Table 2. Age-specific 5-year relative survival (RS) of colorectal cancer for the period 2002–2006 by sex and modelled trends in age-specific survival.
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Sex differences by age
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Time trends by age
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| Age group | N | RS, % | s.e. | N | RS, % | s.e. | Difference | P value | RS, % | s.e. | RS, % | s.e. | Change | P value |
| 15–44 | 2159 | 65.5 | 1.5 | 1954 | 71.8 | 1.5 | 6.3 | <0.01 | 64.0 | 1.9 | 72.0 | 1.6 | 8.0 | <0.01 |
| 45–54 | 6773 | 63.9 | 0.9 | 4826 | 67.2 | 1.0 | 3.3 | <0.01 | 63.8 | 1.1 | 66.4 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 0.15 |
| 55–64 | 21 782 | 64.4 | 0.5 | 13 200 | 69.7 | 0.6 | 5.2 | <0.01 | 63.3 | 0.7 | 68.9 | 0.6 | 5.6 | <0.01 |
| 65–74 | 32 760 | 63.1 | 0.5 | 22 824 | 64.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | <0.01 | 60.6 | 0.6 | 66.0 | 0.5 | 5.4 | <0.01 |
| 75+ | 23 230 | 56.9 | 0.8 | 35 488 | 57.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.10 | 56.4 | 0.6 | 58.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.01 |
| Overalla | 86 704 | 61.9 | 0.3 | 78 292 | 64.5 | 0.3 | 2.6 | <0.01 | 60.6 | 0.3 | 65.0 | 0.3 | 4.4 | <0.01 |
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Age-adjusted relative survival, testing performed using age-adjusted model.