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Table 1 Baseline table with data and distribution percentages

From: Social inequalities in a population based colorectal cancer screening programme in the Basque Country

 

Totals

%

Women

%

Men

%

Population

242,394

 

122,901

 

119,493

 

age (years):

      

 50-54

81,605

33.7

41,065

33.4

40,540

33.9

 55-59

59,633

24.6

30,130

24.5

29,503

24.7

 60-64

61,266

25.3

31,176

25.4

30,090

25.2

 65-69

39,890

16.5

20,530

16.7

19,360

16.2

Successfully-invited population, out of the total population

230,510

97.2

117,573

97.6

112,937

96.8

Participants, out of the successfully-invited population

148,265

64.3

78,916

67.1

69,349

61.4

FOBT results for participants

      

Positive

9,961

6.7

3,751

4.8

6,210

9.0

Negative

138,165

93.2

75,091

95.2

63,074

91.0

Error

130

0.1

71

0.1

59

0.1

Lost

9

0.0

3

0.0

6

0.0

colonoscopy performed after positive FOBT

      

No

735

7.4

300

8.0

435

7.0

Yes

9,226

92.6

3,451

92.0

5,775

93.0

Colonoscopy results

      

Negative

4,639

50.3

2211

64.1

2,428

42.0

N/A or inconclusive

64

0.7

20

0.6

44

0.8

Premalignant or malignant lesion

4,523

49.0

1220

35.4

3,303

57.2

Type of premalignant or malignant lesion:

      

Premalignant

3,952

87.4

1,034

84.8

2,918

88.3

Cancer

571

12.6

186

15.2

385

11.7

 Cancer results:

      

stage I/II

383

67.1

118

63.4

265

68.8

stage lII/IV

181

31.7

65

34.9

116

30.1

stage unknown / N/A

6

1.1

2

1.1

4

1.0

stage lost

1

0.2

1

0.5

0

0.0