Table 1 Incidence by socioeconomic status for lung, breast, cervical, and melanoma cancer, England, 1998–2003

Lung

Lung

   Least Deprived

15177

42.2

1.00

-

   Least Deprived

9024

21.1

1.00

-

   2

19341

51.1

1.21

-3296

   2

12015

25.7

1.22

-2782

   3

22572

52.1

1.46

-7143

   3

14286

30.7

1.46

-4504

   4

26125

79.2

1.87

-12,137

   4

17246

40.5

1.92

-8281

   Most Deprived

30573

107.4

2.53

-18499

   Most Deprived

20789

57.5

2.73

-13180

   Total

113788

-41076

-36.1

   Total

73360

-28148

-38.4

Melanoma

Melanoma

   Least Deprived

4239

12.8

1.00

-

   Least Deprived

5217

14.8

1.00

-

   2

3908

11.5

0.90

425

   2

4901

13.3

0.90

539

   3

3368

10.3

0.81

796

   3

4356

11.8

0.80

1099

   4

2571

8.5

0.67

1292

   4

3506

9.9

0.67

1715

   Most Deprived

1724

6.3

0.49

1772

   Most Deprived

2352

7.2

0.484

2509

   Total

15810

4286

   Total

20332

5862

28.8

Breast

   Least Deprived

46085

125.7

1.00

-

   2

46745

121.6

0.97

1557

   3

44718

118.1

0.94

2859

   4

39800

112.6

0.90

4643

   Most Deprived

32672

105.0

0.84

2509

   Total

210020

7.4

Cervix

   Least Deprived

2149

6.4

1.00

-

   2

2515

7.2

1.13

-289

   3

2782

7.8

1.23

-520

   4

3362

9.9

1.54

-1185

   Most Deprived

4072

13.3

2.08

-2113

   Total

14880

-4108

-27.6