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Table 1 Number and proportion of cancer hospital admissions (HES) and cancer patients (TCR) with ethnicity recorded.

From: Ethnicity coding in a regional cancer registry and in Hospital Episode Statistics

  

Hospital Episode Statistics

Thames Cancer Registry

  

Coded

Total

Coded

Total

  

No.

%

 

No.

%

 

All cases

 

90661

81.1

111821

5796

22.7

25581

Sex

       
 

Male

44887

81.5

55067

3025

23.6

12811

 

Female

45774

80.7

56754

2771

21.7

12770

Age groups

       
 

<1

161

78.9

204

2

9.5

21

 

1–4

1930

87.3

2210

17

24.6

69

 

5–9

1532

88.9

1723

13

31.0

42

 

10–14

1438

81.6

1762

11

19.0

58

 

15–19

1254

78.4

1600

17

23.6

72

 

20–24

748

71.8

1042

35

28.0

125

 

25–29

1383

78.3

1766

62

24.0

258

 

30–34

2100

79.4

2644

99

22.9

432

 

35–39

2752

75.5

3647

115

20.5

561

 

40–44

3848

80.2

4799

183

24.7

742

 

45–49

5122

79.7

6426

234

22.3

1048

 

50–54

7683

82.9

9264

330

20.9

1578

 

55–59

9568

81.5

11734

520

24.0

2169

 

60–64

9930

80.3

12362

604

23.6

2556

 

65–69

11217

81.3

13801

724

24.2

2986

 

70–74

11078

81.7

13560

852

23.6

3610

 

75–79

9199

82.7

11129

815

22.7

3590

 

80–84

6037

80.7

7484

633

21.6

2925

 

85+

3679

78.9

4660

530

19.4

2739

Ethnicity (London)

       
 

Least non-whites

16492

79.9

20642

898

16.7

5392

 

2

14520

79.5

18253

760

19.1

3986

 

3

18132

85.3

21248

1299

25.3

5133

 

4

25026

83.4

29996

1085

18.4

5901

 

Most non-whites

16491

76.1

21682

1754

33.9

5169

Network of Residence

 

North East London

15073

68.2

22094

1318

25.9

5091

 

North London

17269

81.8

21103

1247

29.9

4164

 

South East London

12895

80.4

16034

887

15.6

5687

 

South West London

18200

82.2

22152

887

17.2

5162

 

West London

24803

93.0

26661

1457

26.6

5477

Deprivation

       
 

Affluent

16304

80.9

20159

973

17.0

5717

 

2

18324

81.5

22488

1136

22.9

4958

 

3

17795

81.4

21857

1097

21.3

5160

 

4

18892

81.5

23181

1049

20.6

5102

 

Deprived

19346

80.2

24136

1541

33.2

4644

ICD10 site groups

       
 

Head and neck

2448

81.7

2996

232

25.7

904

 

Oesophagus

1899

82.6

2298

143

21.6

662

 

Stomach

1953

79.4

2461

177

22.7

779

 

Colon

7296

84.9

8595

446

24.9

1788

 

Rectum

4206

84.5

4978

239

22.5

1060

 

Pancreas

1353

75.9

1782

140

19.7

712

 

Lung

6587

80.8

8149

853

24.5

3476

 

Melanoma of skin

949

79.8

1189

115

25.6

449

 

Breast

11937

83.2

14355

759

19.5

3885

 

Cervix

1014

78.3

1295

69

21.7

318

 

Uterus

702

78.9

890

116

24.4

475

 

Ovary

2825

82.4

3430

110

18.7

587

 

Prostate

2949

81.1

3637

650

22.9

2843

 

Bladder

7253

85.2

8511

215

25.2

854

 

Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

6655

79.5

8371

225

24.0

937

 

All other sites

30101

78.8

38203

1307

22.3

5852