Table 3 One-year and five-year survival for breast cancer patients in Denmark for three diagnostic periods
From: Comorbidity and survival of Danish breast cancer patients from 1995 to 2005
Diagnostic year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Breast cancer | 1995–1997 | 1998–2000 | 2001–2004 |
Number of patients | 2819 | 3003 | 3478 |
Median age (years) | 61 | 62 | 62 |
1 year | |||
% Survival | 91% (89–92%) | 91% (90–92%) | 92% (91–93%) |
Crude MR | 1 (reference) | 0.98 (0.83–1.16) | 0.88 (0.75–1.04) |
Age adjusted MR | 1 (reference) | 0.95 (0.80–1.12) | 0.86 (0.73–1.02) |
MR adjusted for age and comorbidity | 1 (reference) | 0.92 (0.78–1.09) | 0.80 (0.68–0.95) |
5 year | |||
% Survival | 68% (66–69%) | 70% (68–72%) | — |
Crude MR | 1 (reference) | 0.92 (0.84–1.01) | — |
Age adjusted MR | 1 (reference) | 0.90 (0.82–0.99) | — |
MR adjusted for age and comorbidity | 1 (reference) | 0.88 (0.80–0.97) | — |
