No. For some types of cancer there is a large amount of geographical variation across the country, for others it is much less pronounced. For each spatial map for cancer diagnosis or survival, there is an ’evidence of variation’ indicator. This shows whether there is ‘strong’, ‘moderate’, ‘weak’ (or ‘no’ evidence for geographical variation.
Similarly, the maps for cancer screening/testing, risk factors and hospital treatment also have an evidence of variation indicator.
