Fig. 2

Cumulative CRC mortality by a SES quintiles (for all cases 3 middle quintiles collapsed) and b remoteness of residence (cases with stages A-C at diagnosis) Fig. 2a and b represent cumulative incidence plots for CRC mortality by based on competing risk regression, for CRC cases diagnosed 2003-2008 among South Australians aged 50-79 yrs. Covariates include age, tumour site, stage, grade, co-morbidity, health insurance status, treatments received in first 12 months, and diagnosis year, categorised as described in methods. SES quintiles low-mid, mid, mid-high were collapsed into one category