Racial differences in 5-year relative survival rates of cervical cancer by stage at diagnosis, between African American (black) and white women, living in the state of Alabama, USA

Table 2 5-Year Relative Survival (age standardized) SEER 18, Malignant Derived SS 2000 Cervical Cancer in Black and White Alabamians, Living in Urban by Age Includes Cases Diagnosed in 2004–2013

Stage	Age group in years	Number of women alive at the start of the first interval	5-year % relative survival	The relative cumulative survival CIs lower & upper	Number of women alive at the start of the first interval	5-year % relative survival	The relative cumulative survival CIs lower & upper
		Blacks			Whites
Localized	15–44	108	89.2^a	79.6–94.5^a	954	93.6^a	91.4–95.2^a
	45–54	54	76.2^a	58.2–87.2^a	341	86.6^a	81.4–90.5^a
	55–64	30	81.1^a	55.5–92.8^a	185	88.1^a	79.7–93.1^a
	65–74	14	66.6^a	26.9–88.2^a	109	90.4^a	76.4–96.3^a
	75^b	17	66.6^a	23.4–89.2^a	58	49.5^a	29.8–66.5^a
Regional	15–44	64	59.6^a	42.7–73.0^a	388	67.4	61.6–72.6
	45–54	52	44.9^a	28.4–60.2^a	329	64.3^a	57.9–70.0^a
	55–64	37	61.3^a	39.6–77.2^a	247	60.8^a	53.0–67.6^a
	65–74	26	40.2^a	16.1–63.4^a	148	47.2^a	36.3–57.4^a
	75^b	30	29.7^a	7.3–56.9^a	92	30.1^a	17.9–43.3^a
Distant	15–44	23	^b	^b	103	21.2^a	12.4–31.6^a
	45–54	25	33.3^a	14.6–53.2#	125	20.1^a	12.1–29.7^a
	55–64	20	43.2^a	19.2–65.3^a	112	15.3#	7.9–24.8^a
	65–74	17	0.0	^b	76	7.1^a	1.4–19.3^a
	75^b	12	0.0	^b	56	9.5^a	3.0–20.7^a
Unknown	15–44	7	67.2^a	19.2–90.9^a	39	74.0^a	53.9–86.4^a
	45–54	4	0.0	^b	18	54.4^a	28.9–74.3^a
	55–64	3	34.3^a	0.8–78.7^a	15	15.5^a	0.9–47.6^a
	65–74	3	^b	^b	11	31.0^a	7.3–59.2^a
	75^b	4	28.8^a	0.8–72.7^a	25	22.3^a	6.6–43.7^a

CIs Confidence interval: The level is 95%
^a The relative cumulative survival increased from a prior interval and has been adjusted
^b The statistic could not be calculated (The RSR could not be calculated because there was only expected percentage and the observed percentage was missing)

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