Table 3.

Five-year survival rate of CRC patients by stage at diagnosis, stratified by ethnic groups.

Variables	5-year survival rate (%)				a p-Value
Stages at diagnosis	Malay n = 2,342	Chinese n = 2,685	Indian n = 349	Others n = 299
0	29.9	13.8	84.2	–	0.269
I	18.5	0	69.5	–	0.100
II	22.4	30.0	22.6	45.5	0.505
III	13.0	13.4	10.1	62.2	<0.001
IV	6.1	2.1	–	18.4	<0.001

CI, confidence interval; CRC, colorectal cancer.

^aGehan–Breslow–Wilcoxon test, significant at p < 0.05 (bold).