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Table 2 Distribution of deaths by faecal haemoglobin concentration

From: Faecal haemoglobin concentrations are associated with all-cause mortality and cause of death in colorectal cancer screening

Faecal haemoglobin (μg Hb/g faeces)

Cause of death

≤7.0 (n=1,044,931)

7.1–11.9 (n=70,168)

12.0–19.9 (n=28,457)

20.0–59.9 (n=43,622)

≥60.0 (n=41,187)

Total (n=1,228,365)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

All-cause

 Yes

14,684 (1.4)

2203 (3.1)

1049 (3.7)

1788 (4.1)

2133 (5.2)

21,857 (1.8)

 No

1,030,247 (98.6)

67,965 (96.89)

27,408 (96.3)

41,834 (95.9)

39,054 (94.8)

1,206,508 (98.2)

All-cause excl. CRC

 Yes

14,433 (1.4)

2154 (3.1)

1006 (3.5)

1732 (4.0)

1902 (4.6)

21,227 (1.7)

 No

1,030,498 (96.6)

68,014 (96.9)

27,451 (96.5)

41,890 (96.0)

39,285 (95.4)

1,207,138 (98.3)

Respiratory disease

 Yes

3600 (0.3)

560 (0.8)

276 (1.0)

508 (1.2)

581 (1.4)

5525 (0.4)

 No

1,041,331 (99.7)

69,608 (99.2)

28,181 (99.0)

43,114 (98.8)

40,606 (98.6)

1,222,840 (99.6)

Diabetes

 Yes

338 (0.03)

32 (0.1)

25 (0.1)

46 (0.1)

46 (0.1)

487 (0.04)

 No

1,044,593 (99.97)

70,136 (99.9)

28,432 (99.9)

43,576 (99.9)

41,141 (99.9)

1,227,878 (99.96)

Cardiovascular disease

 Yes

3481 (0.3)

522 (0.7)

228 (0.8)

391 (0.9)

516 (1.3)

5138 (0.4)

 No

1,041,450 (99.7)

69,646 (99.3)

28,229 (99.2)

43,231 (99.1)

40,671 (98.7)

1,223,227 (99.6)

Other cancers

 Yes

6797 (0.66)

960 (1.4)

451 (1.6)

748 (1.7)

754 (1.8)

9710 (0.8)

 No

1,038,134 (99.4)

69,208 (98.6)

28,006 (98.4)

42,874 (98.3)

40,433 (98.2)

1,218,655 (99.2)

Colorectal cancer

 Yes

251 (0.02)

49 (0.1)

43 (0.2)

56 (0.1)

231 (0.6)

630 (0.01)

 No

1,044,680 (99.98)

70,119 (99.9)

28,414 (99.8)

43,566 (99.9)

40,956 (99.4)

1,227,725 (99.9)

  1. Abbreviations: f-Hb faecal haemoglobin concentration, Hb haemoglobin, CRC colorectal cancer