Table 2: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 2007 with Colorectal Cancer
| Area of diagnosis | Number of eligible urgent referrals# | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of urgent referral | Proportion treated within 62 days of urgent referral | Minimum wait (Days) | Maximum wait (Days) | Median wait* (Days) | 90th Percentile** (Days) |
| | | | | | | |
| Scotland | 320 | 293 | 91.6% | 0 | 216 | 36 | 62 |
| | | | | | | |
| NOSCAN | 74 | 72 | 97.3% | 0 | 216 | 26 | 57 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 20 | 19 | 95.0% | 0 | 68 | 20 | 61 |
| Highland | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | 0 | 57 | 21 | 56 |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 31 | 30 | 96.8% | 1 | 216 | 33 | 58 |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 11 | 57 | n/a | n/a |
| | | | | | | |
| SCAN | 83 | 76 | 91.6% | 0 | 169 | 35 | 62 |
| Borders | 9 | 8 | 88.9% | 1 | 64 | 49 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 16 | 15 | 93.8% | 2 | 94 | 25 | 62 |
| Fife | 16 | 15 | 93.8% | 2 | 79 | 40 | 64 |
| Lothian | 42 | 38 | 90.5% | 0 | 169 | 31 | 86 |
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| WOSCAN | 163 | 145 | 89.0% | 0 | 117 | 38 | 67 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 27 | 25 | 92.6% | 1 | 78 | 44 | 65 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 31 | 27 | 87.1% | 1 | 89 | 40 | 73 |
| Forth Valley | 17 | 16 | 94.1% | 0 | 64 | 40 | 62 |
| Lanarkshire | 33 | 28 | 84.8% | 2 | 117 | 31 | 92 |
| Greater Glasgow | 55 | 49 | 89.1% | 2 | 111 | 42 | 77 |
# Excludes patients; who died prior to receiving treatment, who refused treatment, with a patient induced non-clinical delay, who had co-morbidities, for clinical reasons and initially referred to an other non-cancer specialty.
* Medians have only been calculated where there are three or more patients with recorded referral and treatment dates.
** 90th percentiles have only been calculated where there are ten or more patients with recorded referral and treatment dates.
'-' Zero value
n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers.
Cancer waiting times statistics are subject to a programme of quality improvement focusing on consistency and coverage.
These improvements need to be taken in to account when making comparisons on quarter on quarter performance.