Table 2.

Relative and conditional survival of operated stage I–III patients

Colon cancer	All stages		Stage I		Stage II		Stage III
	RS	CS	RS	CS	RS	CS	RS	CS
<65 years	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
65–74 years	1.2(1.0–1.4)	1.2 (1.0–1.4)	1.2 (0.6–2.4)	1.2 (0.6–2.5)	1.2 (0.9–1.5)	1.3 (1.0–1.8)	1.4 (1.2–1.7)	1.3 (1.0–1.6)
P-Value	0.01	0.03	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.04	<0.001	0.02
75 + years	1.6 (1.4–1.9)	1.1 (0.9–1.4)	1.2 (0.5–2.8)	N.A.	1.8 (1.4–2.2)	1.3 (0.9–1.8)	2.0 (1.6–2.3)	1.4 (1.1–1.8)
P-Value	<0.001	0.2	0.7	0.99	<0.001	0.1	<0.001	0.003

Rectal cancer	All stages		Stage I		Stage II		Stage III
	RS	CS	RS	CS	RS	CS	RS	CS
<65 years	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
65–74 years	1.0 (0.8–1.2)	0.9 (0.7–1.1)	0.8 (0.4–1.8)	0.6 (0.3–1.5)	1.2 (0.8–1.6)	1.1 (0.8–1.7)	1.2 (0.9–1.5)	1.1 (0.8–1.4)
P-Value	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.6
75 + years	1.4 (1.2–1.7)	1.1 (0.9–1.4)	1.7 (0.8–3.6)	0.3 (0.1–7.0)	1.6 (1.1–2.2)	1.4 (0.9–2.2)	1.8 (1.4–2.3)	1.5 (1.2–2.0)
P-Value	<0.001	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.009	0.1	<0.001	0.002

RS relative survival, CS conditional survival, N.A. not addressed due to small numbers