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Table 1 Configuration of Data and Variable Sets

From: Using relative survival measures for cross-sectional and longitudinal benchmarks of countries, states, and districts: the BenchRelSurv- and BenchRelSurvPlot-macros

Group

Year

Identification

Stage

Number per Stage

Number Total

Relative Survival

RefGroup

RefYear

RefID

RefStage

RefNpStage

RefN

RefRelSurv

SEER17

1999-2003

1

0

167

191771

93.6

SEER17

1999-2003

1

1

83081

191771

100.00

SEER17

1999-2003

1

2

72195

191771

90.2

SEER17

1999-2003

1

3

12617

191771

61.3

SEER17

1999-2003

1

4

8449

191771

22.5

SEER17

1999-2003

1

5

15262

191771

77.3

SEER17

1999-2003

1

6

191771

191771

89.1

  1. Legend: (Prefix Ref) Definition for reference object substitutable by prefix 'Bench' indicating benchmark object, (Stage) Stage of disease where 5='not known' and 6='total' overall respectively.
  2. Source: New malignant breast cancer cases from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (http://www.seer.cancer.gov) SEER*Stat.
  3. Database: Incidence - SEER 17-Nov 2010 Sub (1973–2008 varying).