Table 5. Recent trends in age-adjusted 5-year relative survival (RS) by site and stage according to model-based period analysis, 2002–2006.

		2002		2006
Site	Stage	RS, %	s.e.	RS, %	s.e.	Change 2002–2006	P value
All	Localised	87.9	0.6	90.6	0.5	2.8	<0.01
	Regional	62.5	0.9	67.6	0.8	5.1	<0.01
	Advanced	15.1	0.5	15.7	0.5	0.5	0.71
	Overall	60.6	0.3	65.0	0.3	4.4	<0.01
Colon	Localised	89.1	0.9	92.5	0.6	3.4	<0.01
	Regional	65.0	1.1	69.3	1.0	4.3	0.01
	Advanced	15.2	0.6	16.5	0.6	1.4	0.13
	Overall	61.4	0.4	66.0	0.4	4.6	<0.01
Rectum and rectosigmoid	Localised	84.6	1.1	86.9	1.0	2.4	0.08
	Regional	58.5	1.4	64.5	1.3	6.0	<0.01
	Advanced	15.7	0.9	14.3	0.9	−1.4	0.08
	Overall	59.0	0.6	63.1	0.5	4.0	<0.01

Overall estimate includes cases without recorded information on clinical stage.