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Table 2 5-year relative survival (5y RS), loss in expectation of life (LEL) and proportion of expected life lost (PELL) for selected ages, together with 95 % confidence intervals, for colon cancer patients diagnosed in Sweden during 1961–2011

From: The loss in expectation of life after colon cancer: a population-based study

 

Age 55

Age 65

Age 75

Age 85

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

1965

5y RS (%)

40.6

41.9

36.5

38.2

31.3

33.3

24.8

27.0

(39.3; 41.9)

(40.7; 43.2)

(35.5; 37.8)

(37.2; 39.2)

(30.2; 32.5)

(32.2; 34.4)

(23.2; 26.5)

(25.4; 28.6)

LEL (years)

13.5

16.1

8.85

10.8

5.31

6.16

2.95

3.21

(13.2; 13.8)

(15.8; 16.5)

(8.70; 9.00)

(10.6; 11.0)

(5.22; 5.40)

(6.06; 6.27)

(2.89; 3.01)

(3.15; 3.28)

PELL (%)

60.9

59.6

62.8

61.3

64.5

62.9

68.8

67.3

(59.6; 62.3)

(58.2; 60.9)

(61.8; 63.9)

(60.2; 62.4)

(63.4; 65.5)

(61.8; 63.9)

(67.4; 70.2)

(65.9; 68.7)

1975

5y RS (%)

44.3

46.0

41.5

43.4

37.4

39.7

31.9

34.5

(43.2; 45.4)

(44.9; 47.0)

(40.6; 42.3)

(42.6; 44.3)

(36.5; 38.4)

(38.8; 40.7)

(30.4; 33.3)

(33.1; 35.9)

LEL (years)

13.2

15.5

8.59

10.6

4.87

6.07

2.70

3.17

(12.9; 13.4)

(15.2; 15.9)

(8.46; 8.72)

(10.5; 10.8)

(4.80; 4.95)

(5.98; 6.17)

(2.64; 2.75)

(3.11; 3.23)

PELL (%)

57.3

55.4

58.3

56.4

58.1

56.7

60.5

59.1

(56.2; 58.5)

(54.2; 56.6)

(57.4; 59.1)

(55.5; 57.3)

(57.3; 59.0)

(55.8; 57.6)

(59.3; 61.7)

(57.9; 60.3)

1985

5y RS (%)

51.3

53.2

49.7

51.8

47.0

49.5

42.6

45.5

(50.4; 52.3)

(52.3; 54.1)

(48.9; 50.5)

(51.1; 52.6)

(46.1; 47.8)

(48.7; 50.2)

(41.3; 44.0)

(44.4; 46.7)

LEL (years)

12.9

14.4

7.99

9.56

4.45

5.54

2.23

2.70

(12.7; 13.2)

(14.1; 14.8)

(7.86; 8.11)

(9.40; 9.72)

(4.38; 4.52)

(5.45; 5.63)

(2.18; 2.27)

(2.65; 2.76)

PELL (%)

51.3

48.7

50.9

48.6

49.3

47.7

48.7

47.6

(50.2; 52.4)

(47.6; 49.8)

(50.1; 51.7)

(47.8; 49.4)

(48.5; 50.1)

(47.0; 48.5)

(47.6; 49.7)

(46.6; 48.6)

1995

5y RS (%)

56.5

58.5

56.0

58.3

54.5

57.1

51.5

54.5

(55.5; 57.5)

(57.6; 59.4)

(55.2; 56.7)

(57.5; 59.0)

(53.7; 55.3)

(56.3; 57.8)

(50.2; 52.7)

(53.4; 55.6)

LEL (years)

13.0

13.7

8.23

9.24

4.20

5.07

1.97

2.40

(12.7; 13.3)

(13.4; 14.1)

(8.09; 8.38)

(9.06; 9.42)

(4.12; 4.27)

(4.97; 5.16)

(1.92; 2.02)

(2.34; 2.46)

PELL (%)

47.8

44.6

46.6

43.6

43.1

41.2

40.2

39.1

(46.6; 48.9)

(43.5; 45.8)

(45.7; 47.4)

(42.8; 44.5)

(42.3; 43.9)

(40.5; 42.0)

(39.2; 41.2)

(38.2; 40.1)

2005

5y RS (%)

61.5

63.6

62.0

64.3

61.5

64.1

59.8

62.7

(60.5; 62.6)

(62.6; 64.6)

(61.2; 62.8)

(63.5; 65.1)

(60.6; 62.4)

(63.3; 64.9)

(58.5; 61.1)

(61.6; 63.9)

LEL (years)

12.8

13.0

8.14

8.59

4.27

4.82

1.76

2.10

(12.4; 13.3)

(12.5; 13.5)

(7.91; 8.38)

(8.33; 8.86)

(4.16; 4.38)

(4.69; 4.96)

(1.70; 1.81)

(2.04; 2.17)

PELL (%)

44.2

40.6

42.2

38.7

38.3

35.7

33.5

32.3

(42.6; 45.9)

(38.9; 42.3)

(41.0; 43.4)

(37.5; 39.9)

(37.3; 39.2)

(34.7; 36.7)

(32.5; 34.6)

(31.3; 33.2)