Quintiles of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) were used as an area-based measure of deprivation based on the postcode of residence at the time of diagnosis.
For all cancers, the age-standardised net survival was higher for both males and females living in the least deprived areas when compared to the most deprived areas. For most cancer sites, the survival increased consistently for each deprivation quintile from most deprived to least deprived.
The difference in the 1-year age-standardised survival between persons living in the least deprived areas compared to the most deprived areas was 10.0 percentage points for oesophagus, 8.9 percentage points for bladder and 8.4 percentage points for large cell (diffuse) lymphoma. These represented the cancers with the largest differences in 1-year survival between persons living in the least deprived areas compared to the most deprived areas.
The difference in 1-year survival between persons living in the least deprived areas compared to the most deprived areas were smallest for melanoma (1.2 percentage points), thyroid cancer (1.6 percentage points) and follicular (nodular) non-Hodgkin lymphoma (2.0 percentage points), these cancers all have high survival even for persons living in the most deprived quintile.
For the most common cancers, the difference in 1-year survival between persons living in the least deprived areas compared to the most deprived areas were 7.9 percentage points for colorectal cancer (Figure 3), 7.4 percentage points for lung cancer, 2.5 percentage points for breast cancer (females) and 1.6 percentage points for prostate cancer.
The largest difference in 1-year survival between males and females living in the least deprived areas compared to the most deprived areas was 9.8 percentage points for oesophagus cancer in males and 13.4 percentage points for bladder cancer in females.
