Table 2.

Disease-specific survival according to demographic and clinical characteristics (proportion surviving)

		5-Year Survival	10-Year Survival	p-value
Overall		0.57	0.37	n/a
Age
	0-29	0.9	0.9
	30-59	0.8	0.63
	>60	0.45	0.23	<0.001*
Gender
	Male	0.59	0.4	0.008
	Female	0.54	0.32
Race
	White	0.56	0.36
	Black	0.56	0.37
	Other	0.76	0.64	0.001**
Ethnicity
	Hispanic	0.65	0.47	0.152
	Non-Hispanic	0.56	0.36
Stage
	Local	0.54	0.38	n/a
Lesion
	Single	0.59	0.39	0.032***
	Two	0.53	0.36
	> Two	0.36	0.15
Location
	Bone NOS	n/a	n/a
	Appendicular	0.52	0.33
	Axial	0.58	0.39	0.240****
Surgery
	Yes	0.59	0.4	0.286
	No	0.56	0.36
Radiation
	Yes	0.6	0.39	<0.001
	No	0.46	0.31
Year of Diagnosis
	1973-1975	1	1
	1976-1985	0.63	0.44
	1986-1995	0.52	0.32	0.072*****
	1996-2005	0.59	0.42

P value shown for Log rank test between variables; *p < 0.001 for age 0-29 vs. >60 and. 30-59 vs. >60, 30-59 vs. 0-29: p = 0.158; **p = 0.001 for White vs. Other only, White vs. Black: p = 0.932, and Black vs. Other: p = 0.006; ***p = 0.032 for Single vs. >Two only, Single vs. Two: p = 0.275, Two vs. > Two only: p = 0.182; ****p = 0.240 for Appendicular vs. Axial only, Bone NOS vs. Appendicular: p < 0.001, Bone NOS vs. Axial: p < 0.001; *****p < 0.072 for 1973-1975 vs. 1986-1995 only, 1973-1975 vs. 1976-1985: p = 0.125, 1973-1975 vs. 1996-2005: p = 0.109, 1976-1985 vs. 1986-1995: p = 0.486, 1976-1985 vs. 1996-2005: p = 0.365, 1986-1995 vs. 1996-2005: p = 0.194.