Total N = 3928 | High-volume surgeon N = 2931 | Others N = 997 | P for heterogeneity | ||||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Individual data | |||||||
Age | |||||||
< 50 years old | 946 | 24.1 | 702 | 23.9 | 244 | 24.5 | <0.001 |
50 to 74 years old | 2438 | 62.1 | 1857 | 63.4 | 581 | 58.3 | |
> 74 years old | 544 | 13.8 | 372 | 12.7 | 172 | 17.2 | |
Circumstances of diagnosis | |||||||
Screening | 1907 | 51.1 | 1501 | 53.2 | 406 | 44.8 | <0.001 |
Not screening | 1823 | 48.9 | 1323 | 48.8 | 500 | 55.2 | |
Unknown | 198 | ||||||
T Stage - size | |||||||
T1 | 2875 | 75.7 | 2185 | 77.1 | 690 | 71.6 | <0.001 |
T2 | 767 | 20.2 | 548 | 19.3 | 219 | 22.7 | |
T3 and T4 | 156 | 4.1 | 101 | 3.6 | 55 | 5.7 | |
Unknown | 130 | ||||||
N Stage - nodes | |||||||
N0 | 2591 | 68.2 | 1936 | 68.2 | 655 | 68.1 | 0.962 |
N1 and more | 1211 | 31.8 | 904 | 31.8 | 307 | 31.9 | |
Unknown | 126 | ||||||
M Stage - metastasis | |||||||
M0 | 3809 | 98.2 | 2843 | 98.3 | 966 | 98.0 | 0.500 |
M1 | 69 | 1.8 | 49 | 1.7 | 20 | 2.0 | |
Unknown | 50 | ||||||
At least one comorbidity | |||||||
Yes | 861 | 21.9 | 627 | 21.4 | 234 | 23.5 | 0.171 |
No | 3067 | 78.1 | 2304 | 78.6 | 763 | 76.5 | |
Time to the nearest reference cancer care centre | |||||||
< 10 minutes | 1153 | 29.3 | 917 | 31.3 | 236 | 23.7 | <0.001 |
10 to 20 minutes | 1049 | 26.7 | 831 | 28.4 | 218 | 21.8 | |
20 to 35 minutes | 599 | 15.3 | 438 | 14.9 | 161 | 16.2 | |
> 35 minutes | 1127 | 28.7 | 745 | 25.4 | 382 | 38.3 | |
Aggregate data | |||||||
Place of residence | |||||||
Rural | 1067 | 27.2 | 746 | 25.5 | 321 | 32.2 | <0.001 |
Urban | 2860 | 72.8 | 2184 | 74.5 | 676 | 67.8 | |
Unknown | 1 | ||||||
Townsend index | |||||||
Quintile 1 (most affluent) | 323 | 8.2 | 260 | 8.9 | 63 | 6.3 | 0.021 |
Quintile 2 | 557 | 14.2 | 432 | 14.8 | 125 | 12.5 | |
Quintile 3 | 484 | 12.3 | 363 | 12.4 | 121 | 12.1 | |
Quintile 4 | 722 | 18.4 | 531 | 18.1 | 191 | 19.2 | |
Quintile 5 (most deprived) | 1839 | 46.9 | 1342 | 45.8 | 497 | 49.9 | |
Unknown | 3 |