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Table 3 Potential life years gained if sex differences in colon cancer patient survival in Sweden could be eliminated, for individual patients aged 55, 65, 75 and 85 and in the total cohort diagnosed in 2011

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

Age

Life years lost

Life years lost using female cancer mortality rates

Extra years of life using female cancer mortality rates

 

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

55

12.16

12.34

11.23

12.34

0.93

0

65

8.02

8.40

7.26

8.40

0.76

0

75

4.40

4.88

3.98

4.88

0.42

0

85

1.86

2.18

1.74

2.18

0.13

0

Population

11,843

11,637

10,898

11,637

945

0