Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of patients diagnosed through a primary care route; before, during, and after the implementation of cancer patient pathways. The ‘after’ cohort is also shown by referral route (n = 7725)

	Before		During transition		After						Total

					Total		CPP-referred		Non-CPP referred

	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	1202	100	4187	100	2336	100	772	100	1564	100	7725	100

Sex
Female	624	51.9	2120	50.6	1128	48.3	346	44.8	782	50.0	3872	50.1
Male	578	48.1	2067	49.4	1208	51.7	426	55.2	782	50.0	3853	49.9

Age groups, years
18–44	84	7.0	258	6.2	141	6.0	39	5.1	102	6.5	483	6.3
45–54	138	11.5	469	11.2	264	11.3	73	9.5	191	12.2	871	11.3
55–64	293	24.4	1040	24.8	549	23.5	196	25.4	353	22.6	1882	24.4
65–74	337	28.0	1235	29.5	724	31.0	252	32.6	472	30.2	2296	29.7
≥75	350	29.1	1185	28.3	658	28.2	212	27.5	446	28.5	2193	28.4

Diagnosis
Colorectal	283	23.5	1073	25.6	629	26.9	224	29.0	405	25.9	1985	25.7
Lung	280	23.3	1018	24.3	501	21.4	202	26.2	299	19.1	1799	23.3
Melanoma	125	10.4	403	9.6	236	10.1	82	10.6	154	9.8	764	9.9
Head and neck	74	6.2	260	6.2	180	7.7	39	5.1	141	9.0	514	6.7
Upper gastrointestinal	185	15.4	570	13.6	336	14.4	84	10.9	252	16.1	1091	14.1
Gynaecological	141	11.7	484	11.6	250	10.7	64	8.3	186	11.9	875	11.3
Urinary system	114	9.5	379	9.1	204	8.7	77	10.0	127	8.1	697	9.0

Comorbidity, CCI (index date = date of diagnosis)
None	793	66.0	2913	69.6	1636	70.0	572	74.1	1064	68.0	5342	69.2
Moderate	319	26.5	1051	25.1	563	24.1	169	21.9	394	25.2	1933	25.0
High	90	7.5	223	5.3	137	5.9	31	4.0	106	6.8	450	5.8

Educational level, ISCED
Low (1 + 2)	473	39.4	1874	44.8	897	38.4	310	40.2	587	37.5	3244	42.0
Medium (3 + 4)	421	35.0	1450	34.6	883	37.8	282	36.5	601	38.4	2754	35.7
High (5 + 6)	202	16.8	641	15.3	456	19.5	149	19.3	307	19.6	1299	16.8
Missing	106	8.8	222	5.3	100	4.3	31	4.0	69	4.4	428	5.5

Annual disposable income, OECD tertiles
Lower	378	31.4	1323	31.6	778	33.3	273	35.4	505	32.3	2479	32.1
Medium	363	30.2	1364	32.6	802	34.3	260	33.7	542	34.7	2529	32.7
Higher	395	32.9	1360	32.5	753	32.2	239	31.0	514	32.9	2508	32.5
Missing	66	5.5	140	3.3	3	0.1	0	0	3	0.2	209	2.7

CCI = Charlson’s Comorbidity Index. ISCED = International Standard Classification of Education. OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.