Category | 1989-1992 | 1993-1996 | 1997-2000 | 2001-2004 | 2005-2008 | ||||||
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 |  | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
 |  | Germany (Saarland) | |||||||||
overall | Â | 2,564 | Â | 2,877 | Â | 3,118 | Â | 3,354 | Â | 3,494 | Â |
age | 15-49 years | 514 | 20.0 | 537 | 18.7 | 637 | 20.4 | 594 | 17.7 | 640 | 18.3 |
 | 50-69 years | 1,179 | 46.0 | 1,322 | 46.0 | 1,418 | 45.5 | 1,591 | 47.4 | 1,653 | 47.3 |
 | > = 70 years | 871 | 34.0 | 1,018 | 35.4 | 1,063 | 34.1 | 1,169 | 34.9 | 1,201 | 34.4 |
stage | available | 1,811 | 70.6 | 2,353 | 81.8 | 2,665 | 85.5 | 2,898 | 86.4 | 2,839 | 81.3 |
 | localized a | 694 | 38.3 | 1,043 | 44.3 | 1,260 | 47.3 | 1,448 | 50.0 | 1,411 | 49.7 |
 | local/regional spread a | 912 | 50.4 | 1,082 | 46.0 | 1,143 | 42.9 | 1,179 | 40.7 | 1,186 | 41.8 |
 | distant metastasis a | 205 | 11.3 | 228 | 9.7 | 262 | 9.8 | 271 | 9.4 | 242 | 8.5 |
tumour size | available | 2,013 | 78.5 | 2,513 | 87.3 | 2,872 | 92.1 | 3,120 | 93.0 | 3,127 | 89.5 |
 | T1 a | 661 | 32.8 | 921 | 36.6 | 1,126 | 39.2 | 1,384 | 44.4 | 1,402 | 44.8 |
 | T2 a | 953 | 47.3 | 1,116 | 44.4 | 1,249 | 43.5 | 1,249 | 40.0 | 1,293 | 41.3 |
 | T3/4 a | 399 | 19.8 | 476 | 18.9 | 497 | 17.3 | 487 | 15.6 | 432 | 13.8 |
microscopic confirmation | 2,418 | 94.3 | 2,761 | 96.0 | 3,018 | 96.8 | 3,251 | 96.9 | 3,397 | 97.2 | |
death certificate only notified | 82 | 3.2 | 62 | 2.2 | 52 | 1.7 | 59 | 1.8 | 79 | 2.3 | |
no follow-up available | 64 | 2.5 | 43 | 1.5 | 79 | 2.5 | 67 | 2.0 | 49 | 1.4 | |
 |  | US (SEER 9/13 regions b) | |||||||||
overall | Â | 64,556 | Â | 87,228 | Â | 97,713 | Â | 97,579 | Â | 98,857 | Â |
age | 15-49 years | 15,314 | 23.7 | 21,103 | 24.2 | 23,124 | 23.7 | 23,592 | 24.2 | 23,731 | 24.0 |
 | 50-69 years | 27,007 | 41.8 | 36,641 | 42.0 | 42,501 | 43.5 | 44,147 | 45.2 | 46,914 | 47.5 |
 | > = 70 years | 22,235 | 34.4 | 29,484 | 33.8 | 32,088 | 32.8 | 29,840 | 30.6 | 28,212 | 28.5 |
stage | available | 62,016 | 96.1 | 84,078 | 96.4 | 94,920 | 97.1 | 95,510 | 97.9 | 97,094 | 98.2 |
 | localized a | 39,075 | 63.0 | 54,468 | 64.8 | 61,062 | 64.3 | 59,715 | 62.5 | 61,235 | 63.1 |
 | local/regional spread a | 19,186 | 30.9 | 24,684 | 29.4 | 28,472 | 30.0 | 30,169 | 31.6 | 29,843 | 30.7 |
 | distant metastasis a | 3,755 | 6.1 | 4,926 | 5.9 | 5,386 | 5.7 | 5,626 | 5.9 | 6,016 | 6.2 |
tumour size | available | 53,027 | 82.1 | 73,352 | 84.1 | 85,692 | 87.7 | 87,682 | 89.9 | 93,254 | 94.3 |
 | T1 a | 33,518 | 63.2 | 47,364 | 64.6 | 55,847 | 65.2 | 56,038 | 63.9 | 56,522 | 60.6 |
 | T2 a | 14,848 | 28.0 | 20,080 | 27.4 | 22,746 | 26.5 | 24,007 | 27.4 | 27,088 | 29.0 |
 | T3/4 a | 4,661 | 8.8 | 5,908 | 8.1 | 7,099 | 8.3 | 7,637 | 8.7 | 9,644 | 10.3 |
microscopic confirmation | 63,443 | 98.3 | 85,855 | 98.4 | 96,357 | 98.6 | 96,364 | 98.8 | 97,831 | 99.0 | |
death certificate only notified | 394 | 0.6 | 497 | 0.6 | 602 | 0.6 | 554 | 0.6 | 479 | 0.5 |