Table 3.

Patient survival of breast cancer by sex, age at diagnosis and geographic region in Taizhou City (2004-2018).

Variables	2004-2008		2009-2013		2014-2018
	5-year OSR*	5-year RS	5-year OSR*	5-year RS	5-year OSR	5-year RS
Total	64.9	69.8	77.8	81.2	83.9	88.8
Gender
Male	58.2	64.3	73.1	77.3	81.4	83.7
Female	65.2	70.2	79.3	83.8	84.9	90.5
Age
<45	76.6	80.7	79.2	83.5	87.9	94.8
45-54	72.5	75.2	77.1	80.1	86.8	93.8
55-64	71.9	74.1	73.2	76.8	88.7	91.4
65-74	62.2	64.6	67.3	70.4	83.7	87.9
>74	57.1	58.6	64.1	68.8	79.2	83.3
Region
Urban area	76.1	79.2	83.5	86.7	84.6	91.9
Rural area	63.4	67.7	74.5	78.6	77.2	86.7

*OSR, observed survival rate; RS, relative survival.