| | Characteristic | Male (%) | Female (%) | value |
| | Age (yrs, median: 66) | | | <0.001 | | ≤66 | 21,223 (56.7) | 16,151 (47.0) | | | >66 | 16,225 (43.3) | 18,213 (53.0) | | | Tumour location | | | <0.001 | | Colon | 28,707 (76.7) | 28,533 (83.0) | | | Rectum | 8,741 (23.3) | 5,831 (17.0) | | | Grade | | | <0.001 | | Well differentiated | 3,247 (9.6) | 2,899 (9.1) | | | Moderately differentiated | 24,892 (73.3) | 22,395 (70.5) | | | Poorly differentiated or undifferentiated | 5,814 (17.1) | 6,463 (20.4) | | | TNM stage | | | 0.98 | | 0 | 1,369 (3.7) | 1,106 (3.2) | | | I | 9,286 (24.8) | 8,378 (24.4) | | | II | 9,977 (26.6) | 9,569 (27.8) | | | III | 10,702 (28.6) | 9,978 (29.0) | | | IV | 6,114 (16.3) | 5,333 (15.5) | | | Marital status | | | <0.001 | | Married | 22,925 (65.2) | 14,923 (46.4) | | | Widowed | 2,398 (6.8) | 8,465 (26.3) | | | Others | 9,851 (28.0) | 8,804 (27.3) | |
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