Table 5 Kruskall–Wallis statistical tests comparing the six cancer groups

From: Delays in the diagnosis of six cancers: analysis of data from the National Survey of NHS Patients: Cancer

Delay type

χ 2

df

P -value

Total prehospital delay

3859.9

5

<0.001

Patient, primary care and referral delay (GP patients only)

3172.5

5

<0.001

Patient delay (non-GP patients only)

17.2

5

0.004

Patient and primary care delay (GP patients only)

1490.4

5

<0.001

Referral delay (GP patients only)

2910.0

5

<0.001

Secondary care delay

572.9

5

<0.001

Total delay

3632.0

5

<0.001