Table 1 Number (%) of colorectal cancer patients by deprivation group
From: No socioeconomic inequalities in colorectal cancer survival within a randomised clinical trial
Deprivation category | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Most affluent | 2 | 3 | 4 | Most deprived | No of patients | |||||||
Deprivation | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
(a) AXIS trial (1989–1997) | ||||||||||||
No. of patients | 423 | 17.1 | 567 | 22.9 | 481 | 19.4 | 510 | 20.6 | 500 | 20.2 | 2481 | 100.0 |
Site of tumour | ||||||||||||
Colon | 234 | 17.7 | 327 | 24.7 | 259 | 19.5 | 258 | 19.5 | 248 | 18.7 | 1326 | 53.5 |
Rectum | 189 | 16.4 | 240 | 20.8 | 222 | 19.2 | 252 | 21.8 | 252 | 21.8 | 1155 | 46.6 |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Male | 238 | 15.8 | 353 | 23.5 | 296 | 19.7 | 319 | 21.2 | 299 | 19.9 | 1505 | 60.7 |
Female | 185 | 19.0 | 214 | 21.9 | 185 | 19.0 | 191 | 19.6 | 201 | 20.6 | 976 | 39.3 |
Age (years) | ||||||||||||
Less than 40 | 8 | 24.2 | 10 | 30.3 | 4 | 12.1 | 6 | 18.2 | 5 | 15.2 | 33 | 1.3 |
40–59 | 81 | 15.3 | 135 | 25.6 | 106 | 20.1 | 109 | 20.6 | 97 | 18.4 | 528 | 21.3 |
60–79 | 304 | 17.4 | 376 | 21.6 | 338 | 19.4 | 357 | 20.5 | 369 | 21.2 | 1744 | 70.3 |
80 and over | 30 | 17.1 | 46 | 26.1 | 33 | 18.8 | 38 | 21.6 | 29 | 16.5 | 176 | 7.1 |
5-FU | ||||||||||||
No | 217 | 18.0 | 279 | 23.1 | 223 | 18.5 | 240 | 19.9 | 249 | 20.6 | 1208 | 48.7 |
Yes | 195 | 16.1 | 277 | 22.8 | 248 | 20.5 | 257 | 21.2 | 236 | 19.5 | 1213 | 48.9 |
Not randomised | 11 | 18.3 | 11 | 18.3 | 10 | 16.7 | 13 | 21.7 | 15 | 25.0 | 60 | 2.4 |
Duke's stage | ||||||||||||
A | 56 | 19.2 | 68 | 23.3 | 59 | 20.2 | 59 | 20.2 | 50 | 17.1 | 292 | 11.8 |
B | 171 | 17.5 | 226 | 23.2 | 201 | 20.6 | 194 | 19.9 | 183 | 18.8 | 975 | 39.3 |
C | 117 | 15.2 | 181 | 23.5 | 137 | 17.8 | 165 | 21.5 | 169 | 22.0 | 769 | 31.0 |
D | 44 | 21.4 | 44 | 21.4 | 37 | 18.0 | 45 | 21.8 | 36 | 17.5 | 206 | 8.3 |
Missing | 35 | 14.6 | 48 | 20.1 | 47 | 19.7 | 47 | 19.7 | 62 | 25.9 | 239 | 9.6 |
(b) General population of England and Wales (1991–1995) | ||||||||||||
No. of patients | 17 800 | 14.3 | 21 438 | 17.3 | 24 826 | 20.0 | 28 954 | 23.3 | 31 229 | 25.1 | 124 247 | 100.0 |
Site of tumour | ||||||||||||
Colon | 11 222 | 14.7 | 13 555 | 17.7 | 15 557 | 20.3 | 17 650 | 23.0 | 18 607 | 24.3 | 76 591 | 61.6 |
Rectum | 6578 | 13.8 | 7883 | 16.5 | 9269 | 19.5 | 11 304 | 23.7 | 12 622 | 26.5 | 47 656 | 38.4 |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Male | 9301 | 14.4 | 10 951 | 17.0 | 12 792 | 19.8 | 15 003 | 23.2 | 16 531 | 25.6 | 64 578 | 52.0 |
Female | 8499 | 14.2 | 10 487 | 17.6 | 12 034 | 20.2 | 13 951 | 23.4 | 14 698 | 24.6 | 59 669 | 48.0 |
Age (years) | ||||||||||||
Less than 40 | 219 | 15.3 | 208 | 14.6 | 256 | 17.9 | 350 | 24.5 | 397 | 27.8 | 1430 | 1.2 |
40–59 | 3229 | 16.5 | 3430 | 17.5 | 3802 | 19.4 | 4368 | 22.3 | 4739 | 24.2 | 19 568 | 15.8 |
60–79 | 10 245 | 13.9 | 12 584 | 17.0 | 14 679 | 19.9 | 17 205 | 23.3 | 19 159 | 25.9 | 73 872 | 59.5 |
80 and over | 4107 | 14.0 | 5216 | 17.8 | 6089 | 20.7 | 7031 | 23.9 | 6934 | 23.6 | 29 377 | 23.6 |
