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Table 2 Relative 1- and 5-year survival (% and 95%CI) in cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx in FI and SE men

From: Incidence and survival in oral and pharyngeal cancers in Finland and Sweden through half century

FI men 1-y

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

 Oral Cavity

69.6 [62.7–75.5]

72.7 [67.1–77.4]

77.2 [73.0–80.8]

79.7 [76.6–82.5]

79.0 [76.5–81.2]

 Oropharynx

61.4 [51.9–69.5]

62.3 [54.1–69.4]

60.9 [52.5–68.2]

75.8*[69.9–80.7]

78.1 [74.9–81.0]

 Nasopharynx

66.4 [50.6–78.2]

74.4 [59.2–84.6]

67.8 [54.3–78.0]

73.8 [59.8–83.5]

71.7 [57.4–81.9]

 Hypopharynx

47.1 [37.5–56.1]

48.4 [39.0–57.1]

58.0 [49.1–65.9]

60.6 [53.1–67.3]

59.9 [53.5–65.8]

SE men 1-y

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

 Oral Cavity

69.7 [66.6–72.5]

71.1 [68.4–73.6]

74.5 [71.9–76.8]

73.5 [70.9–75.8]

80.8*[78.8–82.6]

 Oropharynx

59.5 [54.0–64.5]

62.2 [57.9–66.2]

70.5*[66.7–74.0]

77.0 [73.9–79.7]

84.6*[82.7–86.4]

 Nasopharynx

67.6 [60.4–73.7]

71.6 [64.8–77.4]

82.4 [74.9–87.9]

74.2 [64.9–81.4]

88.4 [80.3–93.4]

 Hypopharynx

50.4 [45.3–55.3]

50.6 [46.1–54.9]

52.5 [47.7–57.0]

53.8 [49.1–58.4]

58.0 [52.4–63.1]

FI men 5-y

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

 Oral cavity

38.7 [30.2–47.2]

41.2 [34.4–47.9]

48.4 [42.9–53.7]

55.9 [51.6–60.0]

61.2 [57.3–64.8]

 Oropharynx

32.2 [22.7–42.0]

23.0 [16.3–30.5]

33.3 [25.1–41.6]

47.1 [40.4–53.5]

59.1*[54.3–63.6]

 Nasopharynx

35.0 [21.5–48.8]

46.1 [29.4–61.3]

36.8 [23.4–50.2]

51.0 [35.7–64.4]

49.9 [33.8–64.1]

 Hypopharynx

11.8 [5.7–20.3]

10.8 [5.6–17.9]

17.2 [10.6–25.1]

26.0 [19.4–33.0]

25.7 [19.2–32.6]

SE men 5-y

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

 Oral cavity

45.5 [41.6–49.4]

41.4 [38.1–44.6]

48.7*[45.4–52.0]

51.0 [47.8–54.1]

61.8*[58.7–64.8]

 Oropharynx

24.3 [19.2–29.7]

31.1 [26.7–35.6]

41.6*[37.2–45.9]

53.8*[50.0–57.4]

66.2*[63.2–69.1]

 Nasopharynx

33.9 [26.6–41.4]

39.6 [32.3–46.8]

48.9 [38.9–58.1]

43.4 [33.5–52.9]

61.8 [49.9–71.7]

 Hypopharynx

12.2 [8.8–16.0]

18.5 [14.9–22.4]

19.1 [15.4–23.1]

20.0 [16.1–24.2]

22.3 [17.2–27.8]

  1. Bolding: Survival significantly increased between last and first period. *Survival significantly increased between the periods. Underlining: Significant country difference