Characteristic | N (%) |
---|---|
(n = 276) | |
Gender | |
Male | 188 (68 %) |
Female | 88 (32 %) |
Age | |
Median (range) | 64 years (19–85) |
Native English speaker | 252 (91 %) |
Ethnicity | |
White | 238 (86 %) |
Asian | 21 (8 %) |
Black | 8 (3 %) |
Other | 9 (3 %) |
Marital status | |
Married/partner | 194 (70 %) |
Single | 35 (13 %) |
Separated/divorced | 15 (5 %) |
Widowed | 14 (5 %) |
Unknown | 18 (7 %) |
Social class | |
Grade A/B (upper middle/middle class) | 56 (20 %) |
Grade C1/2 (lower middle/skilled working class) | 34 (12 %) |
Grade D (working class) | 48 (17 %) |
Grade E (retired) | 109 (40 %) |
Grade E (unemployed) | 5 (2 %) |
Unknown | 24 (9 %) |
Percentage of households in poverty in the patient’s postcode area | |
≥ 27.61 % | 20 (7 %) |
22.01–27.6 % | 43 (16 %) |
17.91–22 % | 48 (17 %) |
14.41–17.9 % | 51 (18 %) |
≤ 14.4 % | 112 (41 %) |
Not in Englanda | 2 (1 %) |
Type of cancer | |
Colorectal | 117 (42 %) |
Oesophagogastric | 100 (36 %) |
Pancreatic | 18 (7 %) |
Hepatobiliary | 11 (4 %) |
Carcinoma of unknown primary/other GI | 3 (1 %) |
Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 10 (4 %) |
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 17 (6 %) |
Treatment aim | |
Curative | 96 (35 %) |
Palliative | 180 (65 %) |
Number of previous lines of treatment | |
0 | 133 (48 %) |
1 | 87 (32 %) |
2 | 39 (14 %) |
3 | 13 (5 %) |
≥ 4 | 3 (1 %) |
Unknown | 1 (1 %) |
Performance status | |
0 | 106 (38 %) |
1 | 130 (47 %) |
2 | 20 (7 %) |
3 | 3 (1 %) |
Unknown | 17 (6 %) |