Patient demographics
| N | % | |
| Total | 9822 | 100 |
| Sex | ||
| Women | 5394 | 54.9 |
| Men | 4428 | 45.1 |
| Age (years) | ||
| Mean | 64.0 | |
| SD | 11.9 | |
| Minimum | 17 | |
| Median | 65 | |
| Maximum | 97 | |
| Age group (years) | ||
| <40 | 361 | 3.7 |
| 41–50 | 940 | 9.6 |
| 51–60 | 2226 | 22.7 |
| 61–70 | 3033 | 30.9 |
| >70 | 3262 | 33.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 7453 | 75.9 |
| Asian | 614 | 6.3 |
| Black | 365 | 3.7 |
| Mixed | 58 | 0.6 |
| Chinese | 42 | 0.4 |
| Other* | 1103 | 11.2 |
| Index of deprivation | ||
| Mean | 6.22 | |
| SD | 2.62 | |
| Median | 6 | |
| Symptom risk category | ||
| High-medium (NG12) | 7194 | 73.2 |
| Low (DG30) | 1994 | 20.3 |
| Other† | 634 | 6.5 |
*Other ethnicity: any other ethnic group, not-specified.
†Other symptoms: patients referred urgently with symptoms of suspected CRC not meeting existing NG12 or DG30 criteria.
CRC, colorectal cancer.