Table 5 One- and five-year net survival, and deprivation gap in survival for lung cancer (England 2001–2005) using national unadjusted and national smoking-adjusted life tables, by sex

	One-year net survival					Five-year net survival
	Level of smoking adjustment ^b					Level of smoking adjustment ^b
Deprivation group	Unadjusted ^a	Lowest (A1)	Average (A2)	Highest (A3)	Maximum difference ^c	Unadjusted ^a	Lowest (A1)	Average (A2)	Highest (A3)	Maximum difference ^c
Men
Overall	26.2	26.8	27.2	27.6	1.4	13.5	14.1	14.5	15.0	1.4
Most affluent 1	28.0	28.6	29.0	29.5	1.5	14.8	15.4	15.9	16.4	1.6
2	26.2	26.7	27.2	27.6	1.4	13.5	14.1	14.6	15.1	1.5
3	26.7	27.2	27.6	28.1	1.4	13.8	14.4	14.8	15.3	1.5
4	25.9	26.4	26.8	27.2	1.3	13.0	13.5	13.9	14.3	1.3
Most deprived 5	25.4	25.9	26.3	26.6	1.2	13.2	13.7	14.1	14.5	1.4
Women
Overall	28.9	29.2	29.3	29.3	0.4	15.8	16.1	16.1	16.2	0.4
Most affluent 1	32.0	32.3	32.4	32.4	0.4	17.5	17.9	17.9	17.9	0.4
2	29.3	29.6	29.6	29.7	0.4	16.7	17.0	17.0	17.1	0.4
3	29.8	30.2	30.2	30.2	0.4	16.1	16.4	16.5	16.5	0.4
4	27.3	27.6	27.6	27.7	0.4	14.9	15.2	15.2	15.2	0.4
Most deprived 5	28.1	28.4	28.4	28.4	0.3	15.1	15.4	15.4	15.5	0.4

	Fitted deprivation gap in 1-year net survival					Fitted deprivation gap in 5-year net survival
	Level of smoking adjustment ^b					Level of smoking adjustment ^b
	Unadjusted ^a	Lowest (A1)	Average (A2)	Highest (A3)	Maximum difference ^d	Unadjusted ^a	Lowest (A1)	Average (A2)	Highest (A3)	Maximum difference ^d
Men	−2.1	−2.2	−2.3	−2.4	0.3	−1.4	−1.5	−1.6	−1.7	0.3
Women	−3.6	−3.6	−3.6	−3.6	0.1	−2.5	−2.6	−2.6	−2.6	0.1

^aNational life table for England 2001.
^bSmoking-adjusted life tables based on a range of hazard rate ratios from the literature (see text and Table 1).
^cDifference between net survival estimated with the unadjusted national life table, and the net survival estimated using the smoking-adjusted national life table (A3).
^dDifference between the deprivation gap in net survival estimated with unadjusted and smoking-adjusted life tables (A3).

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