PEOPLE living in the most deprived parts of England, such as Barnsley, have lower survival rates for cancer, according to the Government.
Those living in these areas have less chance of being alive five years after diagnosis, it emerged after the Office for National Statistics analysed primary care trusts.
A total of 62 PCTs around England are classed as being in deprived areas.
The Government labels these trusts as "Spearhead".
Overall, one-year and five-year survival rates among men were lower in the Spearhead PCTs for each of the seven cancers examined.
For women, rates were lower for seven of the nine cancers examined but for cervical and ovary cancers five-year survival was similar in Spearhead PCTs to the rest of England.
The cancers examined were bladder, breast, cervix, colon, lung, oesophagus, ovary, prostate, rectum and stomach.
The biggest differences in survival rates between Spearhead and other PCTs involved bladder and rectum cancers.
The five-year survival rate for cancer of the rectum was 4.2 per cent lower for men in Spearhead PCTs - 46.6 per cent compared with 50.8 per cent elsewhere.
The five-year survival rate for women with cancer of the rectum was 3.6 per cent lower in Spearhead PCTs - 50.1 per cent compared with 53.7 per cent.
Meanwhile, the five-year survival rate for bladder cancer was 3.3 per cent lower for men and 4.5 per cent lower for women - 57.1 per cent for men compared with 60.4 per cent; and 49.1 per cent for women compared with 53.6 per cent.
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