Variable | Levels | Type of cancer—n (%) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breast | Prostate | Colon | Lung | Brain | ||
Age | Mean (Standard deviation) | 56.8 (13.4) | 67.6 (9.0) | 61.5 (14.3) | 64.6 (11.3) | 48.9 (20.2) |
Sex | Female | 4614 (100.0) | - | 1162 (54.5) | 590 (43.6) | 312 (46.4) |
Male | - | 3652 (100.0) | 969 (45.5) | 764 (56.4) | 361 (53.6) | |
Race/Color | Non-white | 3327 (72.1) | 2813 (77.0) | 1616 (75.8) | 1053 (77.8) | 530 (78.8) |
White | 1055 (22.9) | 558 (15.3) | 397 (18.6) | 234 (17.3) | 116 (17.2) | |
Missing | 232 (5.0) | 281 (7.7) | 118 (5.5) | 67 (4.9) | 27 (4.0) | |
Cancer staging | 0 to 1 | 1156 (25.1) | 150 (4.1) | 11 (0.5) | 16 (1.2) | 1 (0.1) |
2 | 1186 (25.7) | 648 (17.7) | 271 (12.7) | 47 (3.5) | 1 (0.1) | |
3 | 1281 (27.8) | 459 (12.6) | 488 (22.9) | 172 (12.7) | 4 (0.6) | |
4 | 340 (7.4) | 441 (12.1) | 491 (23.0) | 558 (41.2) | 4 (0.6) | |
Missing | 651 (14.1) | 1954 (53.5) | 870 (40.8) | 561 (41.4) | 663 (98.5) | |
Surgery for cancer | No | 1202 (26.1) | 1680 (46.0) | 650 (30.5) | 1050 (77.5) | 214 (31.8) |
Yes | 3412 (73.9) | 1972 (54.0) | 1481 (69.5) | 304 (22.5) | 459 (68.2) | |
Nonhormonal chemotherapy | No | 3632 (78.7) | 3598 (98.5) | 876 (41.1) | 582 (43.0) | 576 (85.6) |
Palliative | 206 (4.5) | 51 (1.4) | 549 (25.8) | 623 (46.0) | 96 (14.3) | |
Nonpalliative | 776 (16.8) | 3 (0.1) | 706 (33.1) | 149 (11.0) | 1 (0.1) | |
Hormonal chemotherapy | No | 1972 (42.7) | 2398 (65.7) | 2126 (99.8) | 1354 (100.0) | 671 (99.7) |
Palliative | 323 (7.0) | 977 (26.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Nonpalliative | 2319 (50.3) | 277 (7.6) | 5 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) | |
Orchiectomy or ovariectomy | No | 4594 (99.6) | 3212 (88.0) | - | - | - |
Yes | 20 (0.4) | 440 (12.0) | - | - | - | |
Radiation therapy | No | 1631 (35.3) | 2295 (62.8) | 2052 (96.3) | 912 (67.4) | 395 (58.7) |
Palliative | 266 (5.8) | 386 (10.6) | 71 (3.3) | 300 (22.2) | 41 (6.1) | |
Nonpalliative | 2717 (58.9) | 971 (26.6) | 8 (0.4) | 142 (10.5) | 237 (35.2) | |
Elective hospitalization | No | 3619 (78.4) | 2847 (78.0) | 1857 (87.1) | 1293 (95.5) | 586 (87.1) |
Yes | 995 (21.6) | 805 (22.0) | 274 (12.9) | 61 (4.5) | 87 (12.9) | |
Urgent hospitalization | No | 1295 (28.1) | 1391 (38.1) | 269 (12.6) | 118 (8.7) | 93 (13.8) |
Yes | 3319 (71.9) | 2261 (61.9) | 1862 (87.4) | 1236 (91.3) | 580 (86.2) | |
Time (in days) from diagnosis to start of treatment | Up to 60 days | 2417 (52.4) | 1692 (46.3) | 1492 (70.0) | 736 (54.4) | 470 (69.8) |
More than 60 days | 2197 (47.6) | 1960 (53.7) | 639 (30.0) | 618 (45.6) | 203 (30.2) | |
Type of lung cancer | Non-small cells | - | - | - | 504 (37.2) | - |
Small cells | - | - | - | 95 (7.0) | - | |
Not specified | - | - | - | 755 (55.8) | - | |
Filed legal action against the state | No | 4541 (98.4) | 3579 (98.0) | 2072 (97.2) | 1310 (96.8) | 604 (89.7) |
Yes | 73 (1.6) | 73 (2.0) | 59 (2.8) | 44 (3.2) | 69 (10.3) | |
Died from the cancer analyzed | No | 4004 (86.8) | 3289 (90.1) | 1615 (75.8) | 580 (42.8) | 511 (75.9) |
Yes | 610 (13.2) | 363 (9.9) | 516 (24.2) | 774 (57.2) | 162 (24.1) | |
Total | 4614(100) | 3652(100) | 2131(100) | 1354(100) | 673(100) |