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Table 2 Proportion of cancer patients (TCR) with ethnicity recorded, unadjusted and adjusted for all terms in table.

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

  

Unadjusted

Adjusted

  

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

Sex

     
 

Male

23.6

 

23.6

 
 

Female

21.7

(20.7, 22.7)

23.4

(22.1, 24.7)

Test for heterogeneity Chi2(1 df)

  

13.35

 

0.12

   

p = 0.0003

 

p = 0.7328

Age groups

     
 

<1

9.5

(2.4, 31.2)

11.3

(2.8, 35.6)

 

1–4

24.6

(15.8, 36.2)

22.9

(14.4, 34.4)

 

5–9

31.0

(18.8, 46.4)

31.0

(18.6, 47.0)

 

10–14

19.0

(10.8, 31.2)

20.8

(11.8, 34.0)

 

15–19

23.6

(15.1, 34.9)

23.8

(15.1, 35.4)

 

20–24

28.0

(20.7, 36.7)

29.3

(21.6, 38.5)

 

25–29

24.0

(19.1, 29.8)

23.2

(18.2, 29.1)

 

30–34

22.9

(19.0, 27.4)

22.3

(18.3, 26.9)

 

35–39

20.5

(17.2, 24.3)

20.3

(16.9, 24.2)

 

40–44

24.7

(21.4, 28.2)

25.4

(21.9, 29.2)

 

45–49

22.3

(19.6, 25.3)

23.4

(20.5, 26.6)

 

50–54

20.9

(18.6, 23.4)

21.4

(19.0, 24.0)

 

55–59

24.0

(21.8, 26.3)

24.5

(22.2, 26.9)

 

60–64

23.6

(21.5, 25.9)

24.0

(21.8, 26.3)

 

65–69

24.2

(22.2, 26.4)

24.5

(22.4, 26.7)

 

70–74

23.6

 

23.6

 
 

75–79

22.7

(20.8, 24.7)

23.0

(21.1, 25.1)

 

80–84

21.6

(19.7, 23.7)

22.1

(20.1, 24.3)

 

85+

19.4

(17.5, 21.3)

19.8

(17.9, 21.9)

Test for trend Chi2(1 df)

  

5.77

 

5.00

   

p = 0.0163

 

p = 0.0253

Ethnicity (London)

     
 

Least non-whites

16.7

 

16.7

 
 

2

19.1

(17.5, 20.8)

12.6

(11.3, 14.0)

 

3

25.3

(23.5, 27.2)

15.6

(14.1, 17.2)

 

4

18.4

(17.0, 19.9)

11.2

(10.1, 12.5)

 

Most non-whites

33.9

(31.9, 36.0)

25.5

(23.4, 27.8)

Test for trend Chi2(1 df)

  

314.48

 

76.78

   

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.0001

Network of Residence

     
 

North East London

25.9

 

25.9

 
 

North London

29.9

(28.1, 31.9)

42.9

(40.1, 45.7)

 

South East London

15.6

(14.4, 16.9)

20.1

(18.5, 21.8)

 

South West London

17.2

(15.9, 18.6)

28.2

(25.9, 30.6)

 

West London

26.6

(24.9, 28.3)

34.7

(32.4, 37.0)

Test for heterogeneity Chi2(4 df)

  

445.92

 

408.58

   

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.0001

Deprivation

     
 

Affluent

16.5

 

16.5

 
 

2

20.4

(18.4, 22.4)

18.3

(16.5, 20.3)

 

3

21.7

(19.8, 23.8)

19.0

(17.1, 20.9)

 

4

20.8

(19.0, 22.7)

19.6

(17.7, 21.7)

 

Deprived

27.6

(25.6, 29.7)

25.3

(23.0, 27.7)

Test for trend Chi2(1 df)

  

172.68

 

91.71

   

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.0001

ICD10 site groups

     
 

Head and neck

25.7

 

25.7

 
 

Oesophagus

21.6

(17.8, 25.9)

22.3

(18.3, 26.8)

 

Stomach

22.7

(19.0, 26.9)

23.9

(20.0, 28.4)

 

Colon

24.9

(21.7, 28.5)

26.2

(22.7, 30.0)

 

Rectum

22.5

(19.1, 26.4)

24.1

(20.4, 28.3)

 

Pancreas

19.7

(16.2, 23.7)

20.9

(17.1, 25.2)

 

Lung

24.5

(21.6, 27.8)

25.3

(22.1, 28.7)

 

Melanoma of skin

25.6

(21.0, 30.9)

27.8

(22.8, 33.5)

 

Breast

19.5

(17.0, 22.3)

20.9

(18.1, 24.0)

 

Cervix

21.7

(17.0, 27.3)

21.3

(16.5, 27.1)

 

Uterus

24.4

(20.0, 29.5)

25.5

(20.8, 30.9)

 

Ovary

18.7

(15.2, 22.9)

19.4

(15.6, 23.9)

 

Prostate

22.9

(20.0, 26.1)

24.0

(20.9, 27.5)

 

Bladder

25.2

(21.3, 29.4)

27.5

(23.3, 32.2)

 

Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

24.0

(20.4, 28.1)

25.6

(21.7, 30.0)

 

All other sites

22.3

(19.7, 25.3)

23.6

(20.7, 26.7)

Test for heterogeneity Chi2(15 df)

  

445.92

 

408.58

   

p < 0.0001

 

p < 0.0001