Table 3.
Number of patients, SEER Summary Stage distribution (%), and age-standardised 5-year net survival (NS, %), for adults in Kuwait (Kuwaiti) and the United States (all races), 2004–2009.
| Cancer | SEER SS | Kuwait | United States | ||||
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| No. of patients (%) | NS (%) | 95% CI | No. of patients (%) | NS (%) | 95% CI | ||
| Colon | All stages | 365 | 50.6 | 43.4–57.8 | 534,721 | 64.6 | 64.4–64.9 |
| Localised | (10.7) | — | — | (37.8) | 89.7 | 89.4–90.0 | |
| Regional | (46.9) | 73.0 | 66.8–79.3 | (34.9) | 70.2 | 69.8–70.6 | |
| Distant | (29.9) | 13.7 | 7.7–19.7 | (19.3) | 13.8 | 13.4–14.1 | |
| Unknown | (12.6) | — | — | (7.9) | 49.4 | 48.6–50.2 | |
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| Lung | All stages | 227 | 15.3 | 10.7–20.0 | 955,184 | 19.0 | 18.8–19.1 |
| Localised | (3.5) | — | — | (17.7) | 55.1 | 54.7–55.5 | |
| Regional | (22.5) | — | — | (23.4) | 26.4 | 26.0–26.7 | |
| Distant | (47.6) | 8.0 | 3.8–12.2 | (50.9) | 4.8 | 4.7–4.9 | |
| Unknown | (26.4) | — | — | (8.0) | 13.8 | 13.4–14.3 | |
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| Breast | All stages | 1,092 | 70.8 | 64.0-77.6 | 926,271 | 88.6 | 88.4–88.8 |
| Localised | (21.9) | 94.4 | 88.4–100.0 | (59.1) | 98.3 | 98.1–98.6 | |
| Regional | (51.0) | 75.7 | 67.2–84.3 | (30.2) | 82.3 | 81.9–82.7 | |
| Distant | (12.5) | 28.4 | 22.3–34.5 | (5.2) | 24.5 | 23.7–25.2 | |
| Unknown | (14.7) | 65.7 | 53.6–77.9 | (5.4) | 72.6 | 71.9–73.4 | |
SEER SS: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Summary Stage; CI: confidence interval.