Table 1. Distribution of early deaths, later deaths, and percentage of the cohort alive at the end of follow-up, stratified by cancer site.

				Survived beyond 30 days
Cancer site	All	Died within 30 days	%	Total	Alive	Dead	% of cohort alive at the end of 2008
Breast	19 409	249	1.3	19 160	15 382	3778	79.3
Colorectal	17 075	1129	6.6	15 946	8582	7364	50.3