Proportion of NICE-guideline concordant pre-diagnostic chest X-rays (≤ 14 days after presentation) among symptomatic patients with lung cancer by sociodemographic factors
| Patients in cohort, n (%) | Total, N | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chest X-ray ≤ 14 days (guideline concordant) | Chest X-ray >14 days (guideline non-concordant) | ||
| All | 727 (35) | 1375 (65) | 2102 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 426 (37) | 722 (63) | 1148 |
| Female | 301 (32) | 653 (68) | 954 |
| Age categories, years | |||
| <40 | 1 (33) | 2 (67) | 3 |
| 40–49 | 25 (48) | 27 (52) | 52 |
| 50–59 | 85 (35) | 156 (65) | 241 |
| 60–69 | 214 (37) | 362 (63) | 576 |
| 70–79 | 240 (32) | 517 (68) | 757 |
| 80–89 | 142 (34) | 279 (66) | 421 |
| ≥90 | 20 (38) | 32 (62) | 52 |
| Deprivation quintile | |||
| 1 (least deprived) | 133 (36) | 234 (64) | 367 |
| 2 | 147 (40) | 223 (60) | 370 |
| 3 | 141 (33) | 280 (67) | 421 |
| 4 | 152 (35) | 286 (65) | 438 |
| 5 (most deprived) | 154 (30) | 352 (70) | 506 |
| Smoking status | |||
| Non-smoker | 71 (48) | 78 (52) | 149 |
| Ex-smoker | 396 (34) | 772 (66) | 1168 |
| Smoker | 260 (33) | 525 (67) | 785 |
| Number of features on first presentation | |||
| 1 | 692 (35) | 1285 (65) | 1977 |
| >1 | 35 (28) | 90 (72) | 125 |