Revisiting Cancer Diagnosis in Scotland: Further Insights from the Second Scottish National Cancer Diagnosis Audit
Table 4
Primary care interval (PCI) descriptive statistics with percentages of patients with PCI of >60 and >90 days for 2019 (excluding screening detected patients1).
Total
Missing
Primary care interval
PCI >60 days
PCI >90 days
N
N
Median days (25th–75th centile)
%
%
Total
2125
602
4 (0–22)
10.9
7.5
Sex
Male
1092
331
7 (0–28)
11.3
7.4
Female
1033
271
2 (0–17)
10.5
7.6
Age categories (years)
0–24
26
7
6 (0–15)
0
0
25–49
197
39
1 (0–16)
12
7
50–64
519
119
3 (0–19.5)
10.3
7.3
65–74
642
172
6 (0–27)
11.7
8.3
75–84
551
189
3 (0–21)
9.4
6.4
≥85
190
76
7 (0–33)
14.9
10.5
Cancer site categories
Bladder
59
16
6 (0–21)
16.3
9.3
Brain
37
16
4 (1–25)
n < 5
n < 5
Breast
211
24
0 (0-1)
5.3
4.3
Colon
170
47
7 (1–21)
14.6
11.4
Gynae–others
88
11
1 (0–4)
n < 5
n < 5
Leukaemia
45
20
3 (1–22)
12
12
Liver and bile tract
54
23
7 (0–32)
12.9
9.7
Lung and bronchus
371
144
8 (0–29)
9.3
5.3
Lymphoma
101
26
9 (0–42)
14.7
10.7
Melanoma
117
21
0 (0–2)
7.3
6.3
Multiple myeloma
30
16
27 (3–49)
n < 5
n < 5
Oesophageal
62
10
3 (0–27.5)
11.5
n < 5
Oral/oropharyngeal
72
29
4 (0–57)
23.3
14
Others
108
33
7 (0–33)
9.3
5.3
Ovarian
45
11
6 (0–29)
11.8
n < 5
Pancreas
50
13
2 (0–22)
n < 5
n < 5
Prostate
288
74
11 (3–28)
12.6
8.9
Rectal
69
12
3 (0–26)
19.3
12.3
Renal
71
24
3 (0–24)
8.5
n < 5
Stomach and small intestine
68
26
8.5 (1–29)
14.3
11.9
Unknown primary
9
6
55 (14–76)
n < 5
0
Comorbidity category
None
526
105
3 (0–20)
10.2
7.8
1
625
168
4 (0–22)
11.6
6.8
2
470
139
3 (0–21)
10
6.6
≥3
481
179
6 (0–29)
11.9
8.9
Patient SIMD at diagnosis
1
417
144
3 (0–23)
8.8
4
2
404
116
4 (0–20)
9
5.9
3
415
116
3 (0–28)
14
9.7
4
392
106
3.5 (0–21)
11.2
8.7
5
482
114
4 (0–24)
11.4
8.7
2-fold urban rural classification
Urban
1655
483
3 (0–20)
10.2
6.7
Rural
449
110
7 (0–29)
13.9
10.3
1The 2019 survey included an initial question: “Was the patient’s cancer known to be detected by NHS cancer screening services relevant to this diagnosis?” any patient where the GP had responded yes to this question were excluded from further analysis and accounts for the difference in valid N between the analysis on referrals compared with PCI/DI.