Table 4.

Proportion of differences in life expectancy, between the least and most deprived groups, which can be explained by differences in either cancer differences or other cause differences by age at diagnosis for male and female colon cancer patients. Measures are given both based on the beginning of follow up after diagnosis as well as conditioning on 1-year survival

Gender	Age at diagnosis	Unconditional		Conditioning on 1-year survival
		Proportion due to cancer	Proportion due to other	Proportion due to cancer	Proportion due to other
Colon cancer
Males	50	40.90	59.10	26.74	73.26
	60	38.68	61.32	24.11	75.89
	70	34.45	65.55	16.27	83.73
	80	35.76	64.25	3.08	96.92
Females	50	41.06	58.94	27.70	72.30
	60	46.47	53.53	31.81	68.19
	70	47.42	52.58	28.24	71.76
	80	50.69	49.31	18.32	81.68
Rectal cancer
Males	50	43.58	56.42	31.88	68.12
	60	44.34	55.66	32.79	67.21
	70	37.65	62.35	21.11	78.89
	80	44.06	55.94	15.26	84.74
Females	50	54.32	45.68	46.86	53.14
	60	54.40	45.60	46.18	53.82
	70	48.01	51.99	35.38	64.62
	80	46.59	53.41	24.10	75.90