Table 3. Five-year relative survival for patients with cancer of the lip (ICD-10: C00), cancer of the tongue (ICD-10: C01-02), and cancer within other parts of oral cavity (ICD-10: C03-06) in Germany (period analysis, 2002–2006).

			Lip			Tongue			Other parts
Factor	Level	N	5-year RS	SE	N	5-year RS	SE	N	5-year RS	SE
Age	15–44	330	85.7	3.1	550	61.1	3.0	729	59.2	2.6
	45–54				1516	51.0	1.9	2149	52.6	1.5
	55–64				2116	49.1	1.6	2725	51.6	1.5
	65–74	449	79.9	3.5	1400	43.9	2.1	1848	49.0	1.8
	75+	404	93.8	5.6	659	47.3	4.1	917	52.1	3.6
Sex a	Male	861	88.1	2.9	4631	44.9	2.0	6145	48.8	1.7
	Female	322	81.2	3.4	1610	56.0	2.2	2223	60.4	1.9
Stage a	Local	488	86.7	3.9	1408	67.4	3.3	1975	65.5	3.3
	Regional	51	62.0	12.7	2207	36.4	2.2	2456	36.8	2.1
	Distant	5	0.0	0.0	160	6.2	2.5	208	6.9	2.5
	Unknown	639	87.4	3.0	2466	49.3	2.2	3727	55.8	1.8
Grade a	1	381	93.0	3.6	495	65.2	5.8	801	70.4	3.6
	2	533	82.0	3.9	3525	48.9	1.9	4838	51.3	1.7
	3 and 4	92	70.9	9.1	1441	41.1	2.9	1547	43.9	3.2
	Unknown	175	88.3	5.7	744	42.6	3.8	1141	48.7	2.9
All a		1183	86.5	2.3	6241	48.1	1.4	8368	51.7	1.3

NB: RS = Relative survival; SE = Standard error;

^aAge-standardized estimates.