Research Article
Revisiting Cancer Diagnosis in Scotland: Further Insights from the Second Scottish National Cancer Diagnosis Audit
Table 1
Patient characteristics and comparison of 2014 and 2019 cohorts.
| | | 2014 | 2019 | Total | Sig1 | | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| | Total | 2014 (100) | 2318 (100) | 4332 (100) | | | Sex | | Male | 998 (49.6) | 1133 (48.9) | 2131 (49.2) | 0.196 | | Female | 1016 (50.4) | 1185 (51.1) | 2201 (50.8) | | Age categories (years) | | 0–24 | 17 (0.8) | 26 (1.1) | 43 (1) | 0.097 | | 25–49 | 184 (9.1) | 210 (9.1) | 394 (9.1) | | 50–64 | 522 (25.9) | 606 (26.1) | 1128 (26) | | 65–74 | 564 (28) | 715 (30.8) | 1279 (29.5) | | 75–84 | 520 (25.8) | 570 (24.6) | 1090 (25.2) | | ≥85 | 207 (10.3) | 191 (8.2) | 398 (9.2) | | Cancer types | | Colon | 183 (9.1) | 235 (10.1) | 418 (9.6) | 0.255 | | Lung and bronchus | 358 (17.8) | 371 (16) | 729 (16.8) | | Breast | 270 (13.4) | 297 (12.8) | 567 (13.1) | | Prostate | 222 (11) | 288 (12.4) | 510 (11.8) | | Others | 981 (48.7) | 1127 (48.6) | 2108 (48.7) | | Stage at diagnosis | | 1 | 270 (13.4) | 439 (18.9) | 709 (16.4) | 0.08 | | 2 | 262 (13) | 352 (15.2) | 614 (14.2) | | 3 | 250 (12.4) | 343 (14.8) | 593 (13.7) | | 4 | 423 (21) | 531 (22.9) | 954 (22) | | Unknown | 809 (40.2) | 653 (28.2) | 1462 (33.7) | | Ethnicity | | White | 1928 (95.7) | 2234 (96.4) | 4162 (96.1) | 0.007 | | Mixed, Black, Asian, and others | 16 (0.8) | 31 (1.4) | 47 (1) | | Unknown | 70 (3.5) | 53 (2.3) | 123 (2.8) | | Language ability | | Native English speaker | 1910 (94.8) | 2238 (96.5) | 4148 (95.8) | <0.001 | | Communication difficulties | | None | 1575 (78.2) | 1978 (85.3) | 3553 (82) | <0.001 | | ≥1 | 288 (14.3) | 256 (11) | 544 (12.6) | | Not known | 151 (7.5) | 84 (3.6) | 235 (5.4) | | Comorbidities | | None | 497 (24.8) | 595 (25.9) | 1092 (25.4) | 0.067 | | 1 | 553 (27.6) | 690 (30.1) | 1243 (28.9) | | 2 | 507 (25.3) | 510 (22.2) | 1017 (23.7) | | ≥3 | 444 (22.2) | 498 (21.7) | 942 (21.9) | | Not known | 13 | 25 | 38 | | Patient SIMD at diagnosis | | 1 | 464 (23) | 457 (19.9) | 921 (21.3) | <0.001 | | 2 | 374 (18.6) | 447 (19.4) | 821 (19) | | 3 | 340 (16.9) | 443 (19.3) | 783 (18.1) | | 4 | 452 (22.4) | 428 (18.6) | 880 (20.4) | | 5 | 384 (19.1) | 526 (22.9) | 910 (21.1) | | Not known | 0 | 17 | 17 | | 2-fold urban rural classification | | Urban | 1538 (76.4) | 1810 (78.9) | 3348 (77.7) | 0.049 | | Rural | 476 (23.6) | 485 (21.1) | 961 (22.3) | | Not known | 0 | 23 | 23 |
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1Chi-squared test.
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