Evaluating the Cost-Effective Use of Follow-Up Colonoscopy Based on Screening Findings and Age

Table 3

Initial and secondary mortality rates applied to the model for each stage of the disease.

CRC stage	Initial mortality rate (1/year)	Breakpoint (years)	Second mortality rate (1/year)
Local	0.025	7.3	0.018
Regional	0.068	5.3	0.025
Distant	0.600	1.6	0.085
Unknown	0.155	4.8	2.2E − 06