Table 1.
Patient Characteristics of the Study Sample, N = 10,370
| Mean (SD) | Range | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 61.6 (14.2) | 21–98 | |
| n | % | ||
| Female | 5,600 | 54.0 | |
| Year of Hospitalization | 1998 | 5,621 | 54.2 |
| 1999 | 4,749 | 45.8 | |
| Non-White Ethnicity | 1,161 | 11.2 | |
| Cancer Stage | Regional | 2,183 | 21.2 |
| Distant | 4,870 | 47.0 | |
| Tumor Type | Lung | 1,911 | 18.4 |
| Leukemia | 1,686 | 16.3 | |
| Lymphoma | 1,373 | 13.2 | |
| Breast | 1,289 | 12.4 | |
| Colorectal and Anal | 959 | 9.3 | |
| Other GI Tumor | 715 | 7.0 | |
| Ovarian | 428 | 4.1 | |
| Prostate | 382 | 3.7 | |
| Other gynecological | 266 | 2.6 | |
| Other genitourinary | 238 | 2.3 | |
| Head, Neck, Larynx | 248 | 2.4 | |
| Esophagus | 169 | 1.6 | |
| Other | 706 | 6.8 | |
| Patients with both Fever > 38.0°C and Leucocyte < 3,000/mm3 documented in first three days of admission | 3,000 | 28.9 | |
| n | % | ||
| 30-Day Mortality (Death within 30 days of admission) | 1,460 | 14.1 | |