Table 2 Variation in stage at diagnosis by sex, age and income deprivation

From: Stage at diagnosis and early mortality from cancer in England

  

Breast

Colorectal

Lung

Ovarian

Prostate

Cohort

Stages

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

Female

Stage 1

15752

37.4%

2111

14.0%

2395

15.0%

1711

31.4%

Male

 

3144

16.0%

2241

12.0%

11896

32.8%

Female

Stage 2

14148

33.6%

3722

25.0%

1128

7.0%

276

5.1%

Male

 

4680

24.0%

1512

8.0%

6269

17.3%

Female

Stage 3

3583

8.5%

3922

27.0%

3097

20.0%

1567

28.7%

Male

 

5336

28.0%

3915

20.0%

5625

15.5%

Female

Stage 4

2366

5.6%

3215

22.0%

7618

48.0%

929

17.0%

Male

 

4136

22.0%

9533

50.0%

5836

16.1%

Female

Stage NK

6222

14.8%

1826

12.0%

1639

10.0%

972

17.8%

Male

 

1919

10.0%

1919

10.0%

6661

18.4%

Age (years)

15–49

Stage 1

2545

29.9%

282

13.6%

126

12.9%

588

54.6%

185

45.7%

50–59

 

3927

44.2%

526

14.2%

368

10.7%

387

40.5%

1438

38.6%

60–69

 

5462

49.6%

1647

19.4%

1282

13.4%

389

28.4%

4618

36.4%

70–79

 

2493

34.7%

1777

16.9%

1704

14.3%

243

19.9%

4247

33.0%

80–89

 

1132

21.3%

933

11.9%

1036

13.2%

97

13.5%

1332

23.0%

90–99

 

193

16.3%

90

6.5%

120

10.1%

7

6.4%

76

9.7%

15–49

Stage 2

3431

40.3%

384

18.5%

68

7.0%

52

4.8%

84

20.7%

50–59

 

2832

31.9%

788

21.2%

233

6.8%

60

6.3%

738

19.8%

60–69

 

3215

29.2%

2019

23.8%

716

7.5%

74

5.4%

2497

19.7%

70–79

 

2478

34.5%

2836

27.0%

962

8.1%

57

4.7%

2286

17.7%

80–89

 

1850

34.9%

2104

26.8%

602

7.7%

30

4.2%

625

10.8%

90–99

 

342

28.9%

271

19.7%

59

4.9%

3

2.7%

39

5.0%

15–49

Stage 3

997

11.7%

634

30.6%

171

17.6%

199

18.5%

37

9.1%

50–59

 

747

8.4%

1216

32.7%

716

20.8%

240

25.1%

587

15.7%

60–69

 

748

6.8%

2510

29.5%

2104

22.0%

441

32.2%

2157

17.0%

70–79

 

633

8.8%

2856

27.2%

2420

20.3%

440

36.0%

2148

16.7%

80–89

 

397

7.5%

1835

23.4%

1425

18.1%

230

31.9%

632

10.9%

90–99

 

61

5.2%

207

15.0%

176

14.8%

17

15.5%

64

8.2%

15–49

Stage 4

363

4.3%

478

23.1%

515

52.9%

87

8.1%

36

8.9%

50–59

 

385

4.3%

916

24.7%

1874

54.4%

141

14.7%

409

11.0%

60–69

 

488

4.4%

1790

21.1%

4750

49.6%

258

18.8%

1539

12.1%

70–79

 

543

7.5%

2144

20.4%

5742

48.1%

257

21.0%

2086

16.2%

80–89

 

499

9.4%

1723

21.9%

3710

47.2%

157

21.8%

1501

25.9%

90–99

 

88

7.4%

300

21.8%

560

47.0%

29

26.4%

265

33.9%

15–49

Stage NK

1168

13.7%

293

14.1%

93

9.6%

151

14.0%

63

15.6%

50–59

 

990

11.1%

267

7.2%

254

7.4%

128

13.4%

555

14.9%

60–69

 

1089

9.9%

535

6.3%

731

7.6%

207

15.1%

1880

14.8%

70–79

 

1046

14.5%

880

8.4%

1109

9.3%

226

18.5%

2120

16.5%

80–89

 

1429

26.9%

1262

16.1%

1094

13.9%

206

28.6%

1705

29.4%

90–99

 

500

42.2%

508

36.9%

277

23.2%

54

49.1%

338

43.2%

Income deprivation

Least deprived

Stage 1

3650

38.5%

1184

16.2%

615

13.0%

347

31.9%

2898

33.5%

2

 

3704

38.7%

1168

15.6%

842

13.2%

345

28.2%

2874

32.3%

3

 

3505

39.0%

1207

16.5%

924

13.0%

361

30.7%

2571

33.4%

4

 

2724

35.0%

918

14.1%

1062

13.3%

343

32.4%

1963

31.7%

Most deprived

 

2169

34.6%

778

14.3%

1193

13.5%

315

34.8%

1590

33.0%

Least deprived

Stage 2

2965

31.3%

1827

25.0%

363

7.7%

56

5.1%

1536

17.7%

2

 

3223

33.7%

1879

25.1%

481

7.6%

65

5.3%

1610

18.1%

3

 

3061

34.1%

1783

24.4%

529

7.4%

64

5.4%

1338

17.4%

4

 

2702

34.7%

1628

25.1%

587

7.4%

52

4.9%

1066

17.2%

Most deprived

 

2197

35.1%

1285

23.7%

680

7.7%

39

4.3%

719

14.9%

Least deprived

Stage 3

745

7.9%

2053

28.1%

903

19.1%

321

29.5%

1244

14.4%

2

 

760

7.9%

2048

27.4%

1290

20.3%

365

29.8%

1406

15.8%

3

 

766

8.5%

1950

26.7%

1415

19.9%

337

28.6%

1212

15.7%

4

 

690

8.9%

1733

26.7%

1588

19.9%

280

26.4%

1007

16.2%

Most deprived

 

622

9.9%

1474

27.1%

1816

20.6%

264

29.2%

756

15.7%

Least deprived

Stage 4

465

4.9%

1522

20.8%

2368

50.1%

179

16.4%

1259

14.5%

2

 

442

4.6%

1564

20.9%

3080

48.4%

207

16.9%

1365

15.3%

3

 

457

5.1%

1553

21.3%

3523

49.5%

213

18.1%

1284

16.7%

4

 

529

6.8%

1459

22.5%

3887

48.8%

189

17.8%

1048

16.9%

Most deprived

 

473

7.6%

1253

23.1%

4293

48.6%

141

15.6%

880

18.3%

Least deprived

Stage NK

1649

17.4%

720

9.9%

474

10.0%

186

17.1%

1724

19.9%

2

 

1444

15.1%

829

11.1%

677

10.6%

243

19.8%

1649

18.5%

3

 

1187

13.2%

805

11.0%

724

10.2%

202

17.2%

1299

16.9%

4

 

1143

14.7%

750

11.6%

837

10.5%

196

18.5%

1113

18.0%

Most deprived

 

799

12.8%

641

11.8%

846

9.6%

145

16.0%

876

18.2%

  1. Abbreviation: NK=not known.