Table 2. Predicted numbers (Diff) and proportions (Prop, %) of avoidable deaths from colon cancer, from other causes and from any cause, respectively, in colon cancer patients diagnosed in Finland in 2000–2007 during the first 5 years after diagnosis, stratified by age at diagnosis, in three different hypothetical scenarios (point estimates (Est.) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are shown).

		Cancer		Other causes		Any cause
Diff/Prop	Age at diagnosis	Est.	95% CI	Est.	95% CI	Est.	95% CI
Scenario A: same relative survival as that in region 1
Diff	0–64	50	(1, 100)	−2	(−3, 0)	49	(1, 97)
	65–89	126	(2, 249)	−28	(−56, −1)	97	(2, 193)
	All: 0–89	176	(3, 349)	−30	(−59, −1)	146	(3, 290)
Prop	0–64	4	(0, 8)	−2	(−3, 0)	4	(0, 7)
	65–89	4	(0, 9)	−2	(−4, 0)	2	(0, 5)
	All: 0–89	4	(0, 8)	−2	(−4, 0)	3	(0, 5)
Scenario B: same expected survival as that in region 2
Diff	0–64	−1	(−1, 0)	3	(−2, 8)	3	(−2, 7)
	65–89	−5	(−8, −1)	26	(−3, 56)	22	(−5, 48)
	All: 0–89	−5	(−9, −2)	30	(−1, 60)	25	(−3, 52)
Prop	0–64	0	(0, 0)	4	(−2, 9)	0	(0, 1)
	65–89	0	(0, 0)	2	(0, 5)	1	(0, 1)
	All: 0–89	0	(0, 0)	2	(0, 5)	0	(0, 1)
Scenario AB: same relative and expected survival as those in regions 1 and 2, respectively
Diff	0–64	50	(0, 99)	2	(−4, 7)	52	(3, 100)
	65–89	121	(−2, 245)	−1	(−42, 40)	120	(20, 220)
	All: 0–89	171	(−2, 344)	1	(−42, 43)	172	(25, 319)
Prop	0–64	4	(0, 8)	2	(−4, 8)	4	(0, 8)
	65–89	4	(0, 8)	0	(−3, 3)	3	(0, 5)
	All: 0–89	4	(0, 8)	0	(−3, 3)	3	(0, 6)