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. 2023 Nov 17;102(46):e36063. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000036063

Table 1.

Demographics of patients with transitional cell carcinoma in different parts of urinary system.

Characteristic No. of patients (%)
All patients Urinary Bladder Renal Pelvis Ureter Urethra P value
Total no. 94,187 79419 (84.32%) 8298 (8.81%) 4138 (4.39%) 2332 (2.48%)
Age: Mean ± SD 72.35 ± 10.69 72.21 ± 10.74 73.10 ± 10.49 73.19 ± 9.88 72.98 ± 10.99 <.001
Median age
(25th–75th percentile)
72 (67.5–82) 72 (67.5–82) 77.5 (67.5–82) 77.5 (67.5–82) 77.5 (67.5–82) <.001
Age <.001
<40 465 (0.5%) 401 (0.5%) 36 (0.4%) 13 (0.3%) 15 (0.6%)
40–49 2462 (2.6%) 2131 (2.7%) 204 (2.5%) 73 (1.8%) 54 (2.3%)
50–59 9856 (10.5%) 8486 (10.7%) 780 (9.4%) 342 (8.3%) 248 (10.6%)
60–69 21661 (23.0%) 18525 (23.3%) 1714 (20.7%) 942 (22.8%) 480 (20.6%)
70–79 30122 (32.0%) 25222 (31.8%) 2749 (33.1%) 1455 (35.2%) 696 (29.8%)
≥80 29621 (31.4%) 24654 (31.0%) 2815 (33.9%) 1313 (31.7%) 839 (36.0%)
Sex <.001
Female 25364 (26.9%) 19602 (24.7%) 3583 (43.2%) 1590 (38.4%) 589 (25.3%)
Male 68823 (73.1%) 59817 (75.3%) 4715 (56.8%) 2548 (61.6%) 1743 (74.7%)
Race <.001
Hispanic 5917 (6.3%) 4839 (6.1%) 677 (8.2%) 245 (5.9%) 156 (6.7%)
White 77034 (81.8%) 65323 (82.3%) 6584 (79.3%) 3366 (81.3%) 1761 (75.5%)
Black 6184 (6.6%) 5329 (6.7%) 460 (5.5%) 177 (4.3%) 218 (9.3%)
American Indian/Alaskan
Asian/Pacific Islander
4579 (4.9%) 3528 (4.4%) 564 (6.8%) 349 (8.4%) 138 (5.9%)
Unknown 473 (0.5%) 400 (0.5%) 13 (0.2%) 1 (<0.001%) 59 (2.5%)
Marital status <.001
Married 53436 (56.7%) 45165 (56.9%) 4614 (55.6%) 2482 (60.0%) 1175 (50.4%)
SDW 24748 (26.3%) 20555 (25.9%) 2543 (30.6%) 1147 (27.7%) 503 (21.6%)
Single 9541 (10.1%) 8237 (10.4%) 764 (9.2%) 315 (7.6%) 225 (9.6%)
Unknown 6462 (6.9%) 5462 (6.9%) 377 (4.5%) 194 (4.7%) 429 (18.4%)
Median household income <.001
< $35,000 1380 (1.5%) 1166 (1.5%) 126 (1.5%) 60 (1.4%) 28 (1.2%)
$35,000- $54,999 20981 (22.3%) 17717 (22.3%) 1804 (21.7%) 929 (22.5%) 531 (22.8%)
$55,000- $74,999 43347 (46.0%) 36699 (46.2%) 3736 (45.0%) 1825 (44.1%) 1087 (46.6%)
>$75,000 28479 (30.2%) 23837 (30.0%) 2632 (31.7%) 1324 (32.0%) 686 (29.4%)
Grade <.001
Grade I 3140 (3.3%) 2887 (3.6%) 134 (1.6%) 90 (2.2%) 29 (1.2%)
Grade II 7656 (8.1%) 6666 (8.4%) 566 (6.8%) 316 (7.6%) 108 (4.6%)
Grade III 24515 (26.0%) 20679 (26.0%) 2286 (27.5%) 1156 (27.9%) 394 (16.9%)
Grade IV 39742 (42.2%) 34254 (43.1%) 2956 (35.6%) 1742 (42.1%) 790 (33.9%)
Unknown 19134 (20.3%) 14933 (18.8%) 2356 (28.4%) 834 (20.2%) 1011 (43.4%)
SEER Summary stage <.001
In situ 15060 (16.0%) 15060 (19.0%) NA NA NA
Localized 42664 (45.3%) 40835 (51.4%) 1829 (22.0%) NA NA
Regional 16360 (17.4%) 12856 (16.2%) 3504 (42.2%) NA NA
Distant 20103 (21.3%) 10668 (13.4%) 2965 (35.7%) NA NA
Radiotherapy <.001
No 86330 (91.7%) 72346 (91.1%) 7951 (95.8%) 3851 (93.1%) 2182 (93.6%)
Yes 7857 (8.3%) 7073 (8.9%) 347 (4.2%) 287 (6.9%) 150 (6.4%)
Chemotherapy
No 70595 (75.0%) 59471 (74.9%) 6165 (74.3%) 3099 (74.9%) 1860 (79.8%)
Yes 23592 (25.0%) 19948 (25.1%) 2133 (25.7%) 1039 (25.1%) 472 (20.2%)
Surgery recode <.001
No 13889 (14.7%) 9033 (11.4%) 2640 (31.8%) 974 (23.5%) 1242 (53.3%)
Yes 79804 (84.7%) 70014 (88.2%) 5618 (67.7%) 3144 (76.0%) 1028 (44.1%)
unknown 494 (0.5%) 372 (0.5%) 40 (0.5%) 20 (0.5%) 62 (2.7%)

NA = not applicable, SD = standard deviation, SDW = separated, divorced or widowed, SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program.