Table 4.

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

Year	Number	Observed survival	Relative survival
Age < 62 years
6	166	97.0 (94.4–99.6)	97.4 (94.8–100)
7	152	94.4 (90.9–98.0)	95.3 (91.7–98.9)
8	134	89.5 (84.6–94.4)	90.8 (85.9–95.8)
9	117	85.7 (80.0–91.4)	87.5 (81.6–93.3)
10	103	83.2 (77.0–89.4)	85.4 (79.0–91.8)
Age 62–69 years
6	211	94.8 (91.8–97.8)	95.9 (92.8–98.9)
7	180	90.1 (85.9–94.2)	92.2 (88.0–96.5)
8	152	87.1 (82.3–91.8)	90.4 (85.5–95.4)
9	136	82.6 (77.1–88.2)	87.1 (81.2–92.9)
10	117	77.0 (70.6–83.4)	82.4 (75.6–89.3)
Age 70–73 years
6	117	96.6 (93.3–99.9)	98.5 (95.1–101.9)
7	104	92.9 (88.1–97.6)	96.8 (91.8–101.8)
8	86	83.2 (75.8–90.5)	88.8 (80.9–96.7)
9	71	78.5 (70.2–86.7)	86.1 (77.0–95.2)
10	56	72.9 (63.5–82.2)	82.1 (71.6–92.6)
Age > 73 years
6	268	89.6 (85.9–93.2)	94.3 (90.5–98.2)
7	217	79.2 (74.2–84.2))	88.0 (82.4–93.5)
8	168	75.0 (69.6–80.4	89.2 (82.7–95.7)
9	139	70.1 (64.2–76.1)	89.4 (81.8–97.0)
10	115	63.4 (56.9–70.0)	87.8 (78.7–96.9)