Table 3. Number (N) and proportion (%) of potentially avoidable deaths due to cancer and other causes in cancer patients in Finland in 1996–2005, by age, in two hypothetical situations: (A) all patients would have the same cancer-specific mortality and (B) same cancer and competing-risk mortality as those with a high education.

	Cancer				Other				Total
	5-year		10-year		5-year		10-year		5-year		10-year
Age at cancer diagnosis	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
A. Same cancer-specific mortality
25–64 years
Total	2188	8	2026	7	−167	−5	−330	−5	2021	7	1696	5
Total excluding prostate and breast	1528	7	1270	5	−148	−6	−266	−6	1380	5	1004	3
65–89 years
Total	6014	10	5737	9	−1371	−6	−2480	−7	4642	6	3257	3
Total excluding prostate and breast	4001	7	3565	6	−1062	−7	−1575	−7	2939	4	1990	3
B. Same cancer-specific and competing-risk mortality
25–64 years
Total	1984	8	1703	6	963	27	1365	22	2947	10	3068	8
Total excluding prostate and breast	1339	6	986	4	713	28	957	23	2052	8	1943	7
65–89 years
Total	5035	8	4093	6	4054	17	3867	10	9089	11	7960	8
Total excluding prostate and breast	3191	6	2478	4	2186	15	2054	9	5377	8	4532	6