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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of colorectal cancer patients (n = 1035)

From: Survival of colorectal cancer patients in Brunei Darussalam: comparison between 2002–09 and 2010–17

Characteristics

Overall

2002–2009

2010–2017

p valuea

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Age

  < 40 years

82

(7.9)

21

(6.9)

61

(8.3)

0.389

40–59 years

436

(42.1)

121

(39.9)

315

(43.0)

 

  ≥ 60 years

517

(50.0)

161

(53.1)

356

(48.6)

 

Gender

Male

586

(56.6)

172

(56.8)

414

(56.6)

1.000

Female

449

(43.4)

131

(43.2)

318

(43.4)

 

Ethnicity

Malay

751

(72.6)

213

(70.3)

538

(73.5)

0.172

Chinese

228

(22.0)

77

(25.4)

151

(20.6)

 

Others

56

(5.4)

13

(4.3)

43

(5.9)

 

District

Brunei-Muara

668

(67.5)

209

(71.6)

459

(65.8)

0.143

Tutong

123

(12.4)

29

(9.9)

94

(13.5)

 

Belait

176

(17.8)

45

(15.4)

131

(18.8)

 

Temburong

23

(2.3)

9

(3.1)

14

(2.0)

 

SEER stage

Localised

264

(33.9)

91

(39.7)

173

(31.5)

0.001

Regional

242

(31.1)

50

(21.8)

192

(35.0)

 

Distant

272

(35.0)

88

(38.4)

184

(33.5)

 

Sites of cancer

Cecum

11

(1.1)

1

(0.3)

10

(1.4)

0.131

Appendix

20

(1.9)

4

(1.3)

16

(2.3)

 

Ascending colon

39

(3.8)

16

(5.2)

23

(3.1)

 

Hepatic flexure of colon

14

(1.4)

3

(1.0)

11

(1.5)

 

Transverse colon

28

(2.7)

10

(3.3)

18

(2.4)

 

Splenic flexure of colon

9

(0.9)

1

(0.3)

8

(1.1)

 

Descending colon

38

(3.7)

7

(2.3)

31

(4.3)

 

Sigmoid colon

186

(18.0)

55

(18.0)

131

(17.7)

 

Overlapping lesion colon

16

(1.5)

3

(1.0)

13

(1.8)

 

Colon, NOSb

224

(21.6)

78

(25.9)

146

(20.1)

 

Rectosigmoid junction

123

(11.9)

29

(9.5)

94

(12.8)

 

Rectum, NOSb

327

(31.6)

96

(31.8)

231

(31.5)

 
  1. a Chi-square (χ2) test (comparing two periods)
  2. bNOS Not otherwise specified