Table 2 Descriptive summary of cancer stage by cancer type showing proportion of missing values. N refers to the number of non-missing values

Bowel

180

5%

2.81 [2.68–2.94]

127

11%

2.28 [2.10–2.47]*

171

3%

2.39 [2.25–2.53]*

Breast

249

22%

1.88 [1.77–1.99]

171

42%

1.74 [1.61–1.86]

226

22%

1.83 [1.72–1.94]

Lung

178

12%

2.47 [2.30–2.64]

115

26%

2.32 [2.10–2.53]

149

10%

2.33 [2.15–2.52]

Other

76

85%

2.26 [2.01–2.50]

52

87%

1.52 [1.30–1.74]

78

82%

1.74 [1.50–1.98]

Prostate

74

52%

3.47 [3.26–3.68]

53

61%

2.94 [2.62–3.27]

79

39%

2.67 [2.42–2.93]*