Table 2.
Colon and rectal cancer 1-year and 5-year age-standardised relative survival in percent (95% CI) among Finnish and Swedish women diagnosed at ages 0–89 years
| 1967–1971 | 1972–1976 | 1977–1981 | 1982–1986 | 1987–1991 | 1992–1996 | 1997–2001 | 2002–2006 | 2007–2011 | 2012–2016 | |
| 1-year survival Finland | ||||||||||
| Colon | 53 (50 to 56)* | 60 (57 to 62)* | 65 (63 to 67) | 68 (67 to 70)* | 72 (71 to 74) | 76 (74 to 77)* | 80 (78 to 81) | 82 (81 to 84) | 84 (82 to 85) | 84 (83 to 85) |
| Colorectum | 60 (58 to 62) | 64 (62 to 66)* | 69 (67 to 70) | 71 (70 to 73) | 74 (73 to 75)* | 78 (77 to 79)* | 81 (80 to 82) | 83 (82 to 84) | 85 (84 to 86) | 85 (84 to 86) |
| Rectum and anus | 67 (65 to 70) | 69 (66 to 71)* | 74 (72 to 77) | 75 (73 to 77) | 77 (75 to 79)* | 82 (80 to 83) | 83 (81 to 85) | 84 (82 to 85) | 87 (85 to 88) | 87 (86 to 88) |
| 5-year survival Finland | ||||||||||
| Colon | 34 (32 to 38) | 40 (37 to 43) | 44 (41 to 46)* | 49 (47 to 52) | 54 (52 to 56) | 57 (55 to 59)* | 62 (61 to 64) | 65 (63 to 67) | 65 (63 to 67) | 66 (64 to 67) |
| Colorectum | 35 (33 to 37)* | 40 (38 to 42)* | 45 (43 to 47) | 48 (46 to 50)* | 52 (51 to 54)* | 57 (56 to 59)* | 61 (60 to 63)* | 65 (64 to 67) | 66 (65 to 67) | 67 (66 to 68) |
| Rectum and anus | 34 (31 to 38) | 39 (36 to 43) | 45 (42 to 48) | 45 (42 to 48) | 50 (47 to 53)* | 57 (54 to 60) | 59 (57 to 62) | 64 (62 to 67) | 68 (65 to 70) | 69 (67 to 71) |
| Diff 1–5 y, colon† | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 |
| Diff 1–5 y, rectum | 33 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| 1 year survival Sweden | ||||||||||
| Colon | 58 (57 to 59)* | 61 (60 to 63)* | 68 (67 to 69)* | 72 (71 to 73) | 74 (73 to 75)* | 78 (76 to 79) | 80 (79 to 81) | 82 (81 to 83)* | 84 (84 to 85) | 84 (83 to 85) |
| Colorectum | 61 (60 to 62)* | 64 (63 to 65)* | 71 (70 to 72)* | 74 (73 to 75)* | 77 (76 to 77)* | 80 (79 to 80)* | 82 (81 to 82)* | 83 (83 to 84)* | 86 (85 to 86) | 86 (85 to 86) |
| Rectum and anus | 67 (65 to 69) | 69 (68 to 71)* | 76 (74 to 77) | 78 (77 to 80) | 81 (79 to 82) | 83 (82 to 84) | 84 (83 to 85) | 86 (85 to 87) | 87 (86 to 89) | 89 (88 to 90) |
| 5 year survival Sweden | ||||||||||
| Colon | 39 (37 to 40) | 41 (39 to 42)* | 46 (45 to 48)* | 51 (49 to 52) | 53 (51 to 54) | 56 (54 to 57)* | 59 (58 to 61)* | 63 (62 to 64)* | 66 (65 to 68) | 66 (65 to 67) |
| Colorectum | 39 (38 to 40) | 41 (40 to 42)* | 46 (45 to 47)* | 51 (50 to 52) | 53 (52 to 54)* | 58 (56 to 59) | 60 (59 to 61)* | 64 (63 to 65)* | 67 (66 to 68) | 67 (66 to 68) |
| Rectum and anus | 40 (38 to 42) | 41 (39 to 43)* | 46 (44 to 48)* | 51 (49 to 53) | 54 (52 to 56)* | 60 (59 to 62) | 62 (60 to 63) | 64 (62 to 66) | 67 (65 to 68) | 68 (67 to 69) |
| Diff 1–5 y, colon† | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Diff 1–5 y, rectum | 27 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 |
*Indicates that the 95% CIs of the survival percentages between the two periods do not overlap.
†Diff 1–5 is the difference between survival percentage units between years 1 and 5.