Cancer recording across various data sources
| CPRD primary care | HES APC | ||||||||
| Total no of coded cases in CPRD | No of CPRD coded cases in HES APC n (%)* | No of CPRD coded cases in HES APC with same site n (%)* | No of CPRD coded cases not in HES APC but in other data source n (%)*† | Total no of cases in HES APC | No of HES APC cases in CPRD codes or free text n (%)† | No of HES APC cases in CPRD codes or free text with same site n (%)† | No of HES APC cases in CPRD free-text alone n (%)† | No of HES APC cases not in CPRD but in other data source n (%)†‡ | |
| Any cancer (excluding NMSC) | 5797 | 4835 (83) | 4542 (78) | 543 (9) | 5557 | 5239 (94) | 4389 (79) | 603 (11) | 278 (5) |
| Stomach | 248 | 241 (97) | 138 (56) | 7 (3) | 229 | 217 (95) | 139 (61) | 24 (11) | 11 (5) |
| Colorectal | 681 | 639 (94) | 616 (91) | 26 (4) | 852 | 819 (96) | 617 (72) | 92 (11) | 31 (4) |
| Pancreas | 176 | 156 (89) | 139 (79) | 16 (9) | 262 | 246 (94) | 140 (53) | 37 (14) | 16 (6) |
| Lung | 739 | 682 (92) | 581 (79) | 51 (7) | 842 | 777 (92) | 578 (69) | 103 (12) | 61 (7) |
| NMSC | 1106 | 702 (43) | 504 (31) | 344 (21) | 713 | 679 (95) | 459 (64) | 87 (12) | 22 (3) |
| Breast | 560 | 474 (85) | 432 (77) | 63 (11) | 499 | 487 (98) | 419 (84) | 13 (3) | 9 (2) |
| Prostate | 725 | 542 (75) | 517 (71) | 122 (17) | 593 | 574 (97) | 447 (75) | 37 (6) | 14 (2) |
| Urinary organs | 352 | 339 (96) | 319 (91) | 7 (2) | 595 | 565 (95) | 322 (54) | 72 (12) | 21 (4) |
| Lymphoma | 201 | 182 (91) | 166 (83) | 8 (4) | 203 | 197 (97) | 164 (81) | 22 (11) | 5 (3) |
| Leukaemia | 148 | 120 (81) | 105 (71) | 10 (7) | 125 | 115 (92) | 86 (69) | 16 (13) | 7 (6) |
*Percentages calculated using number of cases identified in CPRD primary care as a denominator.
†Other data sources include cancer registration and ONS mortality data.
‡Percentages calculated using number of cases identified in HES APC as a denominator.
CPRD, Clinical Practice Research Datalink; HES APC, Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care; NMSC, non-melanoma skin cancer; ONS, Office for National Statistics.