Patient characteristics | |||||
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Gender | n | % | Long-standing conditions a | n | % |
Male | 31,376 | 46.9 | None | 38,982 | 58.2 |
Female | 35,577 | 53.1 | Deafness/hearing impairment | 6,839 | 10.2 |
Blindness/partially sighted | 1,494 | 2.2 | |||
Age group | n | % | Physical condition | 8,884 | 13.3 |
16–25 | 257 | 0.4 | Learning disability | 280 | 0.4 |
26–35 | 890 | 1.3 | Mental health condition | 1,319 | 2.0 |
36–50 | 6,086 | 9.1 | Long-standing illness b | 8,706 | 13.0 |
51–65 | 20,045 | 29.9 | |||
66–75 | 22,034 | 32.9 | Employment status | n | % |
76+ | 14,951 | 22.3 | Full-time | 10,710 | 16.0 |
Part-time | 5,792 | 8.7 | |||
Ethnicity | n | % | Homemaker | 1,771 | 2.7 |
White | 61,991 | 92.6 | Student | 178 | 0.3 |
Mixed | 316 | 0.5 | Retired | 40,195 | 60.0 |
Asian/Asian British | 1,155 | 1.7 | Unemployed – seeking work | 459 | 0.7 |
Black/Black British | 894 | 1.3 | Unemployed – unable to work | 3,725 | 5.6 |
Other | 280 | 0.4 | Other | 1,391 | 2.1 |
Clinical characteristics | |||||
Tumour group | n | % | Patient status | n | % |
Brain/CNS | 711 | 1.1 | Day case | 43,272 | 64.6 |
Breast | 13,763 | 20.4 | Inpatient | 23,681 | 35.4 |
Colorectal/ Lower GI | 8,636 | 12.9 | |||
Gynaecological | 3,772 | 5.6 | Time since first treatment | n | % |
Haematological | 11,321 | 16.9 | <1 year | 42,796 | 63.9 |
Head and Neck | 2,388 | 3.6 | 1–5 years | 16,164 | 24.1 |
Lung | 4,886 | 7.3 | >5 years | 5,511 | 8.2 |
Other | 2,675 | 4.0 | |||
Prostate | 5,418 | 8.1 | Response to treatment c | n | % |
Sarcoma | 711 | 1.1 | Full response (no signs/symptoms) | 23,926 | 35.7 |
Skin | 1,785 | 2.7 | Treated, but cancer still present | 16,800 | 25.1 |
Upper GI | 4,186 | 6.3 | Original cancer has come back | 3,500 | 5.2 |
Urological | 6,803 | 10.2 | Original cancer treated, have new cancer | 1,890 | 2.8 |
Have not received treatment yet | 1,098 | 1.6 | |||
Trust characteristics | |||||
Trust type | n | % | Foundation status | n | % |
Small acute | 5,642 | 8.4 | No | 29,256 | 43.7 |
Medium acute | 15,015 | 22.4 | Yes | 37,697 | 56.3 |
Large acute | 23,510 | 35.1 | |||
Specialist | 3,317 | 5.0 | Location | n | % |
Teaching | 19,469 | 29.1 | London | 9,242 | 13.8 |
Outside London | 57,711 | 86.2 |