Table 2.
Number of deaths identified by year and cancer type
| Cancer site | Lip | Tongue | Oral cavity | Pharynx | Larynx | SCCHN | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 1,250) | (N = 2,167) | (N = 2,372) | (N = 2,304) | (N = 3,310) | (N = 11,403) | |||||||
| Length of time to death1,2 | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| 22.4 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 13.3 | 17.4 | 14.1 | 16.4 | 13.4 | 16.4 | 13.6 | 16.9 | 13.8 | |
| Number of deaths3 | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| 203 | 16.2 | 656 | 30.3 | 776 | 32.7 | 815 | 35.4 | 1,236 | 37.3 | 3,686 | 32.3 | |
| 1 year | 64 | 31.5 | 310 | 47.3 | 360 | 46.4 | 390 | 47.9 | 582 | 47.1 | 1,706 | 46.3 |
| 2 year | 60 | 29.6 | 197 | 30.0 | 213 | 27.4 | 230 | 28.2 | 344 | 27.8 | 1,044 | 28.3 |
| 3 year | 36 | 17.7 | 82 | 12.5 | 105 | 13.5 | 117 | 14.4 | 180 | 14.6 | 520 | 14.1 |
| 4 year | 27 | 13.3 | 47 | 7.2 | 65 | 8.4 | 51 | 6.3 | 84 | 6.8 | 274 | 7.4 |
| 5 year | 16 | 7.9 | 20 | 3.0 | 33 | 4.3 | 27 | 3.3 | 46 | 3.7 | 142 | 3.9 |
1 months; 2 among the deceased patients; 3 for year wise-breakdown %s are based on number of deaths within a category