Table 1. Sex differences in distributions of age, stage and subsite in colorectal cancer patients diagnosed between 1997 and 2006.
| Men | Women | |||
| N | %* | N | %* | |
| Age | ||||
| 15–44 | 2,159 | 2.5 | 1,954 | 2.5 |
| 45–49 | 2,395 | 2.8 | 1,812 | 2.3 |
| 50–54 | 4,378 | 5.0 | 3,014 | 3.8 |
| 55–59 | 7,857 | 9.1 | 4,903 | 6.3 |
| 60–64 | 13,925 | 16.1 | 8,297 | 10.6 |
| 65–69 | 17,034 | 19.6 | 10,707 | 13.7 |
| 70–74 | 15,726 | 18.1 | 12,117 | 15.5 |
| 75–79 | 12,382 | 14.3 | 14,267 | 18.2 |
| 80–84 | 7,043 | 8.1 | 11,930 | 15.2 |
| 85+ | 3,805 | 4.4 | 9,291 | 11.9 |
| Stage | ||||
| Localized | 22,773 | 26.3 | 19,451 | 24.8 |
| Regional | 13,832 | 16.0 | 12,593 | 16.1 |
| Advanced | 14,573 | 16.8 | 12,200 | 15.6 |
| Not reported | 35,526 | 41.0 | 34,048 | 43.5 |
| Subsite | ||||
| Right colon | 19,520 | 22.5 | 24,094 | 30.8 |
| Left colon | 25,393 | 29.3 | 21,703 | 27.7 |
| Colon-unspecified/other | 6,821 | 7.9 | 7,084 | 9.0 |
| Rectum | 34,970 | 40.3 | 25,411 | 32.5 |
| Total | 86,704 | 78,292 | ||
*
Percentages represent proportion of all males/females.