Table 5.
Five-year relative survival (RS) and corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) of small intestine cancer in three periods (1999–2001, 2002–2004, 2005–2007) by country, European region and European average, with p-values of differences* between periods.
| Number of cases analysed across all time periods | 1999–2001 | 2002–2004 | 2005–2007 | 2005–2007 vs 1999–2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % RS | 95% CI | % RS | 95% CI | % RS | 95% CI | Abs diff | p-value | ||
| Europe | 18116 | 40.5 | (38.5–42.7) | 45.8 | (43.9–47.9) | 48.7 | (46.9–50.5) | 8.1 | <0.001 |
| Northern EU | 4021 | 49.9 | (46.7–53.3) | 50.7 | (47.7–53.9) | 55.8 | (53.0–58.8) | 6.0 | 0.004 |
| Denmark | 626 | 37.4 | (30.3–46.1) | 37.7 | (30.4–46.6) | 39.6 | (33.2–47.1) | 2.2 | 0.341 |
| Finland | 678 | 51.7 | (43.7–61.2) | 55.4 | (48.8–62.9) | 62.1 | (54.9–70.3) | 10.4 | 0.040 |
| Iceland b | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Norway | 834 | 52.6 | (45.7–60.6) | 51.6 | (45.4–58.6) | 56.6 | (50.5–63.3) | 3.9 | 0.216 |
| Sweden | 1835 | 52.0 | (47.5–57.0) | 53.3 | (48.9–58.1) | 59.5 | (55.3–64.0) | 7.5 | 0.011 |
| Ireland and UK | 7178 | 35.3 | (33.1–37.6) | 36.1 | (34.1–38.3) | 37.7 | (35.7–39.8) | 2.4 | 0.058 |
| Ireland | 376 | 35.5 | (26.2–48.1) | 44.7 | (36.3–55.2) | 42.8 | (34.7–52.9) | 7.3 | 0.154 |
| England | 5539 | 34.4 | (31.9–37.0) | 35.1 | (32.8–37.5) | 37.7 | (35.5–40.2) | 3.4 | 0.027 |
| Northern Ireland | 230 | 37.4 | (27.9–50.2) | 33.9 | (23.0–50.0) | 43.5 | (30.6–61.9) | 6.1 | 0.263 |
| Scotland | 639 | 39.6 | (32.7–48.0) | 37.5 | (30.1–46.7) | 38.4 | (31.9–46.1) | −1.3 | 0.405 |
| Wales | 401 | 38.9 | (28.6–52.7) | 38.2 | (29.6–49.3) | 33.3 | (25.9–42.8) | −5.6 | 0.227 |
| Central EU | 3399 | 44.1 | (40.7–47.8) | 47.8 | (44.5–51.2) | 53.0 | (50.0–56.3) | 9.0 | <0.001 |
| Austria | 899 | 43.6 | (37.3–50.9) | 52.3 | (46.0–59.4) | 55.7 | (50.1–61.9) | 12.1 | 0.004 |
| France | 572 | 45.3 | (39.3–52.3) | 48.3 | (42.2–56.2) | – | – | – | – |
| Germany | 323 | 42.0 | (31.6–56.0) | 45.6 | (34.9–59.6) | 50.1 | (41.2–61.0) | 8.1 | 0.154 |
| Switzerland | 294 | 54.7 | (45.0–66.5) | 59.9 | (50.4–71.0) | 55.4 | (45.4–67.5) | 0.7 | 0.467 |
| The Netherlands | 1737 | 44.5 | (39.6–50.0) | 43.3 | (39.0–48.2) | 51.5 | (47.2–56.3) | 7.1 | 0.022 |
| Southern EU | 1570 | 39.5 | (34.7–44.9) | 49.0 | (44.3–54.2) | 49.7 | (45.5–54.3) | 10.2 | 0.001 |
| Italy | 1338 | 38.7 | (33.5–44.6) | 48.7 | (43.7–54.4) | 51.1 | (46.4–56.3) | 12.5 | <0.001 |
| Malta b | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Slovenia b | 153 | – | – | 48.5 | (33.8–69.6) | – | – | – | – |
| Spain | 347 | 46.3 | (38.4–56.0) | 42.4 | (35.9–50.1) | – | – | – | – |
| Eastern EU | 1951 | 34.5 | (29.4–40.4) | 43.4 | (38.9–48.4) | 43.5 | (39.6–47.8) | 9.1 | 0.005 |
| Bulgaria | 248 | 41.9 | (26.0–67.6) | 35.8 | (25.1–51.0) | – | – | – | – |
| Czech Republic | 849 | 35.8 | (28.3–45.4) | 46.1 | (39.4–54.0) | 46.9 | (41.0–53.6) | 11.0 | 0.020 |
| Estonia b | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lithuania b | 186 | – | – | – | – | 32.9 | (22.0–49.4) | – | – |
| Poland b | 225 | – | – | – | – | 44.7 | (33.7–59.1) | – | – |
| Slovakia | 368 | 51.4 | (39.4–67.1) | 42.0 | (32.2–54.7) | 46.2 | (37.6–56.8) | −5.2 | 0.269 |
Abs = absolute, Diff = Difference.
a
Survival differences between periods have been assessed by the Z-test.
b
Standardized Survival rates could not be calculated where one or more age specific rates are absent due to small number of cases.
Note: % difference is the relative difference.
Note: Empty fields of RS in France and Spain in 2007 are due to a limitation of analysis to periods 1999–2001 and 2002–2004 only.