European Journal of Cancer Care / 2024 / Article / Tab 6 / Research Article
Revisiting Cancer Diagnosis in Scotland: Further Insights from the Second Scottish National Cancer Diagnosis Audit Table 6 Primary care intervals and diagnostic intervals where the interval was greater than 60 and 90 days, respectively, for both time periods (excluding screen detected).
% PCI >60 days % PCI >90 days PCI valid N % DI >60 days % DI >90 days DI valid N 2014 2019 2014 2019 2014 2019 2014 2019 2014 2019 2014 2019 Total 11.3 10.9 7.7 7.5 1314 1523 28.3 24.5 17.8 16.2 1572 1711 Sex Male 12.5 11.3 8.2 7.4 656 761 31.5 28.2 19.3 19.2 791 854 Female 10.2 10.5 7.1 7.6 658 762 25.1 20.9 16.3 13.2 781 857 Age categories (years) 0–24 n < 5n < 5n < 5n < 57 19 n < 5n < 5n < 5n < 511 22 25–49 8.9 12.0 5.6 7.0 124 158 23.7 20.5 12.5 11.9 152 176 50–64 12.7 10.3 9.3 7.3 332 400 30.8 23.2 20.8 13.2 390 440 65–74 12.0 11.7 8.5 8.3 376 470 32.4 27.8 20.2 20.5 445 518 75–84 11.2 9.4 6.3 6.4 348 362 25.5 22.2 16.2 13.6 408 418 ≥85 8.7 14.9 6.3 10.5 127 114 22.3 30.7 13.3 24.8 166 137 Cancer site categories Colon 12.2 14.6 9.2 11.4 98 123 32.1 31.5 22.1 21.7 131 143 Lung and bronchus 17.2 9.3 9.0 5.3 221 227 28.3 18.7 18.9 11.5 286 278 Breast n < 55.3 1.2 4.3 173 187 5.9 7.8 2.7 4.2 188 192 Prostate 13.8 12.6 11.9 8.9 160 214 48.0 36.7 28.6 27.5 175 218 Comorbidity category None 10.2 10.2 7.6 7.8 315 421 28.5 22.2 17.1 13.6 369 455 1 10.0 11.6 6.8 6.8 370 457 25.0 24.0 16.6 16.0 440 525 2 9.8 10.0 5.3 6.6 337 331 27.0 21.6 15.1 14.9 404 370 ≥3 16.4 11.9 11.9 8.9 286 302 34.2 31.3 23.6 21.0 351 348 Patient SIMD at diagnosis 1 10.1 8.8 8.0 4.0 286 273 26.0 23.2 17.2 11.1 354 314 2 10.0 9.0 6.3 5.9 240 288 28.7 22.7 16.9 16.1 296 330 3 10.2 14.0 7.6 9.7 225 299 26.2 26.2 17.9 19.4 263 340 4 13.4 11.2 7.3 8.7 314 286 31.6 25.2 19.3 14.5 358 318 5 12.4 11.4 9.2 8.7 249 368 28.6 25.8 17.6 19.2 301 396 2-fold urban rural classification Urban 10.7 10.2 7.1 6.7 987 1172 27.4 23.8 17.0 15.7 1191 1322 Rural 13.1 13.9 9.5 10.3 327 339 31.2 28.0 20.2 18.6 381 371