Table 1

Kaplan-Meier survival at 5 and 10 years for Registry data for 1978–1987 for breast cancer and for the Audit data (1987). Breast cancer specific deaths as endpoint

5 years% Diff (Aff–Dep)p for trend10 years% Diff (Aff–Dep)p for trend
AffIntermDepAffIntermDep
Registry data
Total number1-150 508012 8953719n/an/a508012 8953719n/an/a
Age group
25–44 (n=3012)71.9%69.2%63.0%8.9%0.000961.5%56.9%52.2%9.3%0.0004
45–54 (n=4513)71.7%65.7%60.8%10.9%<0.000161.2%53.3%49.4%11.8%<0.0001
55–64 (n=5265)69.6%63.3%60.0%9.6%<0.000157.1%50.3%45.5%11.6%<0.0001
65–74 (n=5258)67.3%63.5%59.3%8.0%0.000454.0%49.4%44.2%9.8%0.0001
75–84 (n=3683)61.1%56.9%56.3%4.8%0.018946.1%41.4%36.7%9.4%0.0024
All (0–84)1-151 (n=21 751)68.6%63.6%59.9%8.7%<0.000156.5%50.5%46.3%10.2%<0.0001
Audit data
Total number1-152 4961234303n/an/a4961234303n/an/a
Age group
25–44 (n=295)71.3%72.6%55.5%15.8%0.1861.3%60.8%50.2%11.1%0.29
45–54 (n=409)72.3%67.9%62.8%9.5%0.1866.1%56.1%43.6%22.5%0.009
55–64 (n=486)78.5%67.4%72.6%5.9%0.2161.3%56.0%58.3%3.0%0.49
65–74 (n=479)73.7%69.1%62.1%11.6%0.2164.4%54.1%43.6%20.8%0.023
75–84 (n=363)62.0%60.8%59.2%2.8%0.5845.3%49.5%42.3%3.0%0.67
All (0–84)1-153(n=2035)72.2%67.7%63.0%9.2%0.00960.7%55.5%47.7%13.0%0.001
  • 1-150 A deprivation category could not be assigned to 57 cases.

  • 1-151 There were 20 cases aged under 25 years included in the 0–84 group.

  • 1-152 A deprivation category could not be assigned to two cases.

  • 1-153 There were three cases aged under 25 years included in the 0–84 group.