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Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2003

Figure 6.3. Directly Age Standardised Incidence Rate Ratios (Most:Least Deprived) in Men and Women Diagnosed in the Periods 1981-1983, 1987-1989, 1993-1995 and 1999-2001

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95% confidence intervals are indicated by error bars.
Source: West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit.

Warning: These data need to be interpreted with caution since they assume that each ward had the same level of deprivation (as measured in 2000) throughout the four diagnosis periods.

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