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Table 3 Routes to diagnosis, by sex and age: colorectal cancer, England 2006–2013 [25]

From: A review of sex-related differences in colorectal cancer incidence, screening uptake, routes to diagnosis, cancer stage and survival in the UK

Age group

Sex

Route

Screening

TWW

GP referral

Other outpatient

Inpatient elective

Emergency presentation

DCO

Unknown

Total cases

Under 50

Female

0.1%

17.2%

29.5%

9.8%

6.2%

31.3%

0.1%

5.9%

6847

Male

0

19.6%

29.1%

9.7%

7.4%

27.3%

0.1%

6.8%

7356

50–59

Female

0.1%

30.3%

29.0%

8.6%

6.0%

20.8%

0.2%

5.1%

11,728

Male

0.0%

31.7%

28.0%

8.4%

6.5%

19.3%

0.1%

5.9%

16,027

60–69

Female

17.7%

26.6%

21.9%

7.6%

4.2%

18.4%

0.1%

3.4%

25,288

Male

21.9%

27.3%

20.6%

7.1%

4.3%

15.5%

0.2%

3.2%

40,734

70–79

Female

4.1%

30.9%

25.9%

8.8%

4.0%

23.5%

0.2%

2.7%

34,430

Male

5.9%

32.1%

25.8%

9.0%

4.3%

20.6%

0.2%

2.2%

48,055

80–84

Female

0.2%

27.6%

25.3%

8.6%

3.5%

31.8%

0.5%

2.5%

18,526

Male

0.5%

30.5%

26.5%

9.1%

3.7%

27.3%

0.3%

2.0%

19,508

85+

Female

0.1%

19.7%

20.9%

6.7%

2.7%

44.8%

1.9%

3.2%

20,516

Male

0.1%

23.6%

23.8%

7.7%

3.0%

38.5%

0.9%

2.4%

14,865

All ages

Female

5.1%

26.6%

24.6%

8.2%

4.1%

27.6%

0.5%

3.3%

117,335

Male

8.1%

29.0%

24.6%

8.3%

4.5%

22.1%

0.3%

3.1%

146,545