Table 1.

The number of all noncardia gastric cancer patients and the number of patients with potentially curable gastric cancer (cTx–3, cNx–3, cMx–0) in the Netherlands according to age group and period of diagnosis

	Young (<70 years)		Elderly (≥70 years)		Total
	All	Curable	All	Curable	All	Curable
1989–1993	3825	2191 (57%)	5482	3467 (63%)	9307	5658 (60%)
1994–1998	3209	1758 (55%)	4881	3013 (62%)	8090	4771 (59%)
1999–2003	2916	1481 (51%)	4425	2710 (61%)	7341	4191 (57%)
2004–2008	2657	1354 (51%)	4038	2383 (59%)	6695	3737 (55%)
2009–2013	2676	1294 (48%)	3895	2216 (57%)	6571	3510 (54%)
Total	15,283	8095 (53%)	22,721	13,789 (61%)	38,004	21,867 (58%)