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Table 1 Incidence by socioeconomic status for lung, breast, cervical, and melanoma cancer, England, 1998–2003
| Men | Women | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deprivation | No. | AVR | RR | Excess cases compared to least deprived | % | Deprivation | No. | AVR | RR | Excess cases compared to least deprived | % |
| Lung | Lung | ||||||||||
| Least Deprived | 15177 | 42.2 | 1.00 | - | Least Deprived | 9024 | 21.1 | 1.00 | - | ||
| 2 | 19341 | 51.1 | 1.21 | -3296 | 2 | 12015 | 25.7 | 1.22 | -2782 | ||
| 3 | 22572 | 52.1 | 1.46 | -7143 | 3 | 14286 | 30.7 | 1.46 | -4504 | ||
| 4 | 26125 | 79.2 | 1.87 | -12,137 | 4 | 17246 | 40.5 | 1.92 | -8281 | ||
| Most Deprived | 30573 | 107.4 | 2.53 | -18499 | Most Deprived | 20789 | 57.5 | 2.73 | -13180 | ||
| Total | 113788 | -41076 | -36.1 | Total | 73360 | -28148 | -38.4 | ||||
| Melanoma | Melanoma | ||||||||||
| Least Deprived | 4239 | 12.8 | 1.00 | - | Least Deprived | 5217 | 14.8 | 1.00 | - | ||
| 2 | 3908 | 11.5 | 0.90 | 425 | 2 | 4901 | 13.3 | 0.90 | 539 | ||
| 3 | 3368 | 10.3 | 0.81 | 796 | 3 | 4356 | 11.8 | 0.80 | 1099 | ||
| 4 | 2571 | 8.5 | 0.67 | 1292 | 4 | 3506 | 9.9 | 0.67 | 1715 | ||
| Most Deprived | 1724 | 6.3 | 0.49 | 1772 | Most Deprived | 2352 | 7.2 | 0.484 | 2509 | ||
| Total | 15810 | 4286 | Total | 20332 | 5862 | 28.8 | |||||
| Breast | |||||||||||
| Least Deprived | 46085 | 125.7 | 1.00 | - | |||||||
| 2 | 46745 | 121.6 | 0.97 | 1557 | |||||||
| 3 | 44718 | 118.1 | 0.94 | 2859 | |||||||
| 4 | 39800 | 112.6 | 0.90 | 4643 | |||||||
| Most Deprived | 32672 | 105.0 | 0.84 | 2509 | |||||||
| Total | 210020 | 7.4 | |||||||||
| Cervix | |||||||||||
| Least Deprived | 2149 | 6.4 | 1.00 | - | |||||||
| 2 | 2515 | 7.2 | 1.13 | -289 | |||||||
| 3 | 2782 | 7.8 | 1.23 | -520 | |||||||
| 4 | 3362 | 9.9 | 1.54 | -1185 | |||||||
| Most Deprived | 4072 | 13.3 | 2.08 | -2113 | |||||||
| Total | 14880 | -4108 | -27.6 | ||||||||
