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Table 3 1, 3 and 5 year colorectal cancer cancer-specific survival [%], for South Australian residents aged 50-79 yr, diagnosed 2003-2008 (unadjusted). [N = 8461]

From: Sociodemographic disparities in survival from colorectal cancer in South Australia: a population-wide data linkage study

 

CRC-survival (%)

1 yr

95 % CI

3 yrs

95 % CI

5 yrs

95 % CI

p-value#

Total

 

88

87 - 89

75

73 - 76

69

68 - 71

 

Age group

50-59 yrs

91

89 - 92

75

72 - 78

68

65 - 71

 
 

60-69 yrs

90

88 - 91

76

74 - 79

70

67 - 72

0.016

 

70-79 yrs

85

84 - 87

71

69 - 72

66

64 - 68

 

Sex

Female

88

86 - 89

74

72 - 76

69

66 - 71

0.156

 

Male

88

87 - 89

74

72 - 75

67

65 - 69

 

Private Insurance

No

85

83 - 86

71

69 - 73

65

62 - 67

<0.001

 

Yes

91

89 - 92

76

75 - 79

70

68 - 72

 

Residence

Inner urban

88

87 - 89

75

72 - 76

69

66 - 69

 
 

Outer urban

87

84 - 90

76

71 - 80

71

66 - 75

0.219

 

Rural

86

83 - 89

74

69 - 76

68

64 - 71

 
 

Remote

89

83 - 92

73

66 - 79

64

56 - 70

 
 

Very remote

84

67 - 92

75

57 - 86

59

38 - 76

 

SES (quintiles)

Least advantaged

86

84 - 88

70

69 - 75

64

61 - 67

 
 

Mid-low

87

85 - 89

74

71 - 77

68

65 - 71

 
 

Mid

87

85 - 89

74

72 - 78

69

66 - 72

0.010

 

Mid-high

89

87 - 91

74

72 - 78

67

64 - 70

 
 

Most advantaged

91

89 - 93

78

75 - 81

71

68 - 74

 

ACP Stage

A

98

97 - 99

97

95- 98

95

93 - 96

 
 

B

97

95 - 97

89

87 - 90

84

82 - 86

 
 

C

91

89 - 92

72

69 - 74

62

59 - 64

<0.001

 

D

54

50 - 58

18

15 - 21

9

7 - 12

 
 

Unknown

72

66 - 77

58

51 - 63

56

49 - 62

 

Grade

Low

93

87 - 97

87

79 - 92

85

77 - 90

 
 

Intermediate

93

92 - 94

81

80 - 82

75

73 - 76

<0.001

 

High

77

74 - 79

55

52 - 58

49

46 - 53

 
 

Unknown

66

61 - 71

47

41 - 52

43

37 - 48

 

Site

Colon

87

86 - 88

73

72 - 74

68

66 - 69

 
 

Rectum

90

88 - 91

76

73 - 78

68

66 - 70

0.747

Co-morbidity

None

90

89 - 91

77

75 - 78

70

69 - 72

 
 

One (not severe)

87

85 - 89

73

70 - 76

68

64 - 71

<0.001

 

Multiple / severe

75

71 - 78

58

54 - 62

52

48 - 56

 

Surgery†

No

46

41 - 51

24

20 - 28

19

16 - 24

<0.001

 

Yes

92

91 - 93

79

77 - 80

73

71 - 74

 

Radiotherapy†

No

88

87 - 89

75

74 - 76

70

68 - 71

<0.001

 

Yes

87

84 - 89

67

63 - 71

57

53 - 61

 

Chemotherapy†

No

88

87 - 89

81

79 - 82

77

75- 79

<0.001

 

Yes

88

86 - 89

62

59 - 64

52

50 - 55

 
  1. #Kaplan-meier log rank test
  2. †Treatments received within 12 months of diagnosis
  3. Mean follow-up time to death or censoring of 40 months (sd = 24 months), median 36 months (inter-quartile range 21-59 months