Table 1.

Gastro-Intestinal Stromal Tumour cases distribution by sex, age group, primary site, and Joensuu’s risk level. P value of tests performed show statistically relevant differences by sex. Period 2001–2015, Region of Murcia, Spain.

	Cases
	Total	Men	Women	p-Value
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Total 2001–2015	171 (100%)	93 (54.4%)	78 (45.6%)	0.032
Period
2001–2005	33 (19.3%)	19 (20.4%)	14 (18.0%)	0.792
2006–2010	40 (23.4%)	20 (21.5%)	20 (25.6%)
2011–2015	98 (57.3%)	54 (58.1%)	44 (56.4%)
Age groups, years
15–39	8 (4.7%)	5 (5.4%)	3 (3.9%)	0.176
40–64	69 (40.3%)	43 (46.2%)	26 (33.3%)
65 and older	94 (55.0%)	45 (48.4%)	49 (62.8%)
Age, years
Minimum age	24.5	24.5	32.0
Maximum age	89.2	88.5	89.2
Mean age	65.0	63.4	66.9	0.100
95% confidence interval for mean age	62.9–67.1	60.4–66.5	64.1–69.6
Median age	67.5	64.6	69.0	0.194
Primary site of tumour (CIE-O)
Oesophagus	3 (1.8%)	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.3%)	0.088
Stomach	90 (52.6%)	45 (48.4%)	45 (57.7%)
Small bowel	58 (33.9%)	34 (36.6%)	24 (30.8%)
Colon and rectum	6 (3.5%)	6 (6.4%)	0
Ill-defined intra-abdominal site	13 (7.6%)	5 (5.4%)	8 (10.2%)
Peritoneum	1 (0.6%)	1 (1.1%)	0
Death risk level
Very high	31 (18.1%)	19 (20.4%)	12 (15.4%)	0.707
High	77 (45.0%)	41 (44.1%)	36 (46.1%)
Intermediate	22 (12.9%)	10 (10.8%)	12 (15.4%)
Low	26 (15.2%)	14 (15.0%)	12 (15.4%)
Very low	15 (8.8%)	9 (9.7%)	6 (7.7%)