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. 2015 Oct 5;15:1021. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2370-5

Table 1.

Baseline table with data and distribution percentages

Totals % Women % Men %
Population 242,394 122,901 119,493
age (years):
 50-54 81,605 33.7 41,065 33.4 40,540 33.9
 55-59 59,633 24.6 30,130 24.5 29,503 24.7
 60-64 61,266 25.3 31,176 25.4 30,090 25.2
 65-69 39,890 16.5 20,530 16.7 19,360 16.2
Successfully-invited population, out of the total population 230,510 97.2 117,573 97.6 112,937 96.8
Participants, out of the successfully-invited population 148,265 64.3 78,916 67.1 69,349 61.4
FOBT results for participants
Positive 9,961 6.7 3,751 4.8 6,210 9.0
Negative 138,165 93.2 75,091 95.2 63,074 91.0
Error 130 0.1 71 0.1 59 0.1
Lost 9 0.0 3 0.0 6 0.0
colonoscopy performed after positive FOBT
No 735 7.4 300 8.0 435 7.0
Yes 9,226 92.6 3,451 92.0 5,775 93.0
Colonoscopy results
Negative 4,639 50.3 2211 64.1 2,428 42.0
N/A or inconclusive 64 0.7 20 0.6 44 0.8
Premalignant or malignant lesion 4,523 49.0 1220 35.4 3,303 57.2
Type of premalignant or malignant lesion:
Premalignant 3,952 87.4 1,034 84.8 2,918 88.3
Cancer 571 12.6 186 15.2 385 11.7
 Cancer results:
stage I/II 383 67.1 118 63.4 265 68.8
stage lII/IV 181 31.7 65 34.9 116 30.1
stage unknown / N/A 6 1.1 2 1.1 4 1.0
stage lost 1 0.2 1 0.5 0 0.0