Table 2. Number (N) and proportion (%) of potentially avoidable cancer deaths in Finland by period, age and site in a hypothetical situation where all patients would have the same cancer-specific mortality as those with a high education.

	1971–1985				1986–1995				1996–2005
	5-year		10-year		5-year		10-year		5-year		10-year
Age/site	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
25–64 years
Stomach	64	1	87	2	−5	0	19	1	−8	−1	−30	−2
Colon and rectum	162	5	197	6	324	15	339	14	83	3	35	1
Lung	332	3	320	3	24	0	26	0	239	4	214	4
Skin, melanoma	189	27	228	26	61	12	118	19	143	31	224	36
Skin, non-melanoma	36	59	43	63	21	76	21	61	10	29	15	38
Breast	358	10	534	11	530	22	516	14	356	17	387	11
Female genital organs	537	20	512	17	208	13	241	13	197	13	216	11
Prostate	96	11	75	7	141	16	136	12	303	27	369	20
Urinary organs	390	20	428	19	183	13	220	14	37	3	−58	−4
Leukaemia	62	4	99	6	6	1	46	5	150	23	144	18
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	102	8	39	3	107	10	115	8	195	18	104	7
Other sites	778	7	618	5	544	7	508	6	481	6	405	4
Total	3105	7	3180	7	2143	8	2305	8	2188	8	2026	7
Total excluding. prostate and breast	2652	7	2571	6	1472	6	1653	6	1528	7	1270	5
65–89 years
Stomach	121	3	48	1	131	3	112	2	192	5	186	5
Colon and rectum	168	6	243	8	495	9	463	8	504	8	395	6
Lung	69	1	66	1	201	2	192	2	180	1	109	1
Skin, melanoma	36	17	20	8	63	16	72	15	102	17	39	6
Skin, non-melanoma	−3	−4	3	5	46	33	60	37	93	43	102	45
Breast	224	18	253	15	550	28	718	27	616	26	408	12
Female genital organs	222	15	214	13	311	12	293	11	599	22	506	17
Prostate	137	8	39	2	541	15	617	13	1397	31	1764	25
Urinary organs	243	16	241	14	438	16	467	15	490	15	487	13
Leukaemia	27	3	67	6	−24	−2	−20	−1	23	1	97	5
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	141	17	176	19	193	9	171	8	466	17	351	12
Other sites	290	3	357	4	785	5	744	5	1351	7	1293	6
Total	1675	5	1727	5	3730	7	3889	7	6014	10	5737	9
Total excluding prostate and breast	1314	5	1435	5	2638	6	2554	5	4001	7	3565	6