TABLE 2.

Characteristics of study population

Characteristic	Ontario	Newfoundland and Labrador	P value
Median age, years	61	68	0.10
Sex, male	54.1%	46.2%	0.75
Emergency surgery	13.5%	7.7%	1.00
Tumor site			0.41
Right (proximal to splenic flexure)	43.2%	61.5%
Left (distal to splenic flexure)	32.4%	30.8%
Rectosigmoid/rectum	24.3%	7.7%
Treatment facility
Academic centre	43.2%	38.5%	1.00
Cancer centre	37.8%	0.0%	0.022
Median physician years in practice	14	13	0.83
Type of surgery
MVR	46.0%	53.9%	0.49
Partial MVR	21.6%	30.8%
Standard resection	32.4%	15.4%