Table 4 Ten-year relative survival taking account of difference in deaths due to ischaemic heart disease between cancer population and general population.

From: Errors in determination of net survival: cause-specific and relative survival settings

Age group

Correction applieda

Lung

Prostate

Breast

Ovary

Oesophagus

Colorectal

Men

Women

Men

Women

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

55–74 years

No correction

0.08

0.10

0.92

0.88

0.35

0.15

0.19

0.60

0.62

IHD correction

0.09

0.11

0.92

0.88

0.35

0.16

0.20

0.61

0.62

55–64 years

No correction

0.09

0.12

0.92

0.88

0.40

0.15

0.21

0.60

0.62

IHD correction

0.10

0.12

0.92

0.88

0.40

0.16

0.21

0.60

0.62

65–74 years

No correction

0.07

0.09

0.93

0.87

0.30

0.14

0.17

0.60

0.61

IHD correction

0.08

0.10

0.87

0.87

0.30

0.15

0.18

0.61

0.61

  1. aDetails of relative risk used in correction can be found in Supplementary Table 3.