female	8,639	100.0	2,693	45.6	2,355	41.0	0	0.0
Ethnicity
White	6,636	76.8	4,736	80.1	4,323	75.4	1,347	76.4
Black	74	0.9	36	0.6	12	0.2	25	1.4
Asian	91	1.1	34	0.6	20	0.3	11	0.6
Mixed	14	0.2	6	0.1	1	0.0	2	0.1
Other	92	1.1	26	0.4	37	0.6	11	0.6
Unknown	1,732	20.0	1,074	18.2	1,344	23.4	367	20.8
Region
London	929	10.8	565	9.6	558	9.7	184	10.4
North East	157	1.8	128	2.2	188	3.3	26	1.5
North West	1,424	16.5	1,007	17.0	1,247	21.7	278	15.8
Yorkshire and the Humber	466	5.4	284	4.8	331	5.8	90	5.1
East Midlands	339	3.9	284	4.8	247	4.3	62	3.5
West Midlands	1,174	13.6	797	13.5	728	12.7	212	12.0
East of England	1,127	13.0	773	13.1	696	12.1	243	13.8
South East	2,032	23.5	1,314	22.2	1,075	18.7	430	24.4
South West	991	11.5	760	12.9	667	11.6	238	13.5
Level of Deprivation
1—least deprived	2,242	26.0	1,391	23.5	904	15.8	500	28.4
2	2,252	26.1	1,550	26.2	1,172	20.4	456	25.9
3	1,666	19.3	1,208	20.4	1,134	19.8	350	19.9
4	1,462	16.9	1,055	17.8	1,271	22.2	287	16.3
5—most deprived	1,001	11.6	699	11.8	1,237	21.6	168	9.5
Unknown	16	0.2	9	0.2	19	0.3	2	0.1
Period of Cancer Plan Implementation
Prior to implementation	1,348	15.6	847	14.3	927	16.2	217	12.3
Initialization	1,346	15.6	2,511	42.5	2,411	42.0	735	41.7
Implementation	5,945	68.8	2,554	43.2	2,399	41.8	811	46.0