Table 1

Comparison of patients with cancer treated by London hospitals with those treated elsewhere in England

Age	All	Per cent	Rest-of-England	Per cent	London	Per cent
16–24	355	0.5	275	0.5	80	0.9
25–34	954	1.4	756	1.3	198	2.3
35–44	2999	4.3	2492	4.1	507	5.8
45–54	8911	12.9	7637	12.7	1274	14.6
55–64	16 970	24.6	14 820	24.6	2150	24.6
65–74	22 749	32.9	20 168	33.4	2581	29.5
75–84	13 564	19.6	11 901	19.7	1663	19.0
85+	2584	3.7	2289	3.8	295	3.4
Age median (IQR)	66 (58–74)		66 (58–74)		65 (55–73)
Gender
Men	32 463	47.0	28 398	47.1	4065	46.5
Women	36 623	53.0	31 940	52.9	4683	53.5
Ethnic group
White	66 421	96.1	59 071	97.9	7350	84.0
Mixed	278	0.4	151	0.3	127	1.5
Asian	1146	1.7	633	1.0	513	5.9
Black	949	1.4	334	0.6	615	7.0
Chinese	150	0.2	87	0.1	63	0.7
Other	142	0.2	62	0.1	80	0.9
Teaching hospital	18 758	27.2	14 711	24.4	4047	46.3
Other hospital type	50 328	72.8	45 627	75.6	4701	53.7
Cancer diagnosis
Breast	13 396	19.4	11 742	19.5	1654	18.9
DCIS	916	1.3	788	1.3	128	1.5
Ovarian	1823	2.6	1550	2.6	273	3.1
Endometrial	1478	2.1	1280	2.1	198	2.3
Cervical	405	0.6	355	0.6	50	0.6
Vulval/vaginal	236	0.3	206	0.3	30	0.3
Other gynaecological	88	0.1	74	0.1	14	0.2
Thyroid	493	0.7	434	0.7	59	0.7
Laryngeal	361	0.5	319	0.5	42	0.5
Other head and neck	1280	1.9	1136	1.9	144	1.6
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	4290	6.2	3781	6.3	509	5.8
Multiple myeloma	3236	4.7	2667	4.4	569	6.5
Leukaemia	2479	3.6	2075	3.4	404	4.6
Hodgkin lymphoma	487	0.7	411	0.7	76	0.9
Rectal	3541	5.1	3176	5.3	365	4.2
Colon	5054	7.3	4516	7.5	538	6.1
Anal	242	0.4	213	0.4	29	0.3
Other lower gastrointestinal	215	0.3	182	0.3	33	0.4
Lung	3698	5.4	3237	5.4	461	5.3
Mesothelioma	392	0.6	346	0.6	46	0.5
Brain	483	0.7	397	0.7	86	1.0
Other central nervous system	59	0.1	39	0.1	20	0.2
Oesophageal	1362	2.0	1209	2.0	153	1.7
Stomach	1019	1.5	906	1.5	113	1.3
Pancreatic	673	1.0	569	0.9	104	1.2
Hepatobiliary/gallbladder	568	0.8	439	0.7	129	1.5
Bladder	6503	9.4	5808	9.6	695	7.9
Prostate	5568	8.1	4897	8.1	671	7.7
Renal	950	1.4	839	1.4	111	1.3
Other urological	349	0.5	309	0.5	40	0.5
Testicular	256	0.4	217	0.4	39	0.4
Secondary	4308	6.2	3740	6.2	568	6.5
Melanoma	1546	2.2	1420	2.4	126	1.4
Soft tissue sarcoma	575	0.8	447	0.7	128	1.5
Bone sarcoma	174	0.3	125	0.2	49	0.6
Any other cancer diagnosis	583	0.8	489	0.8	94	1.1