Table 2.

Ratio of average annual percentage change: comparison with patients aged under 50 years and by age, sex and tumour location

AAPC ratio
Sex and age group compared	Colonic cancer	Rectal cancer
2006–2016
F, 0–49 versus ≥ 75 years	1·02 (0·99, 1·04)	1·04 (1·02, 1·07)
M, 0–49 versus ≥ 75 years	1·01 (0·99, 1·03)	1·00 (0·98, 1·03)
F, 0–49 versus 50–74 years	1·03 (1·01, 1·05)	1·04 (1·01, 1·06)
F, 50–74 versus ≥ 75 years	0·99 (0·97, 1·00)	1·00 (0·98, 1·03)
M, 0–49 versus 50–74 years	1·02 (1·00, 1·04)	1·00 (0·98, 1·03)
M, 50–74 versus ≥ 75 years	0·99 (0·97, 1·01)	1·00 (0·98, 1·02)
1995–2005
F, 0–49 versus ≥ 75 years	1·03 (1·01, 1·05)	1·05 (1·02, 1·07)
M, 0–49 versus ≥ 75 years	1·00 (0·98, 1·02)	0·98 (0·96, 1·00)
F, 0–49 versus 50–74 years	1·02 (1·00, 1·04)	1·04 (1·01, 1·06)
F, 50–74 versus ≥ 75 years	1·01 (0·99, 1·03)	1·01 (0·99, 1·04)
M, 0–49 versus 50–74 years	1·00 (0·98, 1·02)	0·97 (0·95, 0·99)
M, 50–74 versus ≥ 75 years	1·00 (0·98, 1·01)	1·01 (0·99, 1·04)
1984–1994
F, 0–49 versus ≥ 75 years	1·02 (0·99, 1·05)	1·01 (0·99, 1·04)
M, 0–49 versus ≥ 75 years	0·99 (0·96, 1·02)	0·97 (0·94, 0·99)
F, 0–49 versus 50–74 years	1·01 (0·98, 1·04)	1·01 (0·98, 1·03)
F, 50–74 versus ≥ 75 years	1·02 (0·99, 1·05)	1·01 (0·98, 1·04)
M, 0–49 versus 50–74 years	0·99 (0·96, 1·02)	0·96 (0·94, 0·99)
M, 50–74 versus ≥ 75 years	1·01 (0·98, 1·04)	1·00 (0·98, 1·03)
1970–1983
F, 0–49 versus ≥ 75 years	0·99 (0·97, 1·00)	1·02 (0·99, 1·04)
M, 0–49 versus ≥ 75 years	0·96 (0·95, 0·98)	0·97 (0·95, 0·99)
F, 0–49 versus 50–74 years	0·98 (0·97, 1·00)	1·01 (0·99, 1·04)
F, 50–74 versus ≥ 75 years	1·01 (0·99, 1·02)	1·01 (0·99, 1·03)
M, 0–49 versus 50–74 years	0·97 (0·95, 0·98)	0·97 (0·94, 0·99)
M, 50–74 versus ≥ 75 years	1·00 (0·98, 1·01)	1·00 (0·98, 1·03)

Values in parentheses are 95 per cent confidence intervals. AAPC, average annual percentage change.