Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics, 2010–2017.
| Characteristics | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 13,719 | 52.61 |
| Male | 12,358 | 47.4 |
| Age | ||
| 65–69 | 1613 | 6.2 |
| 70–79 | 9893 | 37.9 |
| 80–89 | 10,767 | 47.3 |
| 90+ | 3804 | 14.6 |
| Cancer site | ||
| Lung | 5166 | 19.8 |
| Digestive organsa | 4360 | 16.7 |
| Prostate | 2093 | 8.4 |
| Hematologicalb | 2093 | 8.0 |
| Unspecified primary sites | 1740 | 6.7 |
| Colorectal | 1734 | 6.6 |
| Breast | 1663 | 6.4 |
| Urinary tract | 1625 | 6.2 |
| Pancreatic | 1383 | 5.3 |
| Female reproductive organs | 1129 | 4.3 |
| Other | 2987 | 11.4 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | ||
| 0 | 6909 | 26.5 |
| 1–3 | 14,455 | 55.4 |
| 4–6 | 2261 | 8.7 |
| 7+ | 2452 | 9.4 |
| IMDc | 343 | |
| 1st (most deprived) | 6039 | 23.2 |
| 2nd | 5806 | 22.3 |
| 3rd | 5740 | 22.0 |
| 4th | 4725 | 18.1 |
| 5th (least deprived) | 3767 | 14.4 |
| Region | ||
| South East Coast | 5298 | 20.3 |
| South Central | 4224 | 16.2 |
| North West | 4037 | 15.5 |
| West Midlands | 3359 | 12.8 |
| South West | 3107 | 11.9 |
| London | 2882 | 11.0 |
| East of England | 2172 | 8.3 |
| Yorkshire & The Humber | 578 | 2.2 |
| North East | 420 | 1.6 |
aDigestive organs included oesophagus, liver, stomach and other digestive organs.
bLymphomas and other haematological neoplasms including hodgin lymphoma, follicular and non-follicular lymphoma, mature T/NK-cell lymphomas, lymphoma T/NK-cell–cell lymphomas, malignant immunoproliferative diseases, multiple myleoma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms, lymphoid leukaemia, myeloid leukaemia, monocytic leukaemia and other leukaemias.
cIMD Index of Multiple Deprivation.