Colorectal cancer burden and trends in a South Asian cohort: experience from a regional tertiary care center in Sri Lanka

Table 1 Demographic, anatomical and tumour related characteristics of the patient cohort

	Pre 2000	2000–2004	2005–2009	2010–2014
Sex
Male	23	98	98	131
Female	38	80	92	119
Total (n = 679)	61	178	190	250
Age
< 30	6	8	6	4
30–40	11	7	15	12
40–50	8	27	23	28
50–60	11	46	54	63
60–70	10	51	58	82
> 70	15	39	34	53
N/A	–	–	–	04
Rectum	33	121	123	168
Distal	14	54	45	87
Proximal	19	67	78	81
Colon	27	56	67	81
Sigmoid	3	4	7	22
Descending	12	26	22	21
Right	12	26	38	38
N/A	01	01	–	01
AJCC stage
I	9	35	36	37
II	23	58	48	63
III	18	52	77	70
IV	06	23	14	09
N/A	05	10	18	71
T stage
T1	2	13	14	15
T2	10	30	30	48
T3	33	94	85	94
T4	11	32	46	31
N/A	05	09	15	62

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