Strategic health authority (SHA) | Number of new cases of lung cancer in THIN 2006-2008 | 100, 000 person years at risk | THIN 2006-2008 lung cancer incidence rates/100, 000 person years (95% CI) | UK national cancer registry age-standardised incidence rates of lung cancer (2003-2007)/100, 000 person yrs[35] | Crude lung cancer incidence rate ratio (THIN compared to Registry rates) |
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East Midlands | 172 | 4.1 | 41.7 (35.9-48.4) | 47.1 (46.3-47.9) | 0.89 |
East of England | 331 | 7.6 | 43.5 (39.1-48.5) | 40.6 (39.9-41.2) | 1.07 |
London* | 358 | 9.9 | 36.1 (32.5-40.0) | 48.7 (48.0-49.4) | 0.74 |
North East | 211 | 3.3 | 63.6 (55.5-72.7) | 68.2 (66.9-69.5) | 0.93 |
North West | 605 | 9.3 | 65.1 (60.1-70.5) | 59.3 (58.6-60.1) | 1.10 |
Northern Ireland* | 146 | 3.8 | 38.8 (33.0-45.6) | 49.2 (47.8-50.6) | 0.79 |
Scotland | 479 | 7.4 | 64.9 (59.4-71.0) | 69.2 (68.3-70.1) | 0.94 |
South Central | 459 | 11.3 | 40.5 (36.9-44.4) | 39.4 (38.6-40.2) | 1.03 |
South East Coast | 337 | 9.3 | 36.1 (32.5-40.2) | 39.7 (39.0-40.5) | 0.91 |
South West** | 476 | 10.2 | 46.5 (42.5-50.8) | 38.9 (38.3-39.6) | 1.20 |
Wales | 319 | 6.1 | 52.6 (47.2-58.7) | 52.8 (51.8-53.9) | 1.00 |
West Midlands* | 372 | 9.3 | 39.8 (36.0-44.1) | 46.5 (45.8-47.2) | 0.86 |
Yorkshire & Humber | 233 | 4.4 | 52.6 (46.2-59.8) | 56.9 (56.0-57.7) | 0.92 |
Overall | 4498 | 96.2 | 46.8 (45.4-48.2) | 50.2 (49.9-50.5) | 0.93 |