Table 1.

Comparison of demographic factors for patients who did and did not make an ED presentation (N = 2638)

	ED presentation absent (n = 1456)		ED presentation present (n = 1182)		Total (N = 2638)
Age (mean SD)	60.83 (13.72)		62.46 (14.14)		61.56 (13.93)
Gender (n %)
Male	797	54.74	626	52.96	1423	53.94
Female	659	45.26	556	47.04	1215	46.06
ATSI (n %)
No	1286	88.32	1116	94.42	2402	91.05
Yes	5	0.34	4	0.34	9	0.34
Country of Birth (n %)
Australia	868	59.62	631	53.38	1499	56.82
Country other than Australia	527	36.20	548	46.36	1075	40.75
Preferred Language (n %)
English	1249	85.78	989	83.67	2238	84.84
Language other than English	126	8.65	174	14.72	300	11.37
SEIFA (VIC) (n %)
0–40%	424	29.12	395	33.42	819	31.05
40–80%	505	34.68	369	31.22	874	33.13
> 80%	525	36.06	418	35.36	943	35.75
Marital status (n %)
Married/de facto	904	62.09	782	66.16	1686	63.91
Single/divorced/widowed	393	26.99	363	30.71	756	28.66
Interpreter (n %)
No	1287	88.39	1053	89.09	2340	88.70
Yes	92	6.32	112	9.48	204	7.73
Missing	77	5.29	17	1.44	94	3.56
Tumour stream (n %)
Head and neck	62	4.26	49	4.15	111	4.21
UGI	83	5.70	134	11.34	217	8.23
CRC	124	8.52	147	12.44	271	10.27
Lung	108	7.42	209	17.68	317	12.02
Other	57	3.91	29	2.45	86	3.26
Skin	49	3.37	49	4.15	98	3.71
Breast	214	14.70	175	14.81	389	14.75
Genitourinary	148	10.16	97	8.21	245	9.29
CNS	60	4.12	36	3.05	96	3.64
Haematological	551	37.84	257	21.74	808	30.63

ATSI Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status, SEIFA Socio-economic indexes for areas, UGI upper gastrointestinal, CRC colorectal cancer, CNS central nervous system