Table 2

Demographic data by cancer group

		Breast (n=854)		Colorectal (n=802)		Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (n=778)		Prostate (n=866)		Total (n=3300)
Characteristic		n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Sex	χ²=1700, p<0.001
Male		10	1.2	435	54.2	419	53.9	848	97.9	1712	51.9
Female		829	97.0	348	43.4	352	45.2	0	0	1529	46.3
Missing		15	1.8	19	2.4	7	0.9	18	2.1	59	1.8
Age (years)	χ²=401, p<0.001
Under 55		231	27.0	57	7.1	157	20.2	157	18.1	467	14.2
55–64		237	27.8	136	17.0	173	22.2	173	20.0	692	21.0
65–74		224	26.2	280	34.9	238	30.6	238	27.5	1,108	33.6
75–84		122	14.3	246	30.7	175	22.5	175	20.2	835	25.3
85+		40	4.7	83	10.3	35	4.5	35	4.0	198	6.0
Ethnicity	χ²=74.6, p<0.001
White		768	89.9	740	92.3	688	88.4	786	90.8	2982	90.4
Asian		35	4.1	19	2.3	30	3.9	15	1.7	99	3.0
Black		14	1.6	11	1.4	21	2.7	36	4.2	82	2.5
Mixed		4	0.5	5	0.6	6	0.8	1	0.1	16	0.5
Other		4	0.5	0	0	4	0.5	3	0.3	11	0.3
Missing		29	3.4	27	3.4	29	3.7	25	2.9	110	3.3
IMD category	χ²=4.3, p=0.97
1 least deprived		211	24.7	198	24.7	202	26.0	215	24.8	826	25.0
2		210	24.6	199	24.8	183	23.5	220	25.4	812	24.6
3		184	21.5	159	19.8	177	22.7	183	21.1	703	21.3
4		141	16.5	147	18.3	125	16.1	141	16.3	554	16.8
5 most deprived		104	12.2	98	12.2	91	11.7	106	12.2	399	12.1
Missing		4	0.5	1	0.1	0	0	1	0.1	6	0.2
Time since diagnosis (years)	χ²=5.5, p=0.78
1		215	25.2	202	25.2	197	25.3	234	27.0	848	25.7
2		212	24.8	215	26.8	187	24.0	220	25.4	834	25.3
3		204	23.9	195	24.3	207	26.6	200	23.1	806	24.4
5		223	26.1	190	23.7	187	24.0	212	24.5	812	24.6
Other long-term health condition	χ²=12.1, p=0.06
Yes		435	50.9	432	53.9	435	55.9	501	57.9	1803	54.6
No		353	41.3	309	38.5	287	36.9	299	34.5	1248	37.8
Do not know		30	6.9	23	2.9	33	4.2	27	3.1	113	3.4
Missing		36	4.2	38	4.7	23	3.0	39	4.5	136	4.1
Disease status	χ²=390.0, p<0.001
Remission		677	79.3	625	77.9	526	67.6	399	46.1	2227	67.5
Rx but present		26	3.0	32	4.0	81	10.4	144	16.6	283	8.6
Not treated		4	0.5	6	0.7	43	5.5	78	9.0	131	4.0
Recurrence		30	3.5	20	2.5	30	3.9	8	0.9	88	2.6
Not sure		58	6.8	69	8.6	53	6.8	140	16.2	320	9.7
Missing		59	6.9	50	6.2	45	5.8	97	11.2	251	7.6

IMD,index of multiple deprivation; NHL, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.