Table 4

Mortality for colorectal cancer (CRC) during the screening and follow up phases

GroupIndividuals enrolled (n)CRC mortality in screening phaseIndividuals followed (n)CRC mortality in follow up phase
Values are number (%).
*The difference in mortality between the groups during the screening phase was significant (p<0.001).
†Mortality in group 2 was significantly higher than that in groups 1 and 3 (p<0.001 in each case).
‡Mortality in group 1+2 was lower than that in group 3 (p=0.05).
125381 (0.04)*252511 (0.42)†
210105 (0.50)100420 (1.99)
1+235486 (0.17)352931 (0.88)‡
313763 (0.22)136915 (1.10)