Table 1.
Characteristics of women diagnosed with breast cancer, Yorkshire and North East (England), 2000–2007
| All patients | Deprivation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Least deprived | 2 | 3 | 4 | Most deprived | ||
| Number of patients | 36,793 | 6411 | 7549 | 6982 | 7642 | 8209 |
| % Alive at end of follow-up | 78.9 | 85.1 | 81.2 | 79.2 | 76.7 | 73.6 |
| Mean age at diagnosis | 62.9 | 61.0 | 61.3 | 62.4 | 63.1 | 63.7 |
| (interquartile range) | 51.9–73.9 | 51.2–70.3 | 51.8–72.7 | 52.1–74.3 | 52.1–75.7 | 52.2–75.2 |
| Stage at diagnosis (%) | ||||||
| I | 37.6 | 40.9 | 38.8 | 38.0 | 36.3 | 34.8 |
| II | 43.0 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 41.7 | 42.5 | 43.1 |
| III | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| IV | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.9 |
| Missing | 8.0 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 8.8 |
| % Receiving major treatment | 26.9 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 27.6 | 27.1 | 28.0 |