Figure 1

Funding versus years of life lost (YLL) over time in the United Kingdom. Presents the research funding to YLL ratios for the United Kingdom data in Table 2 on the Y-axis compared to 2002 data [3] on the X-axis. The dashed vertical and horizontal lines indicate points at which proportional funding is equal to proportional YLL. The dotted diagonal line indicates identical discrepancies during both time periods. Italicized labels are used to describe six zones within the figure that represent different combinations of patterns of discrepancy. Combinations of symbol shape and colour/shading indicate cancer types with similar types of funding discrepancies. Cancer types which are above the diagonal line to the left of the vertical dashed line indicate those that were previously underfunded receiving increased funding and cancer types below the diagonal line to the right of the vertical dashed line indicate those that were previously overfunded receiving reduced funding. Not all 26 cancer types are represented due to less comprehensive data for the older United Kingdom data set.