Partitioning of excess mortality in population-based cancer patient survival studies using flexible parametric survival models

Table 1 Parameter estimates from flexible parametric models

Covariate	EMRR (CVD)	EMRR (remaining)	EMRR (total)
< 50	0.40 (0.24-0.69)	0.96 (0.92-1.00)	0.95 (0.91-0.99)
50-59	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
60-69	1.84 (1.16-2.91)	0.99 (0.95-1.03)	1.00 (0.96-1.04)
70-79	5.32 (3.51-8.06)	1.09 (1.04-1.14)	1.11 (1.06-1.16)
1973-1977	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
1978-1982	1.13 (0.68-1.87)	0.82 (0.79-0.85)	0.82 (0.79-0.86)
1983-1987	1.23 (0.76-2.01)	0.76 (0.73-0.79)	0.78 (0.75-0.81)
1988-1993	0.76 (0.45-1.31)	0.58 (0.56-0.60)	0.59 (0.56-0.61)

Component-specific and total excess mortality rate ratios (EMRR) with 95 percent confidence intervals (CI) estimated from models assuming proportional excess hazards.

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