Table 1.

Unadjusted analysis of percentages of colorectal patients by treatment type and days from diagnosis to treatment start: South Australian major public hospitals, 2000–2010 diagnoses*

	Surgery (surgery cases)						Radiotherapy (radiotherapy cases)						Chemotherapy (chemotherapy cases)						Any treatment (surgery cases)
	n	≤30	31–60	61–90	≥90	P value	n	≤30	31–60	61–90	≥90	P value	n	≤30	31–60	61–90	≥90	P value	n	≤30	31–60	61–90	≥90	P value
All cases	1675	59.0	21.2	6.0	13.9	–	616	20.9	37.8	17.4	23.9	–	1556	15.3	40.7	24.6	19.5	–	1675	61.7	25.6	7.1	5.6	–
Age at diagnosis (years)
<50	91	59.3	11.0	4.4	25.3	<0.001	79	24.1	45.6	7.6	22.8	0.042	189	19.6	47.1	19.0	14.3	<0.001	91	65.9	22.0	3.3	8.8	0.048
50–59	210	52.9	20.0	5.7	21.4		118	22.0	40.7	17.8	19.5		322	16.5	44.1	20.5	18.9		210	58.7	28.4	7.7	5.3
60–69	388	52.3	22.9	5.9	18.8		188	20.7	35.6	12.3	22.3		498	16.1	38.0	26.7	19.3		388	57.1	29.1	6.8	7.0
70–79	570	61.1	23.0	5.6	10.4		175	20.1	36.0	16.0	28.0		469	12.6	39.0	26.7	21.7		570	61.9	26.2	7.2	4.8
80+	416	65.4	20.0	7.0	7.7		56	17.9	33.9	21.4	26.8		78	11.5	38.5	28.2	21.8		416	66.1	21.2	7.7	5.1
Sex
Males	893	56.0	21.9	5.9	16.1	0.003	400	19.8	38.5	18.0	23.8	0.567	910	16.3	39.0	23.8	20.9	0.649	893	59.2	27.3	7.1	6.4	0.017
Females	782	62.4	20.3	6.0	11.3		216	23.1	36.6	16.2	24.1		646	13.9	43.0	25.5	17.5		782	64.4	23.8	7.0	4.7
Socioeconomic
Low	544	56.3	22.8	5.9	15.1	0.118	206	16.0	43.2	18.9	21.8	0.826	507	13.4	39.4	26.4	20.7	0.664	544	58.8	28.0	6.6	6.6	0.104
Low-medium	388	60.3	19.8	6.7	13.1		137	24.8	36.5	16.8	21.9		374	16.6	44.9	21.9	16.6		388	62.7	24.9	7.0	5.4
Medium-high	345	58.6	21.4	5.5	14.5		128	24.2	35.2	18.8	21.9		320	16.3	40.0	27.5	16.3		345	61.9	24.1	8.1	5.8
High	398	61.8	20.1	5.8	12.3		145	21.4	33.8	14.5	30.3		355	15.8	38.6	22.0	23.7		398	64.4	24.5	6.8	4.3
Accessibility
High	1353	58.9	20.4	6.4	14.3	0.584	475	22.1	36.4	16.8	24.6	0.764	1223	16.4	40.3	24.0	19.3	0.12	1353	61.8	25.1	7.3	5.9	0.992
Medium-high	228	61.0	23.2	3.9	11.8		94	17.0	44.7	21.3	17.0		228	10.1	41.2	28.1	20.6		228	62.1	27.3	6.6	4.0
Poor	94	55.3	27.7	4.3	12.8		47	17.0	38.3	14.9	29.8		105	13.3	43.8	23.8	19.0		94	58.5	29.8	5.3	6.4
Local health network
Northern metro	242	45.9	24.4	12.0	17.8	0.026	106	18.9	34.9	19.8	26.4	0.12	248	16.1	41.5	24.2	7.3	0.004	242	49.6	30.4	12.1	7.9	<0.001
Central metro	618	61.7	20.2	6.8	11.3		202	21.8	32.7	17.8	27.7		495	17.8	36.6	26.5	19.2		618	64.1	24.0	7.3	4.7
Southern metro	417	64.3	17.7	3.4	14.6		134	25.4	40.3	14.2	20.1		426	16.7	42.7	20.7	20.0		417	66.8	23.0	4.8	5.3
Country South	155	52.9	27.7	1.9	17.4		74	25.7	40.5	14.9	18.9		159	8.8	41.5	28.3	21.4		155	56.5	31.2	3.9	8.4
Country North	241	60.2	22.0	5.0	12.9		100	11.2	46.9	19.4	22.4		228	11.0	44.5	25.1	19.4		241	61.9	26.2	7.4	4.5
Subsite
Colon	1098	65.0	22.1	4.9	7.9	<0.001	86	11.6	12.8	14.0	61.6	<0.001	898	13.1	40.2	27.4	19.3	0.018	1098	66.2	23.4	6.0	4.5	<0.001
Rectum	577	47.5	19.4	8.0	25.1		530	22.5	41.9	17.9	17.7		658	18.2	41.3	20.7	19.8		577	53.1	29.9	9.2	7.8
ACPS stage
A	280	53.9	30.4	7.9	7.9	0.460	50	24.0	44.0	14.0	18.0	0.114	47	25.5	36.2	21.3	17.0	0.003	280	55.4	32.5	7.9	4.3	0.114
B	654	61.5	23.9	4.7	9.9	(A-D)	147	21.1	38.8	21.8	18.4		249	13.3	40.2	27.7	18.9		654	63.3	26.7	5.7	4.3
C	412	55.6	17.2	6.8	20.4		231	16.0	40.7	21.2	22.1		696	6.6	47.3	27.6	18.5		412	58.9	25.6	8.8	6.8
D	279	63.8	12.5	5.0	18.6		162	25.9	29.0	10.5	34.6		516	26.6	33.1	19.6	20.7		279	68.6	17.3	6.5	7.6
UK	50	51.5	18.2	12.1	18.2		26	27.3	59.1	4.5	9.1		48	26.9	34.6	15.4	23.1		50	59.2	20.4	10.2	10.2
Diagnosis years
2000–2005	869	65.0	17.5	5.4	12.1	<0.001	335	23.9	34.0	15.8	26.3	0.898	782	17.4	44.2	21.2	17.1	<0.001	869	68.0	21.4	6.2	4.4	<0.001
2006–2010	806	52.5	25.2	6.6	17.8		281	17.4	42.3	19.2	21.0		774	13.2	37.1	27.9	21.8		806	54.8	30.3	8.0	7.0

*Excludes cases where insufficient data on date of diagnosis (see ‘Methods’)

ACPS, Australian Clinico-Pathological Staging; UK, unknown.