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Evaluation of the Appropriate Age Range of Colorectal Cancer Screening Based on the Changing Epidemiology in the Past 20 Years in Taiwan

Table 1

Proportion of CRC for different age groups in the four study periods.
Age range  1988–19921993–19971998–20022003–2007
<50MaleN1457203429193346
%16.9714.9513.9812.27
FemaleN1324188128153179
%20.9518.3917.9715.48
50–74Male 𝑁 597191081289415812
%69.5366.9761.7457.99
Female 𝑁 40906320884011577
%64.7261.7956.4356.37
75–84MaleN1057230043366769
%12.3116.9120.7624.82
FemaleN807181332474449
%12.7717.7220.7321.66
>85MaleN1031607361342
%1.201.183.524.92
FemaleN992157641332
%1.572.104.886.49
SumMaleN8588136022088527269
FemaleN6320102291566620537