Table 1.
Demographic and Clinicopathologic Characteristics by Sex in Patients With LEC, SEER Data 1973-2007
| Characteristic | LEC (N = 26,848) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (n = 19,957) |
Females (n = 6,891) |
P | |||
| No | % | No | % | ||
| Age, years | < .001 | ||||
| 18-44 | 614 | 3.1 | 139 | 2 | |
| 45-54 | 2,573 | 12.9 | 626 | 9.1 | |
| 55-64 | 5,422 | 27.2 | 1,563 | 22.7 | |
| 65-74 | 6,430 | 32.2 | 2,129 | 30.9 | |
| ≥ 75 | 4,918 | 24.6 | 2,434 | 35.3 | |
| Race | < .001 | ||||
| White | 15,026 | 75.3 | 5,196 | 75.4 | |
| African American | 2,811 | 14.1 | 1,094 | 15.9 | |
| Asian | 1,002 | 5 | 270 | 3.9 | |
| Hispanic | 1,040 | 5.2 | 301 | 4.4 | |
| Native American | 78 | 0.4 | 30 | 0.4 | |
| Histology | < .001 | ||||
| Squamous | 9,066 | 45.4 | 4,869 | 70.7 | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 8,736 | 43.8 | 1,410 | 20.5 | |
| Other | 2,155 | 10.8 | 612 | 8.9 | |
Abbreviation: LEC, locoregional esophageal cancer.