Table 3

Distribution of age and Townsend deprivation score at diagnosis of cancer (1998–2000 cohort)

	Before exclusion of youngest 25% at diagnosis					After exclusion of youngest 25% at diagnosis
	Number	Age		TDS		Number	Age		TDS
	Number	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Number	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
IQR, interquartile range; TDS, Townsend deprivation score.
Breast cancer,women	9920	58.50	50.18 to 69.21	−1.04	−2.99 to 1.79	7441	63.30	55.99 to 72.63	−1.04	−3.00 to 1.82
Colorectal cancer,women	3707	72.67	64.54 to 79.45	−0.54	−2.74 to 2.44	2781	76.11	70.86 to 81.46	−0.39	−2.65 to 2.51
Colorectal cancer,men	4861	70.38	62.68 to 76.62	−0.72	−2.78 to 2.21	3647	73.71	68.72 to 78.30	−0.64	−2.74 to 2.26