Table 1.

The types of findings and number and direction of significance of SES relationships across the breast cancer continuum

	Types of findings					Significance
Stage	Individual	Area	Individual and area	Multilevel	Total	Positive	Negative	NS^	NR#
SCREENING: TOTAL	11	2	2		15	6	10	16
Screening - Never	2		1		3	1	3	4
Individual	2					1	2	4
Area - Not defined			1				1
Screening - Recent	6				6	2	2	9
Individual	6					2	2	9
Screening - Overdue	3	1	1		5	3	4	3
Individual	3					3	3	2
Postcode		1						1
Area - Not defined			1				1
Screening - access to services		1			1		1
CD		1					1
INCIDENCE: TOTAL		5			5	5	1
CD		1				2
LGA		3				2	1
SLA		1				1
DIAGNOSIS: TOTAL		5	4	1	10	2	8	4
Stage of diagnosis		5	1	1	7		7	3
Individual							1	1
CD		2	1				2	2
Postcode		1					1
LGA		1					1
SLA		1		1			2
Diagnostic procedure			1		1	1		1
Individual								1
Area - Not defined			1			1
Diagnostic results			2		2	1	1
Postcode			2			1	1
TREATMENT CHOICE: TOTAL	1	6	11		18	15	10	3	3
Provider characteristics			2		2		2		2
Individual									2
Postcode			2				2
Non-surgical Treatment		1	1		2	2			1
Individual									1
Postcode		1	1			2
No Surgery			1		1		1	1
Individual								1
Area - Not defined			1				1
Surgery - Breast Conserving		1	2		3	5
Individual						2
CD			1			1
Postcode		1				1
Area - Not defined			1			1
Surgery - Mastectomy		2	2		4		6
Individual							2
CD			1				1
Postcode		1					1
Municipality		1					1
Area - Not defined			1				1
Surgery - Reconstructive	1		3		4	8
Individual	1					5
CD			1			1
Postcode			1			1
Area - Not defined			1			1
Post-treatment Surgery		1			1			1
CD		1						1
Treatment Intensity before death		1			1		1	1
Individual								1
CD		1					1
SURVIVAL: TOTAL		6	2	1	9	7		5
Individual						2		1
CD		2	1					3
LGA		2				2
SLA		2	1	1		3		1
MORTALITY: TOTAL		7	2	1	10	2	6	5
Individual						1	1	1
CD			1				1
LGA		5					3	2
SLA		1	1	1			1	2
Area - Not defined		1				1
GRAND TOTAL	12	31	21	3	67	37	35	32	3

Note: NS^ Non-significant finding reported by authors, NR# Findings not reported by authors