Table 3.

Survival (percentage and 95% confidence intervals) between 6 and 10 years after surgery for esophageal cancer, stratified by sex

Year	Number	Observed survival	Relative survival
Men
6	552	93.3 (91.2–95.4)	96.0 (93.8–98.1)
7	466	86.9 (84.0–89.8)	91.8 (88.7–94.8)
8	388	82.0 (78.6–85.4)	89.2 (85.5–92.9)
9	334	76.8 (73.0–80.6)	86.1 (81.8–90.4)
10	274	70.6 (66.4–74.9)	81.8 (76.8–86.8)
Women
6	210	94.8 (91.8–97.8)	96.4 (93.4–99.5)
7	187	89.7 (85.5–93.9)	93.0 (88.6–97.3)
8	152	85.0 (79.9–90.1)	89.9 (84.5–95.3)
9	129	82.3 (76.8–87.9)	89.0 (83.0–95.0)
10	117	79.5 (73.5–85.5)	88.1 (81.5–94.8)