Orkney and Shetland Labour
12 August 2019
People living in Scotland’s most deprived communities are less likely to have cancers detected early, new statistics reveal.
The percentage of detections for breast, colorectal or lung cancer at the earliest stage (stage 1) within patients from the most deprived communities was just 22.6 per cent in 2017 and 2018. This compares with 29.1 per cent of patients living in the least deprived areas had their cancer detected at stage 1.
A higher proportion of patients were also diagnosed at the more advanced stage of disease (stage 4) in the most deprived areas with 29.7% compared with 20.0% in the least deprived areas.
The statistics from ISD Scotland also confirm that the SNP government again failed to meet its national early detection target in these cancers.
A total of 25.5 per cent of patients were diagnosed at the earliest stage (stage 1), below the expected standard of 29.2 per cent.
Scottish Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, Monica Lennon MSP, said:
“It is vital that cancers are detected early to give people the best chance of survival.
“That is why it is so shocking to learn that people living in deprived communities are not getting diagnosed early at the same rate as those from better off backgrounds.
“Health inequalities such as these shame our society, and the Health Secretary should be doing all she can to bring them to an end.
“Jeane Freeman must set out how she intends to improve cancer detection and treatment to save lives when Parliament returns later this month.”
Detect Cancer Early Staging Data
In 2017 and 2018 there were 24,786 patients diagnosed with breast, colorectal or lung cancer.
For people with breast, colorectal or lung cancer, one in four (25.5%) were diagnosed at the earliest stage (stage 1).
This is a 9.4% relative increase from the baseline percentage of 23.3%.
The Local Delivery Plan standard is a 25% relative increase from baseline, which would mean the percentage diagnosed at stage 1 would need to increase to 29.2% to meet the standard.
People living in the most deprived areas are less likely to be diagnosed at an earlier stage than those from least deprived areas. For people with breast, colorectal or lung cancer in the most deprived areas, 22.6% were diagnosed at the earliest stage (stage 1) compared with 29.1% in the least deprived areas.
A higher proportion of patients were diagnosed at the more advanced stage of disease (stage 4) in the most deprived areas (deprivation category 1) with 29.7% compared with 20.0% in the least deprived areas (deprivation category 5).
People living in Scotland’s most deprived communities are less likely to have cancers detected early, new statistics reveal.
The percentage of detections for breast, colorectal or lung cancer at the earliest stage (stage 1) within patients from the most deprived communities was just 22.6 per cent in 2017 and 2018. This compares with 29.1 per cent of patients living in the least deprived areas had their cancer detected at stage 1.
A higher proportion of patients were also diagnosed at the more advanced stage of disease (stage 4) in the most deprived areas with 29.7% compared with 20.0% in the least deprived areas.
The statistics from ISD Scotland also confirm that the SNP government again failed to meet its national early detection target in these cancers.
A total of 25.5 per cent of patients were diagnosed at the earliest stage (stage 1), below the expected standard of 29.2 per cent.
Scottish Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, Monica Lennon MSP, said:
“It is vital that cancers are detected early to give people the best chance of survival.
“That is why it is so shocking to learn that people living in deprived communities are not getting diagnosed early at the same rate as those from better off backgrounds.
“Health inequalities such as these shame our society, and the Health Secretary should be doing all she can to bring them to an end.
“Jeane Freeman must set out how she intends to improve cancer detection and treatment to save lives when Parliament returns later this month.”
Detect Cancer Early Staging Data
In 2017 and 2018 there were 24,786 patients diagnosed with breast, colorectal or lung cancer.
For people with breast, colorectal or lung cancer, one in four (25.5%) were diagnosed at the earliest stage (stage 1).
This is a 9.4% relative increase from the baseline percentage of 23.3%.
The Local Delivery Plan standard is a 25% relative increase from baseline, which would mean the percentage diagnosed at stage 1 would need to increase to 29.2% to meet the standard.
People living in the most deprived areas are less likely to be diagnosed at an earlier stage than those from least deprived areas. For people with breast, colorectal or lung cancer in the most deprived areas, 22.6% were diagnosed at the earliest stage (stage 1) compared with 29.1% in the least deprived areas.
A higher proportion of patients were diagnosed at the more advanced stage of disease (stage 4) in the most deprived areas (deprivation category 1) with 29.7% compared with 20.0% in the least deprived areas (deprivation category 5).