Table 1 Descriptive statistics for colon cancer patients diagnosed in Sweden during 1961–2011. N = number of diagnoses, d = number of deaths during follow-upa, % d = percentage dying during follow-upa
From: The loss in expectation of life after colon cancer: a population-based study
1961–1971 | 1972–1981 | 1982–1991 | 1992–2001 | 2002–2011 | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | d | % d | N | D | % d | N | D | % d | N | D | % d | N | D | % d | N | d | % d | |
Age | ||||||||||||||||||
<50 | 1498 (7.3) | 947 | 63.2 | 1180 (5.2) | 716 | 60.7 | 1162 (4.4) | 639 | 55.0 | 1282 (4.3) | 632 | 49.3 | 1476 (4.2) | 509 | 34.5 | 6598 (4.9) | 3443 | 52.2 |
50–59 | 2800 (13.7) | 1929 | 68.9 | 2667 (11.7) | 1793 | 67.2 | 2480 (9.3) | 1535 | 61.9 | 2905 (9.7) | 1604 | 55.2 | 3280 (9.2) | 1219 | 37.2 | 14,132 (10.5) | 8080 | 57.2 |
60–69 | 5451 (26.7) | 4481 | 82.2 | 5897 (26.0) | 4567 | 77.5 | 6477 (24.4) | 4665 | 72.0 | 6234 (20.9) | 4059 | 65.1 | 8083 (22.8) | 3113 | 38.5 | 32,142 (23.8) | 20,885 | 65.0 |
70–79 | 6939 (34.0) | 6506 | 93.8 | 8271 (36.4) | 7557 | 91.4 | 10,015 (37.7) | 8885 | 88.7 | 11,043 (36.9) | 9130 | 82.7 | 12,224 (34.5) | 5971 | 48.9 | 48,492 (35.9) | 38,049 | 78.5 |
80+ | 3731 (18.3) | 3684 | 98.7 | 4697 (20.7) | 4634 | 98.7 | 6439 (24.2) | 6313 | 98.0 | 8440 (28.2) | 8156 | 96.6 | 10,421 (29.4) | 6964 | 66.8 | 33,728 (25.0) | 29,751 | 88.2 |
Males | 10,014 (49.0) | 8819 | 88.1 | 10,803 (47.6) | 9426 | 87.3 | 12,507 (47.1) | 10,712 | 85.7 | 14,451 (48.3) | 11,712 | 81.1 | 17,435 (48.8) | 9058 | 52.0 | 65,210 (48.3) | 49,727 | 76.3 |
Females | 10,405 (51.0) | 8728 | 83.9 | 11,909 (52.4) | 9841 | 82.6 | 14,066 (52.9) | 11,325 | 80.5 | 15,453 (51.7) | 11,869 | 76.8 | 18,049 (51.2) | 8718 | 48.3 | 69,882 (51.7) | 50,481 | 72.2 |
Total | 20,419 (15.1) | 17,547 | 85.9 | 22,712 (16.8) | 19,267 | 84.8 | 26,573 (19.7) | 22,037 | 82.9 | 29,904 (22.1) | 23,581 | 78.9 | 35,484 (26.3) | 17,776 | 50.1 | 135,092 (100) | 100,208 | 74.2 |