How many lung cancer patients in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board area have survived (i) 12 months and (ii) five years beyond diagnosis …

Relative survival rates which adjust for the underlying death rate in the population are those commonly used for comparison purposes with other countries.
Table 1 shows relative survival rates five years after diagnosis for 1996, 1997 and 1998. 1998 is the most recent year for which five year follow up of patients is complete.
Table 1: Five Year Relative Survival for Scotland
Year of Diagnosis
| 5-year Relative Survival
(%)


1996
| 6.6

1997
| 6.5

1998
| 7.8

Tables 2(i) and (ii) show survival of lung cancer patients in Scotland by Health Board in the years 1999, 2000 and 2001 for survival and one year after diagnosis and 1996, 1997 and 1998 for survival at five years after diagnosis. The tables show survival rates based on death from all diseases, i.e. unadjusted for the underlying death rate.
Table 2: Percentage Survival of Patients with Lung Cancer Resident In Scotland:
(I) At One Year Following Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed In 1999-2001
Year of diagnosis


| 2001
| 2000
| 1999

NHS Board Area of Residence
| Survival
(%)
| Survival
(%)
| Survival
(%)

Argyll and Clyde
| 26.5
| 16.3
| 26.7

Ayrshire and Arran
| 19.1
| 21.5
| 21.5

Borders
| 34.2
| 36.4
| 26.7

Dumfries and Galloway
| 9.9
| 25.7
| 27.5

Fife
| 23.5
| 18.4
| 20.2

Forth Valley
| 22.3
| 28.0
| 31.6

Grampian
| 24.8
| 30.9
| 27.6

Greater Glasgow
| 26.0
| 24.9
| 25.6

Highland
| 21.9
| 22.5
| 23.0

Lanarkshire
| 23.2
| 24.5
| 20.8

Lothian
| 28.3
| 26.5
| 25.7

Tayside
| 27.2
| 28.5
| 31.7

Scotland
| 24.8
| 24.9
| 25.5


(Ii) At Five Years Following Diagnosis