Table 1 Cohort characteristics by ethnicity

From: Ethnicity, deprivation and screening: survival from breast cancer among screening-eligible women in the West Midlands diagnosed from 1989 to 2011

n =20 283

Asian, n (%)

Black, n (%)

White, n (%)

Total, n (%)

P -value ( χ2)a

Age group at diagnosis (years)

50–54

230 (39.0)

76 (39.8)

6575 (33.7)

6881 (33.9)

0.006

55–59

189 (32.0)

60 (31.4)

6096 (31.3)

6345 (31.3)

 

60–64

128 (21.7)

34 (17.8)

4703 (24.1)

4865 (24.0)

 

65–70

43 (7.3)

21 (11.0)

2128 (10.9)

2192 (10.8)

 

Period of diagnosis

1989–1994

21 (3.6)

8 (4.2)

772 (4.0)

801 (3.9)

0.077

1995–2000

92 (15.6)

30 (15.7)

3719 (19.1)

3841 (18.9)

 

2001–2006

214 (36.3)

76 (39.8)

7502 (38.5)

7792 (38.4)

 

2007–2011

263 (44.6)

77 (40.3)

7509 (38.5)

7849 (38.7)

 

Vital status at the end of follow up

Dead

103 (17.5)

43 (22.5)

3586 (18.4)

3732 (18.4)

0.286

Deprivation quintile

Least deprived

48 (8.1)

10 (5.2)

4420 (22.7)

4478 (22.1)

<0.001

2

52 (8.8)

20 (10.5)

4542 (23.3)

4614 (22.7)

 

3

86 (14.6)

25 (13.1)

4065 (20.8)

4176 (20.6)

 

4

113 (19.2)

33 (17.3)

3400 (17.4)

3546 (17.5)

 

Most deprived

291 (49.3)

103 (53.9)

3057 (15.7)

3451 (17)

 

Missing

0 (0)

0 (0)

18 (0.1)

18 (0.1)

 

Deprivation group

Less deprived (quintiles 1+2)

100 (16.9)

30 (15.7)

8962 (46.0)

9092 (44.8)

<0.001

Middle and more deprived (quintiles 3+4+5)

490 (83.1)

161 (84.3)

10 522 (54.0)

11 173 (55.1)

 

Missing

0 (0)

0 (0)

18 (0.1)

18 (0.1)

 

Extent of disease

Localised

329 (55.8)

89 (46.6)

11 758 (60.3)

12 176 (60.0)

<0.001

Regional

211 (35.8)

87 (45.5)

6066 (31.1)

6364 (31.4)

 

Distant

18 (3.1)

3 (1.6)

462 (2.4)

483 (2.4)

 

Missing

32 (5.4)

12 (6.3)

1216 (6.2)

1260 (6.2)

 

Total

590 (100.0)

191 (100.0)

19 502 (100.0)

20 283 (100.0)

 
  1. aχ2 test performed on non-missing data only.