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Table 2 Five-year absolute and relative survival (in %) of colorectal cancer patients adjusted to the World Standard Cancer Patient Population, Philippine resident population, and Filipino-Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites from US SEER, 1998-2002

From: Inter-country and ethnic variation in colorectal cancer survival: Comparisons between a Philippine population, Filipino-Americans and Caucasians

Variable

(1) Philippine resident population

Between (1) and (2)

(2) Filipino-Americans

Between (2) and (3)

(3) Non-Hispanic Whites

 

%

SE

Diff

p-value

%

SE

Diff

p-value

%

SE

Absolute survival

         

Over all survival 1

26.7

2.2

22.3

<0.001

49.0

1.3

1.3

0.74

50.3

0.2

Site 1

          

   Colon

27.8

2.8

20.8

<0.001

48.6

1.7

1.6

0.73

50.2

0.2

   Rectum

26.0

3.6

23.7

<0.001

49.7

2.2

0.2

0.84

49.9

0.4

Sex 1

          

   Male

22.2

2.6

25.3

<0.001

47.5

1.7

0.4

0.86

47.9

0.3

   Female

31.7

3.5

20.1

<0.001

51.8

2.2

0.9

0.92

52.6

0.3

Age group

          

   <50

34.7

4.1

29.0

<0.001

63.7

3.8

2.5

0.72

66.2

0.7

   50-59

37.7

4.5

29.3

<0.001

67.0

3.1

-1.7

0.44

65.3

0.5

   60-69

27.8

4.0

32.8

<0.001

60.7

2.7

-1.5

0.75

59.2

0.4

   70-79

34.0

5.0

17.0

<0.001

50.9

2.7

-0.9

0.43

50.0

0.3

   80+

10.6

4.9

13.2

0.06

23.8

2.7

6.0

0.03

29.8

0.3

Relative survival

         

Over all survival 1

37.0

4.2

23.2

<0.001

60.3

1.9

2.2

0.85

62.4

0.3

Site 1

          

   Colon

37.3

4.9

22.3

<0.001

59.6

2.4

3.0

0.82

62.6

0.3

   Rectum

37.9

7.4

23.5

<0.001

61.4

3.3

-0.4

0.87

61.0

0.5

Sex 1

          

   Male

30.2

5.0

29.2

<0.001

59.5

2.5

1.5

0.76

61.0

0.4

   Female

42.9

6.2

18.7

<0.001

61.6

3.0

2.1

0.98

63.7

0.3

Age group

          

   <50

35.7

4.3

29.0

<0.001

64.6

3.8

2.6

0.73

67.2

0.7

   50-59

40.6

4.9

29.0

<0.001

69.6

3.2

-1.6

0.44

68.0

0.6

   60-69

32.8

4.8

34.1

<0.001

66.9

3.0

-1.4

0.91

65.5

0.5

   70-79

51.5

7.6

12.4

<0.01

63.9

3.4

-0.7

0.32

63.2

0.4

   80+

26.6

12.3

19.6

0.42

46.1

5.2

8.9

0.07

55.0

0.6

  1. Diff, difference; SE, standard error
  2. 1also adjusted by age