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Table 1 Characteristics of colorectal cancer patients undergoing surgery in 2004 by cancer staging.

From: Is quality of colorectal cancer care good enough? Core measures development and its application for comparing hospitals in Taiwan

 

Gender

Age (years)

 

Male

Female

<30

31-40

41-50

51-60

>60

Total

stage 0

97

60

2

7

22

38

88

78(1.4%)*

stage 1

463

324

6

27

65

167

522

787(14.1%)*

stage 2

811

580

15

49

142

229

956

1,391(24.9%)*

stage 3

960

711

14

94

200

340

1023

1,671(29.9%)*

stage 4

633

488

31

61

164

219

676

1,151(20.6%)*

unspecified stage

263

165

10

19

44

75

280

428(7.7%)*

 

3257

(58.3%)#

2328

(41.7%)#

157

(2.8%)#

257

(4.6%)#

637

(11.4%)#

1068

(19.1%)#

3545

(63.5%)#

5585 (100%)

  1. * the number in the parenthesis indicates the percentage of each stage (e.g. 1.4%= 78/5585);
  2. #the number in the parenthesis indicates the percentage of gender or age level (e.g. 58.3%= 3257/5585)