Table 6 Five-year relative survival (%) of patients with selected carcinoma diagnosed at age 13–24 during 1979–2001 in England

From: Survival from cancer in teenagers and young adults in England, 1979–2003

 

Head and neck a

Lung

Female breast

Ovary

Cervix

Colorectal

Other GU

Other GI

 

N

%

P

N

%

P

N

%

P

N

%

P

N

%

P

N

%

P

N

5 years

P

N

5 years

P

Sex

 Male

305

70

0.001

80

46

0.052

         

268

52

<0.001

312

83

0.002

177

25

0.956

 Female

271

82

 

66

63

 

458

61

 

572

79

 

886

79

 

281

69

 

206

72

 

166

20

 

Age (years)

13–16

143

74

0.375

17

64

0.433

10

70

0.041

43

78

0.425

5

60

0.293

86

60

0.090

43

67

0.003

48

28

0.055

17–20

186

72

 

32

56

 

57

75

 

164

84

 

75

87

 

164

60

 

138

73

 

104

27

 

21–24

247

80

 

97

51

 

391

58

 

365

76

 

806

78

 

299

62

 

337

82

 

191

19

 

Deprivation

 

 Most affluent

102

82

0.034

24

57

0.109

77

57

0.985

111

72

0.258

103

82

0.703

108

66

0.001

99

81

0.299

53

24

0.842

 2

111

75

 

23

65

 

104

62

 

101

85

 

142

76

 

100

71

 

93

77

 

61

26

 

 3

111

78

 

27

63

 

78

65

 

112

78

 

188

78

 

113

59

 

110

82

 

68

20

 

 4

122

76

 

35

59

 

104

56

 

117

76

 

206

81

 

98

65

 

104

79

 

82

21

 

 Most deprived

130

69

 

37

32

 

95

62

 

131

83

 

247

78

 

130

48

 

112

74

 

79

24

 

Year of diagnosis

 1979–1984

146

67

0.003

39

46

0.046

103

53

0.055

119

75

0.013

199

69

0.012

127

54

0.003

132

73

0.091

93

19

<0.001

 1985–1989

120

74

 

28

50

 

113

63

 

119

76

 

219

81

 

111

58

 

124

83

 

83

22

 

 1990–1995

137

78

 

40

50

 

127

62

 

138

73

 

243

84

 

124

58

 

160

78

 

83

19

 

 1996–2001

173

83

 

39

67

 

115

64

 

196

87

 

225

80

 

187

70

 

102

83

 

84

31

 
  1. aExcluding thyroid.