Table 1 Distribution of the different routes to diagnosis, by year of lung cancer diagnosis. Includes all patients, whether or not we have a valid GP practice code for them
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | p-value for trend | |||||||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Death Certificate Only | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 74 | 0.2 | 87 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | NA |
Emergency presentationa | 11,690 | 37.9 | 11,185 | 36.5 | 11,806 | 36.9 | 12,245 | 37.1 | 11,712 | 35.0 | 12,351 | 35.9 | 12,356 | 35.0 | 12,028 | 34.3 | 0.003 |
Among which | |||||||||||||||||
Patient | 7261 | 62.1 | 7046 | 63.0 | 7749 | 65.6 | 8215 | 67.1 | 7998 | 68.3 | 7974 | 64.6 | 7928 | 64.2 | 8024 | 66.7 | 0.206 |
GP | 3313 | 28.3 | 3037 | 27.2 | 3007 | 25.5 | 2864 | 23.4 | 2438 | 20.8 | 2404 | 19.5 | 2149 | 17.4 | 1962 | 16.3 | <0.001 |
GP referral | 6830 | 22.1 | 6533 | 21.3 | 6686 | 20.9 | 6845 | 20.7 | 6622 | 19.8 | 7111 | 20.7 | 7476 | 21.2 | 7368 | 21.0 | 0.281 |
Inpatient Elective | 642 | 2.1 | 690 | 2.2 | 601 | 1.9 | 556 | 1.7 | 522 | 1.6 | 571 | 1.7 | 529 | 1.5 | 586 | 1.7 | 0.010 |
Other outpatient | 3094 | 10.0 | 3025 | 9.9 | 3285 | 10.3 | 3447 | 10.4 | 3280 | 9.8 | 3688 | 10.7 | 3932 | 11.1 | 4036 | 11.5 | 0.011 |
Two-week wait | 7114 | 23.0 | 7698 | 25.1 | 8085 | 25.3 | 7860 | 23.8 | 8347 | 24.9 | 9452 | 27.5 | 10,218 | 29.0 | 9963 | 28.4 | 0.005 |
Unknown | 1509 | 4.9 | 1513 | 4.9 | 1548 | 4.8 | 1984 | 6.0 | 2901 | 8.7 | 1235 | 3.6 | 782 | 2.2 | 1116 | 3.2 | 0.343 |
Total | 30,879 | 100.0 | 30,644 | 100.0 | 32,011 | 100.0 | 33,011 | 100.0 | 33,471 | 100.0 | 34,409 | 100.0 | 35,294 | 100.0 | 35,097 | 100.0 | |