Table 1 Characteristics of the study population per ethnic group, all patients diagnosed with colon cancer in The Netherlands from 1996 to 2011. N = 101,882, n (%)
From: Ethnic differences in colon cancer care in the Netherlands: a nationwide registry-based study
Western | Non-Western | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Netherlands 91,257 (89.6) | Other Western 8668 (8.5) | Turkey 289 (0.3) | Morocco 227 (0.2) | Suriname 693 (0.7) | Netherlands Antilles 236 (0.2) | Other non-Western 512 (0.5) | ||
Gender | Male | 45,598 (50.0) | 4292 (49.6) | 164 (56.7) | 149 (65.6) | 328 (47.3) | 107 (45.3) | 283 (55.3) |
Female | 45,659 (50.0) | 4370 (50.4) | 125 (43.3) | 78 (34.4) | 365 (52.7) | 129 (54.7) | 229 (44.7) | |
Occupation (at diagnosis) (n = 96,902) | Employeda | 11,598 (12.7) | 1070 (12.3) | 52 (18.0) | 34 (15.0) | 178 (25.7) | 63 (26.7) | 111 (21.7) |
Unemployedb | 9077 (9.9) | 1229 (14.2) | 117 (40.5) | 91 (40.1) | 178 (25.7) | 83 (35.2) | 221 (43.2) | |
Retired | 66,066 (72.4) | 5962 (68.8) | 116 (40.1) | 95 (41.9) | 313 (45.2) | 85 (36.0) | 163 (71.5) | |
Unknown | 4516 (4.9) | 407 (4.7) | 4 (1.4) | 7 (3.1) | 24 (3.5) | 5 (2.1) | 17 (3.3) | |
Age (at diagnosis) | <60 yrs | 15,318 (16.8) | 1505 (17.4) | 138 (47.8) | 106 (46.7) | 283 (40.8) | 107 (45.3) | 254 (49.6) |
60–74 yrs | 38,005 (41.6) | 4088 (47.2) | 128 (44.3) | 106 (46.7) | 290 (41.8) | 94 (39.8) | 187 (36.5) | |
>74 yrs. | 37,934 (41.6) | 3075 (35.5) | 23 (8.0) | 15 (6.6) | 120 (17.3) | 35 (14.8) | 71 (13.9) | |
Stage (at diagnosis) | I | 13,510 (14.8) | 1265 (14.6) | 38 (13.1) | 17 (7.5) | 99 (14.3) | 33 (14.0) | 69 (13.5) |
II | 31,002 (34.0) | 2988 (34.1) | 115 (39.8) | 75 (33.0) | 206 (29.7) | 81 (34.3) | 149 (29.1) | |
III | 23,710 (26.0) | 2248 (26.0) | 69 (23.9) | 68 (30.0) | 212 (30.6) | 60 (25.4) | 167 (32.6) | |
IV | 20,523 (22.5) | 1962 (22.7) | 61 (21.1) | 63 (27.8) | 155 (22.4) | 58 (24.6) | 116 (22.7) | |
Unknown | 2379 (2.6) | 224 (2.6) | 6 (2.1) | 4 (1.8) | 21 (3.0) | 4 (1.7) | 11 (2.1) | |
Surgery | None | 11,391 (12.5) | 1066 (12.3) | 27 (9.3) | 32 (14.1) | 81 (11.7) | 26 (11.0) | 50 (9.8) |
Endoscopic resection | 2318 (2.5) | 210 (2.4) | 7 (2.4) | 4 (1.8) | 17 (2.5) | 5 (2.1) | 12 (2.3) | |
Surgical resection | 77,548 (85.0) | 7392 (85.3) | 255 (88.2) | 191 (84.1) | 595 (85.9) | 205 (86.9) | 450 (87.9) | |