Table 2: Time trend in cancer survival for socioeconomic status quintiles and for selected gross median household income categories, expressed as the hazard of death per year of diagnosis from the Fine-Gray subdistribution proportional hazards regression model, for cancer cases diagnosed in Ontario, 1993-2009
SiteSocioeconomic status quintile*Hazard ratio (95% CI)Gross median household income, 2010 constant dollarsHazard ratio (95% CI)
All cancers1 (poorest)0.988 (0.987-0.990)20 0000.991 (0.989-0.993)
20.983 (0.982-0.985)40 0000.985 (0.983-0.988)
30.980 (0.978-0.981)60 0000.980 (0.977-0.983)
40.977 (0.975-0.979)80 0000.975 (0.971-0.978)
5 (richest)0.969 (0.967-0.971)100 0000.969 (0.966-0.973)
Breast10.980 (0.975-0.986)20 0000.985 (0.981-0.988)
20.974 (0.968-0.976)40 0000.979 (0.975-0.983)
30.968 (0.962-0.973)60 0000.974 (0.970-0.978)
40.966 (0.960-0.972)80 0000.968 (0.964-0.973)
50.957 (0.951-0.964)100 0000.963 (0.958-0.968)
Lung10.997 (0.995-1.000)20 0000.997 (0.995-0.999)
20.997 (0.995-1.000)40 0000.992 (0.989-0.994)
30.995 (0.992-0.997)60 0000.986 (0.983-0.989)
40.996 (0.992-0.997)80 0000.981 (0.977-0.984)
50.986 (0.982-0.990)100 0000.975 (0.971-0.979)
Colon-rectum10.982 (0.978-0.985)20 0000.987 (0.984-0.989)
20.978 (0.975-0.982)40 0000.981 (0.978-0.984)
30.975 (0.971-0.979)60 0000.976 (0.972-0.979)
40.971 (0.966-0.975)80 0000.970 (0.967-0.974)
50.963 (0.958-0.968)100 0000.965 (0.961-0.969)
Head and neck10.990 (0.983-0.996)20 0000.996 (0.991-1.000)
20.988 (0.981-0.995)40 0000.990 (0.985-0.995)
30.985 (0.978-0.993)60 0000.985 (0.979-0.990)
40.979 (0.970-0.988)80 0000.979 (0.974-0.984)
50.969 (0.958-0.979)100 0000.974 (0.968-0.979)

Note: CI = confidence interval.

*Distinct from gross median household income.