Fig. 2

Patient age and life expectancy during the period 1959 to 2021. A) Mean age for all patients (yellow line, surrounding yellow field indicates one standard deviation). The annual increase of patient age at surgery was 0.3 years, corresponding to an AAPC of 0.5%. This can be compared with the life expectancy at birth for men (blue line) and women (red line), which increased with in average 0.2 years (AAPC 0.2%) yearly for both sexes during the same period. B) Number of men (blue) and women (red) of age 0—104 years. C) On average, the life expectancy was five years longer for women throughout the period. D) Women were three years older than men at the time of surgery. E) In linear regression, the number of received specimens received was a function of life expectancy for men (β = 42.3, R² = 0.91, P < 0.0001) and women (β = 64.4, R² = 0.85, P < 0.0001). ****, significant on the 0.0001 level