Table 4.

The distribution of the primary care interval (n = 10 493) and the diagnostic interval (n = 12 929) by patient characteristic and cancer diagnosis groups^a

	Primary care interval n= 10 493						Diagnostic interval n= 12 929

	n	25th centile	Median, days	75th centile	% >60 days	% >90 days	n	25th centile	Median, days	75th centile	% >6 0 days	% >90 days
Total	10 493	0	5	27	12.5	8.3	12 929	15	40	86	35.8	24

Male	5478	0	8	30	13.7	9.2	6768	21	47	96	39.9	26.6

Female	5015	0	1	21	11.2	7.3	6161	13	31	77	31.3	21.2

Age group, years
0–24	112	0	5	34.2	14.3	7.1	170	6.2	26.5	68.5	28.2	17.1
25–49	1131	0	0	20	10.9	8.2	1326	13	30	81	32.7	23.0
50–64	2485	0	4	28	13	8.6	2954	17	42	87	37	24.1
65–74	2989	0	7	29	13	9.1	3610	19	44	92	38.8	25.7
75–84	2693	0	5	27	12.6	8	3378	16	41	89	35.8	24.7
≥85	1083	0	5	24	11.1	6.6	1491	13	30	71	30	20.2

Cancer site
Bladder	344	0	6	28	13.7	9.6	405	35	56	97	44.2	26.7
Brain	85	0	3	19	12.9	9.4	221	10	29	67	27.1	16.7
Breast	1399	0	0	0	2.6	2.1	1534	10	14	19	7.2	5.0
Cancer of unknown primary	212	0	8	33	15.6	9	312	11.8	35	81.2	30.8	21.5
Colon	773	0	6	29	14.9	10.7	1010	21	49	105	41.5	29.1
Endometrial	317	0	0	14	7.6	6	335	14	34	86.5	34.3	23.9
Leukaemia	253	0	6	26	11.5	6.7	340	6	30	82.5	32.6	23.8
Liver	137	0	5	22	13.9	9.5	207	11	31	91	36.7	25.6
Lung	1148	2	14	45.2	17.9	10.8	1748	20	43	86.2	38.5	23.5
Lymphoma	473	0	11	35	14.8	9.3	581	23	50	100	41.1	27.7
Melanoma	649	0	0	3	6	4.8	723	14	32	56	22.4	14.5
Multiple myeloma	150	4.2	23.5	56.8	23.3	15.3	202	24	53.5	107.5	47.5	31.7
Oesophageal	327	0	1	32	12.8	7.6	383	12	28	65.5	28.5	18.0
Oral/oropharyngeal	158	0	1	27.2	15.2	7	189	17	39	74	33.9	20.1
Other	999	0	7	32.5	13.7	8.9	1212	24	56	114.2	46.9	33.1
Ovarian	240	0.8	13	28	9.6	6.2	285	29	55	85	45.6	22.8
Pancreatic	303	1	11	36	14.5	9.2	386	15	42.5	93	37.3	26.4
Prostate	1551	2	11	31.5	14.6	9.9	1678	29	55.5	126	46.4	33.4
Rectal	455	0	1	22	14.3	10.5	496	21	42	88.2	34.7	24.6
Renal	309	0	14	38	15.2	9.4	422	33.2	66	114	54.5	35.3
Stomach	211	0	11	38	19.4	15.6	260	17	42	89.2	37.3	24.6

↵a Intervals are restricted to 0–730 days. Patients with a cancer diagnosed through screening are excluded. Primary Care Intervals and Diagnostic Intervals are available for patients where the relevant valid dates were entered. Any intervals that were not within 0–730 days were excluded.