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Table 3 Relative 1- and 5-year survival (% and 95%CI) in cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx in FI and SE women

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

FI women 1-y

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

 Oral Cavity

70.5 [64.8–75.5]

73.9 [69.2–77.9]

83.6*[80.4–86.3]

82.9 [80.2–85.3]

84.8 [82.5–86.8]

 Oropharynx

66.8 [54.9–76.2]

66.5 [56.1–74.9]

63.3 [52.1–72.6]

74.1 [64.4–81.6]

79.8 [74.5–84.1]

 Nasopharynx

53.6 [38.7–66.4]

62.7 [48.3–74.1]

71.0 [55.5–81.9]

80.6 [56.8–92.1]

82.2 [61.4–92.4]

 Hypopharynx

50.2 [39.6–59.9]

60.8 [47.9–71.4]

56.9 [42.3–69.1]

55.6 [39.3–69.2]

65.2 [49.1–77.3]

SE women 1-y

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

 Oral Cavity

76.4 [73.2–79.3]

77.6 [74.7–80.3]

79.3 [76.7–81.7]

81.3 [79.0–83.4]

86.5*[84.6–88.1]

 Oropharynx

66.7 [59.1–73.2]

72.2 [65.8–77.6]

74.9 [69.8–79.3]

76.7 [72.1–80.6]

86.2*[83.2–88.6]

 Nasopharynx

58.8 [50.8–65.9]

66.5 [57.4–74.0]

80.5 [69.6–87.9]

76.4 [64.1–84.9]

92.0*[79.0–97.1]

 Hypopharynx

46.2 [38.5–53.5]

50.5 [41.7–58.7]

50.5 [41.1–59.2]

57.7 [48.3–65.9]

61.3 [52.1–69.3]

FI women 5-y

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

 Oral Cavity

46.4 [39.7–52.8]

53.9 [48.2–59.3]

63.4 [58.8–67.7]

68.3 [64.5–71.8]

73.3 [69.6–76.6]

 Oropharynx

38.3 [26.2–50.2]

44.9 [34.0–55.2]

41.1 [29.4–52.4]

52.2 [40.5–62.6]

62.6 [55.4–68.9]

 Nasopharynx

29.9 [17.5–43.3]

35.8 [22.8–49.0]

53.8 [37.2–67.8]

46.1 [24.4–65.3]

75.1 [54.4–87.4]

 Hypopharynx

12.6 [6.5–20.7]

18.5 [9.5–29.9]

20.3 [10.2–32.8]

21.5 [10.0–35.8]

30.3 [15.1–47.0]

SE women 5-y

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

 Oral Cavity

55.6 [51.3–59.7]

52.4 [48.6–56.1]

58.2 [54.7–61.6]

62.2 [59.0–65.2]

68.7*[65.6–71.7]

 Oropharynx

44.5 [35.9–52.7]

39.4 [32.5–46.2]

52.4*[46.3–58.1]

55.0 [49.5–60.1]

69.9*[65.1–74.2]

 Nasopharynx

34.4 [26.4–42.5]

47.1 [37.3–56.3]

50.1 [38.0–61.0]

51.7 [37.0–64.6]

67.2 [48.7–80.2]

 Hypopharynx

17.6 [11.8–24.3]

13.8 [8.4–20.6]

26.9 [18.6–35.9]

27.6 [19.6–36.2]

34.7 [25.0–44.6]

  1. Bolding: Survival significantly increased between last and first period. *Survival significantly increased between the periods