Table 2.

Years lost by deprivation group if male colon cancer patients diagnosed at the ages of 50, 60, 70, 80 years old had (i) their own relative survival and (ii) the same relative survival as the least deprived group

					RS = As least deprived group
Deprivation group	5-year RS	Mean years w/o cancer	Mean years with cancer	Prop (%)	Mean years with cancer	Prop (%)	Years gained
Age-at-diagnosis: 50
Least deprived	65.21	33.58	19.92	40.67	19.92	40.67	0.00
2	62.08	32.30	18.51	42.69	19.24	40.43	0.73
3	61.08	31.11	17.58	43.49	18.59	40.23	1.01
4	60.30	29.39	16.95	42.32	17.66	39.92	0.70
Most deprived	55.87	27.30	14.15	48.17	16.51	39.53	2.36
Age-at-diagnosis: 60
Least deprived	65.87	24.43	14.89	39.04	14.89	39.04	0.00
2	63.71	23.30	13.94	40.17	14.28	38.69	0.34
3	61.73	22.35	12.98	41.93	13.76	38.43	0.78
4	59.20	20.97	11.98	42.86	13.00	38.02	1.01
Most deprived	56.35	19.42	10.38	46.55	12.13	37.56	1.75
Age-at-diagnosis: 70
Least deprived	63.02	16.08	9.81	38.99	9.81	38.99	0.00
2	61.26	15.12	9.11	39.78	9.30	38.49	0.20
3	60.03	14.49	8.59	40.73	8.95	38.22	0.36
4	56.90	13.56	7.78	42.60	8.44	37.77	0.65
Most deprived	54.74	12.66	6.94	45.15	7.93	37.36	0.99
Age-at-diagnosis: 80
Least deprived	50.96	9.35	5.04	46.06	5.04	46.06	0.00
2	50.26	8.62	4.66	46.00	4.71	45.34	0.06
3	50.45	8.35	4.53	45.72	4.58	45.14	0.05
4	47.96	7.92	4.16	47.46	4.38	44.77	0.21
Most deprived	45.32	7.69	3.81	50.40	4.25	44.67	0.44