Table 1 The distribution of selected risk factors by time between diagnosis and major resection, early stage colorectal cancer, 1996–2009
Variable | Overall | Time from diagnosis to major resection | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | Less than 25 days | 25-38 days | More than 38 days | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Age group | ||||||||
15 – 44 | 921 | 1.98 | 432 | 2.47 | 276 | 1.99 | 213 | 1.41 |
45 – 54 | 2,744 | 5.90 | 1,083 | 6.18 | 875 | 6.30 | 786 | 5.21 |
55 – 64 | 8,628 | 18.55 | 3,142 | 17.93 | 2,725 | 19.61 | 2,761 | 18.29 |
65 – 74 | 15,507 | 33.34 | 5,604 | 31.98 | 4,700 | 33.83 | 5,203 | 34.47 |
75 and older | 18,711 | 40.23 | 7,263 | 41.45 | 5,317 | 38.27 | 6,131 | 40.62 |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 26,105 | 56.13 | 9,360 | 53.41 | 7,826 | 56.33 | 8,919 | 59.09 |
Female | 20,406 | 43.87 | 8,164 | 46.59 | 6,067 | 43.67 | 6,175 | 40.91 |
Region of residence | ||||||||
London | 4,137 | 8.89 | 1,714 | 9.78 | 1,291 | 9.29 | 1,132 | 7.50 |
North East | 4,003 | 8.61 | 1,471 | 8.39 | 1,297 | 9.34 | 1,235 | 8.18 |
North West | 3,951 | 8.49 | 1,821 | 10.39 | 996 | 7.17 | 1,134 | 7.51 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 6,417 | 13.80 | 2,455 | 14.01 | 1,931 | 13.90 | 2,031 | 13.46 |
East Midlands | 3,355 | 7.21 | 1,025 | 5.85 | 1,017 | 7.32 | 1,313 | 8.70 |
West Midlands | 5,242 | 11.27 | 1,767 | 10.08 | 1,682 | 12.11 | 1,793 | 11.88 |
East of England | 4,669 | 10.04 | 1,309 | 7.47 | 1,490 | 10.72 | 1,870 | 12.39 |
South East | 7,542 | 16.22 | 2,641 | 15.07 | 2,293 | 16.50 | 2,608 | 17.28 |
South West | 7,195 | 15.47 | 3,321 | 18.95 | 1,896 | 13.65 | 1,978 | 13.10 |
Ethnicity, major groups 1 | ||||||||
White | 17,909 | 75.68 | 5,580 | 76.20 | 5,757 | 75.38 | 6,572 | 75.51 |
Black | 197 | 0.83 | 69 | 0.94 | 61 | 0.80 | 67 | 0.77 |
Asian | 200 | 0.85 | 64 | 0.87 | 77 | 1.01 | 59 | 0.68 |
Mixed | 42 | 0.18 | 20 | 0.27 | 15 | 0.20 | 7 | 0.08 |
Other Ethnic Group | 109 | 0.46 | 49 | 0.67 | 27 | 0.35 | 33 | 0.38 |
Unknown | 5,206 | 22.00 | 1,541 | 21.04 | 1,700 | 22.26 | 1,965 | 22.58 |
Site | ||||||||
Colon | 29,431 | 63.28 | 12,776 | 72.91 | 8,708 | 62.68 | 7,947 | 52.65 |
Rectosigmoid | 4,249 | 9.14 | 1382 | 7.89 | 1,372 | 9.88 | 1,495 | 9.90 |
Rectum | 12,831 | 27.59 | 3366 | 19.21 | 3,813 | 27.45 | 5,652 | 37.45 |
Stage | ||||||||
A | 12,135 | 26.09 | 3,263 | 18.62 | 3,789 | 27.27 | 5,083 | 33.68 |
B | 34,376 | 73.91 | 14,261 | 81.38 | 10,104 | 72.73 | 10,011 | 66.32 |
Morphology | ||||||||
Adenocarcinoma | 41,845 | 89.97 | 15,668 | 89.41 | 12,530 | 90.19 | 13,647 | 90.41 |
Mucinous adenocarcinoma | 2,484 | 5.34 | 1,068 | 6.09 | 734 | 5.28 | 682 | 4.52 |
Other | 2,155 | 4.63 | 775 | 4.42 | 622 | 4.48 | 758 | 5.02 |
Not otherwise specified | 27 | 0.06 | 13 | 0.07 | 7 | 0.05 | 7 | 0.05 |
Grade | ||||||||
G1 | 3,159 | 6.79 | 1,319 | 7.53 | 909 | 6.54 | 931 | 6.17 |
G2 | 36,430 | 78.33 | 13,345 | 76.15 | 11,026 | 79.36 | 12,059 | 79.89 |
G3 | 4,632 | 9.96 | 1,916 | 10.93 | 1,334 | 9.60 | 1,382 | 9.16 |
G4 | 46 | 0.10 | 28 | 0.16 | 12 | 0.09 | 6 | 0.04 |
Unknown | 2,244 | 4.82 | 916 | 5.23 | 612 | 4.41 | 716 | 4.74 |
Deprivation quintile 2 | ||||||||
1 - least deprived | 9,010 | 19.37 | 3,231 | 18.44 | 2,770 | 19.94 | 3,009 | 19.94 |
2 | 9,657 | 20.76 | 3,435 | 19.60 | 2,971 | 21.38 | 3,251 | 21.54 |
3 | 9,485 | 20.39 | 3,398 | 19.39 | 2,852 | 20.53 | 3,235 | 21.43 |
4 | 8,343 | 17.94 | 3,037 | 17.33 | 2,501 | 18.00 | 2,805 | 18.58 |
5 - most deprived | 6,550 | 14.08 | 2,448 | 13.97 | 1,976 | 14.22 | 2,126 | 14.09 |
Unknown | 3,466 | 7.45 | 1,975 | 11.27 | 823 | 5.92 | 668 | 4.43 |
Cancer plan implementation period | ||||||||
Prior to implementation | 9,415 | 20.24 | 4,803 | 27.41 | 2,408 | 17.33 | 2,204 | 14.60 |
Initialization | 17,583 | 37.80 | 6,891 | 39.32 | 5,066 | 36.46 | 5,626 | 37.27 |
Implementation | 19,513 | 41.95 | 5,830 | 33.27 | 6,419 | 46.20 | 7,264 | 48.13 |