Table 1.

Characteristics of the study cohort

Variable	Colorectal		Lung		Breast		Prostate		Other		Total

	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Year of diagnosis
2011	34 781	20.1	35 849	19.3	41 937	18.9	36 768	18.7	131 811	19.1	281 146	19.1
2012	35 241	20.3	37 250	20.0	43 038	19.4	38 082	19.4	135 742	19.6	289 353	19.7
2013	34 269	19.8	37 410	20.1	44 770	20.2	41 355	21.0	140 997	20.4	298 801	20.3
2014	34 279	19.8	37 868	20.4	46 166	20.8	40 231	20.4	141 297	20.4	299 841	20.4
2015	34 723	20.0	37 641	20.2	45 784	20.7	40 309	20.5	141 505	20.5	299 962	20.4

Male	96 306	55.6	100 512	54.0	0	0.0	196 745	100.0	356 394	51.6	749 957	51.0

Female	76 987	44.4	85 506	46.0	221 695	100.0	0	0.0	334 958	48.4	719 146	49.0

Age band in years at diagnosis
0–9	17	0.0	11	0.0	0	0.0	6	0.0	5092	0.7	5126	0.3
10–19	382	0.2	20	0.0	15	0.0	0	0.0	4736	0.7	5153	0.4
20–29	955	0.6	168	0.1	1070	0.5	6	0.0	15 357	2.2	17 556	1.2
30–39	2475	1.4	603	0.3	8082	3.6	35	0.0	25 238	3.7	36 433	2.5
40–49	6533	3.8	4017	2.2	33 845	15.3	2108	1.1	50 157	7.3	96 660	6.6
50–59	18 881	10.9	17 466	9.4	47 260	21.3	20 139	10.2	92 720	13.4	196 466	13.4
60–69	41 841	24.1	49 054	26.4	56 719	25.6	66 511	33.8	160 391	23.2	374 516	25.5
70–79	52 402	30.2	63 508	34.1	39 089	17.6	70 260	35.7	178 541	25.8	403 800	27.5
80–89	41 661	24.0	43 782	23.5	28 181	12.7	32 241	16.4	131 084	19.0	276 949	18.9
≥90	8146	4.7	7389	4.0	7434	3.4	5439	2.8	28 036	4.1	56 444	3.8

Ethnicity
White	151 041	87.2	162 955	87.6	185 967	83.9	163 013	82.9	588 007	85.1	1 250 983	85.2
Mixed	436	0.3	395	0.2	973	0.4	648	0.3	2542	0.4	4994	0.3
Asian	2634	1.5	2226	1.2	5788	2.6	2831	1.4	16 146	2.3	29 625	2.0
Black	2090	1.2	1499	0.8	3700	1.7	5493	2.8	9681	1.4	22 463	1.5
Chinese	374	0.2	333	0.2	580	0.3	232	0.1	1459	0.2	2978	0.2
Other	1445	0.8	1316	0.7	2312	1.0	1448	0.7	6788	1.0	13 309	0.9
Unknown	15 273	8.8	17 294	9.3	22 375	10.1	23 080	11.7	66 729	9.7	144 751	9.9

Deprivation quintile
1 — Least deprived	39 133	22.6	27 661	14.9	52 523	23.7	50 180	25.5	147 216	21.3	316 713	21.6
2	39 222	22.6	33 855	18.2	50 806	22.9	47 269	24.0	151 352	21.9	322 504	22.0
3	36 421	21.0	37 795	20.3	46 244	20.9	40 889	20.8	143 742	20.8	305 091	20.8
4	32 209	18.6	41 363	22.2	40 004	18.0	32 820	16.7	132 040	19.1	278 436	19.0
5 — Most deprived	26 308	15.2	45 344	24.4	32 118	14.5	25 587	13.0	117 002	16.9	246 359	16.8

Stage at diagnosis
I	23 543	13.6	24 724	13.3	82 528	37.2	52 736	26.8	133 428	19.3	316 959	21.6
II	35 968	20.8	13 127	7.1	73 156	33.0	34 749	17.7	55 482	8.0	212 482	14.5
III	39 418	22.7	34 234	18.4	17 429	7.9	31 140	15.8	59 427	8.6	181 648	12.4
IV	36 214	20.9	87 066	46.8	11 119	5.0	31 960	16.2	108 842	15.7	275 201	18.7
Not known	38 150	22.0	26 867	14.4	37 463	16.9	46 160	23.5	334 173	48.3	482 813	32.9

2WW referral group
2WW	55 641	32.1	55 806	30.0	98 517	44.4	88 507	45.0	219 732	31.8	518 203	35.3
Not a 2WW	76 961	44.4	75 999	40.9	87 754	39.6	60 232	30.6	244 595	35.4	545 541	37.1
Tumour not in CWT database	40 691	23.5	54 213	29.1	35 424	16.0	48 006	24.4	227 025	32.8	405 359	27.6

Total	173 293	11.8	186 018	12.7	221 695	15.1	196 745	13.4	691 352	47.1	1 469 103

2WW = two-week wait. CWT = Cancer Waiting Times.