Table 1
Odds ratios and tests for trend of odds of registration by death certification only and missing data on stage and grade at diagnosis by quintiles of Townsend deprivation score (adjusted for age and sex)
| Quintiles of TDS | TDS range | Total number of registrations | Registration by DCO | Data on stage at diagnosis missing | Data on grade at diagnosis missing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Number (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Number (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | |||
| *Significant at the 0.1% level. TDS, Townsend deprivation score; DCO, death certification only. | ||||||||
| 1 (most affluent) | −8.89 to −3.24 | 5040 | 54 (1.07) | 1.00 reference | 662 (13.13) | 1.00 reference | 860 (17.06) | 1.00 reference |
| 2 | −3.24 to −1.64 | 5052 | 60 (1.19) | 1.02 (0.70 to 1.47) | 656 (12.98) | 0.93 (0.82 to 1.05) | 893 (17.68) | 1.00 (0.89 to 1.11) |
| 3 | −1.64 to 0.31 | 5037 | 55 (1.09) | 0.86 (0.59 to 1.26) | 750 (14.89) | 1.05 (0.93 to 1.18) | 971 (19.28) | 1.07 (0.96 to 1.19) |
| 4 | 0.31 to 2.84 | 5056 | 60 (1.19) | 0.89 (0.61 to 1.29) | 928 (18.35) | 1.31 (1.17 to 1.47) | 1111 (21.97) | 1.22 (1.10 to 1.36) |
| 5 (most deprived) | 2.84 to 8.45 | 5039 | 54 (1.07) | 0.87 (0.59 to 1.28) | 910 (18.06) | 1.34 (1.19 to 1.50) | 1083 (21.49) | 1.25 (1.12 to 1.38) |
| Test for trend of odds | χ2 = 0.78, p = 0.378 | χ2 = 50.85, p<0.0001* | χ2 = 28.36, p<0.0001* | |||||
