Hazard of death relative to Anglia and Oxford region (HR) for children with ALL diagnosed in 1986–90, by time since diagnosis and NHS region: adjusted for single year of age at diagnosis, sex, and deprivation category5-150
| NHS region | Children (n) | Time since diagnosis | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than six months | Six months to five years | Overall (up to five years) | ||||||||||
| Deaths (n) | HR†(95% CI) | p Value5-152 | Deaths (n) | HR (95% CI) | p Value | Deaths (n) | HR (95% CI) | p Value | ||||
| Northern and Yorkshire | 196 | 9 | 0.43 (0.18, 1.06) | 0.07 | 3 | 1.12 (0.62, 2.04) | 0.71 | 12 | 0.84 (0.51, 1.36) | 0.47 | ||
| Trent | 131 | 5 | 0.29 (0.10, 0.87) | 0.03 | 28 | 1.62 (0.88, 3.01) | 0.12 | 33 | 1.03 (0.62, 1.73) | 0.90 | ||
| Anglia and Oxford | 134 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 1 | |||||
| North Thames | 209 | 12 | 0.60 (0.27, 1.36) | 0.23 | 34 | 1.34 (0.74, 2.40) | 0.34 | 46 | 1.03 (0.64, 1.65) | 0.90 | ||
| South Thames | 150 | 3 | 0.19 (0.05, 0.70) | 0.01 | 28 | 1.32 (0.72, 2.42) | 0.38 | 31 | 0.83 (0.50, 1.39) | 0.48 | ||
| South and West | 180 | 5 | 0.25 (0.09, 0.73) | 0.01 | 44 | 1.93 (1.09, 3.40) | 0.02 | 49 | 1.19 (0.75, 1.89) | 0.47 | ||
| West Midlands | 123 | 3 | 0.22 (0.06, 0.81) | 0.02 | 17 | 0.94 (0.48, 1.85) | 0.86 | 20 | 0.62 (0.35, 1.10) | 0.10 | ||
| North and West | 188 | 17 | 0.98 (0.45, 2.14) | 0.97 | 39 | 1.84 (1.03, 3.27) | 0.04 | 56 | 1.51 (0.96, 2.39) | 0.08 | ||
| Wales | 63 | 3 | 0.54 (0.15, 1.93) | 0.34 | 10 | 1.43 (0.65, 3.15) | 0.37 | 13 | 1.05 (0.54, 2.03) | 0.89 | ||
↵5-150 Patients for whom a deprivation category could not be assigned are not included in this analysis.
↵5-152 Hazard ratios (HR) are presented as ratios of the death rate in each NHS region to that in Anglia and Oxford (the reference region) during the same interval.
5-152p value refers to test comparing hazard of death in each region to that in Anglia and Oxford during the same interval.