Table 3.
Cause of Death Reported for Patients Diagnosed With Only One Primary Distant Stage Cancer From 1994 to 2003 and Who Were Deceased as of December 31, 2005, by Time From Diagnosis to Death
| Time From Diagnosis to Death | 0–11 Months |
12–23 Months |
24–35 Months |
36–47 Months |
χ2 | p-Value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Breast Cancer (female only) | 5, 179 | 2, 651 | 1, 672 | 927 | ||||||
| Breast Cancer COD | 4, 302 | 83.1 | 2, 336 | 88.1 | 1, 476 | 88.3 | 809 | 87.3 | 7.6 | 0.06 |
| All Cancer COD | 4, 658 | 89.9 | 2, 421 | 91.3 | 1, 524 | 91.1 | 833 | 89.9 | 0.5 | 0.92 |
| Colorectal Cancer | 20, 029 | 6, 982 | 2, 862 | 1, 046 | ||||||
| Colorectal Cancer COD | 16, 776 | 83.8 | 6, 294 | 90.1 | 2, 571 | 89.8 | 894 | 85.5 | 30.5 | < 0.001 |
| All Cancer COD | 18, 364 | 91.7 | 6, 585 | 94.3 | 2, 670 | 93.3 | 952 | 91.0 | 4.3 | 0.23 |
| Gastric Cancer | 8, 887 | 1, 293 | 292 | 93 | ||||||
| Gastric Cancer COD | 6, 731 | 75.7 | 937 | 72.5 | 191 | 65.4 | 58 | 62.4 | 7.3 | 0.06 |
| All Cancer COD | 8, 294 | 93.3 | 1, 198 | 92.7 | 264 | 90.4 | 83 | 89.2 | 0.5 | 0.93 |
| Head/Neck Cancer | 2, 061 | 806 | 239 | 127 | ||||||
| Head/Neck Cancer COD | 1, 229 | 59.6 | 490 | 60.8 | 137 | 57.3 | 61 | 48.0 | 3.2 | 0.36 |
| All Cancer COD | 1, 781 | 86.4 | 723 | 89.7 | 186 | 77.8 | 87 | 68.5 | 7.7 | 0.05 |
| Liver Cancer | 3, 441 | 223 | 72 | 21 | ||||||
| Liver Cancer COD | 2, 459 | 71.5 | 154 | 69.1 | 45 | 62.5 | 15 | 71.4 | 0.9 | 0.82 |
| All Cancer COD | 3, 076 | 89.4 | 198 | 88.8 | 62 | 86.1 | 17 | 81 | 0.3 | 0.97 |
| Lung Cancer | 90, 931 | 14, 906 | 3, 541 | 1, 008 | ||||||
| Lung Cancer COD | 79, 238 | 87.1 | 13, 451 | 90.2 | 3, 051 | 86.2 | 844 | 83.7 | 16.5 | < 0.001 |
| All Cancer COD | 84, 380 | 92.8 | 14, 000 | 93.9 | 3, 205 | 90.5 | 889 | 88.2 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| Melanoma | 1, 408 | 324 | 115 | 53 | ||||||
| Melanoma COD | 1, 104 | 78.4 | 260 | 80.2 | 96 | 83.5 | 39 | 73.6 | 0.6 | 0.89 |
| All Cancer COD | 1, 326 | 94.2 | 296 | 91.4 | 105 | 91.3 | 41 | 77.4 | 1.7 | 0.63 |
| Ovarian Cancer | 6, 293 | 3, 033 | 2, 156 | 1, 219 | ||||||
| Ovarian Cancer COD | 4, 997 | 79.4 | 2, 713 | 89.4 | 1, 946 | 90.3 | 1, 109 | 91.0 | 42.4 | < 0.001 |
| All Cancer COD | 5, 762 | 91.6 | 2, 868 | 94.6 | 2, 039 | 94.6 | 1, 153 | 94.6 | 3.1 | 0.38 |
| Pancreatic Cancer | 18, 838 | 1, 540 | 306 | 107 | ||||||
| Pancreatic Cancer COD | 16, 451 | 87.3 | 1, 378 | 89.5 | 248 | 81.0 | 76 | 71.0 | 5.5 | 0.14 |
| All Cancer COD | 17, 905 | 95 | 1, 467 | 95.3 | 275 | 89.9 | 93 | 86.9 | 1.6 | 0.66 |
| Prostate Cancer | 3, 483 | 2, 679 | 1, 477 | 825 | ||||||
| Prostate Cancer COD | 2, 544 | 73.0 | 2, 153 | 80.4 | 1, 124 | 76.1 | 613 | 74.3 | 11.0 | 0.01 |
| All Cancer COD | 2, 694 | 77.3 | 2, 216 | 82.7 | 1, 159 | 78.5 | 629 | 76.2 | 6.7 | 0.08 |
| Uterine Cancer | 2, 054 | 780 | 334 | 156 | ||||||
| Uterine Cancer COD | 1, 512 | 73.6 | 560 | 71.8 | 239 | 71.6 | 114 | 73.1 | 0.4 | 0.95 |
| All Cancer COD | 1, 885 | 91.8 | 705 | 90.4 | 301 | 90.1 | 139 | 89.1 | 0.3 | 0.97 |
*
The data were analyzed using a two-sided χ2 test of independence across the categories of time from diagnosis to death, p<.05.