Table 1.
Dataset overview by deprivation quintile and cancer site for patients diagnosed in 2004–2018.
| Site | ICD-10 | Characteristic | Total | Deprivation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Least (Q1) | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Most (Q5) | P value1 | ||||
| Colorectal | C18–20 | DCO (%) | 7·6 | 8·6 | 6·9 | 8·4 | 7·1 | 7·0 | 0·01 |
| N (%) | 16,480 | 3141 | 3294 | 3446 | 3200 | 3399 | / | ||
| Female (%) | 50·2 | 51·9 | 51·4 | 50·6 | 48·8 | 46·6 | <0·0001 | ||
| Age (Median) | 72·0 | 73·0 | 73·0 | 73·0 | 73·0 | 71·0 | <0·0001 | ||
| Colon (%) | 69·0 | 70·5 | 69·5 | 69·2 | 68·8 | 67·0 | 0·003 | ||
| Lung | C34 | DCO (%) | 10·4 | 12·6 | 10·2 | 11·4 | 9·2 | 9·5 | <0·0001 |
| N (%) | 17,116 | 2398 | 3277 | 3611 | 3422 | 4408 | / | ||
| Female (%) | 39·4 | 43·0 | 40·3 | 39·6 | 37·3 | 37·8 | <0·0001 | ||
| Age (Median) | 69·0 | 71·0 | 69·0 | 69·0 | 69·0 | 68·0 | <0·0001 | ||
| Breast | C50 | DCO (%) | 3·1 | 3·6 | 3·2 | 3·1 | 3·7 | 2·9 | 0·34 |
| N (%) | 22,597 | 5064 | 4742 | 4712 | 4010 | 4051 | / | ||
| Age (Median) | 64·0 | 64·0 | 64·0 | 64·0 | 65·0 | 63·0 | 0.30 | ||
| Prostate | C61 | DCO (%) | 5·0 | 4·0 | 4·4 | 5·8 | 5·6 | 5·5 | 0·0001 |
| N (%) | 16,913 | 4153 | 3141 | 3517 | 3043 | 3059 | / | ||
| Age (Median) | 69·0 | 69·0 | 69·0 | 70·0 | 70·0 | 69·0 | 0·81 | ||
ICD=International classification of disease; DCO=death certificate only.
1
P value for trend across deprivation quintiles. For N, no test was performed as the assignment of deprivation quintiles was based on the number of cancer patients.