Table 1.

Characteristics of end-stage renal disease patients with cancer

		Overall		Patients aged < 65 years		Patients aged ≥65 years
Characteristics	Category	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total		1629		557		1072
Age at diagnosis(years)	< 55	237	14.5%	237	42.5%	-	-
	55 - 64	320	19.6%	320	57.5%	-	-
	65 - 74	579	35.5%	-	-	579	54.0%
	≥75	493	30.3%	-	-	493	46.0%
	Mean±SD	67.4±11.8		54.3±8.4		74.3±6.2
Gender	Male	935	57.4%	341	61.2%	594	55.4%
	Female	694	42.6%	216	38.8%	478	44.6%
Race	White	808	49.6%	206	37.0%	602	56.2%
	Black	510	31.3%	237	42.5%	273	25.5%
	Other	311	19.1%	114	20.5%	197	18.4%
Year of Diagnosis	1992-93	300	18.4%	87	15.6%	213	19.9%
	1994-95	429	26.3%	150	26.9%	279	26.0%
	1996-97	416	25.5%	148	26.6%	268	25.0%
	1998-99	484	29.7%	172	30.9%	312	29.1%
Geographic Region	Northeast	182	11.2%	56	10.1%	126	11.8%
	Midwest	405	24.9%	129	23.2%	276	25.7%
	South	198	12.2%	100	18.0%	98	9.1%
	West	844	51.8%	272	48.8%	572	53.4%
Cancer Site	Breast	259	15.9%	90	16.2%	169	15.8%
	Bladder	111	6.8%	34	6.1%	77	7.2%
	Colorectal	325	20.0%	94	16.9%	231	21.5%
	Kidney	167	10.3%	100	18.0%	67	6.3%
	Lung	404	24.8%	104	18.7%	300	28.0%
	Non-Hodgkin
	Lymphoma	102	6.3%	55	9.9%	47	4.4%
	Prostate	261	16.0%	80	14.4%	181	16.9%