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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2013 Aug;154(2):179–189. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.03.016

Table 2.

Patient Demographics and Tumor Characteristics

Number (%)
N=2,573
Patient Demographics
Age (mean ±SD, years) 73.8 ± 5.3
Female 1,400 (54.4)
Race
 White 2,222 (86.4)
 Black 164 (6.4)
 Hispanic 30 (1.2)
 Other 157 (6.1)
Married 1,578 (62.9)
Charlson comorbidity score
 0 1136 (44.1)
 1 826 (32.1)
 2 360 (14.0)
 3+ 251 (9.8)
SEER Region
 Atlanta 88 (3.4)
 Connecticut 257 (10.0)
 Detroit 304 (11.8)
 Greater California 331 (12.9)
 Hawaii 57 (2.2)
 Iowa 181 (7.0)
 Kentucky 150 (5.8)
 Los Angeles 229 (8.9)
 Louisiana 125 (4.9)
 New Jersey 371 (14.4)
 New Mexico 62 (2.4)
 San Francisco 101 (3.9)
 San Jose 95 (3.7)
 Seattle 120 (4.7)
 Utah 99 (3.9)
Preoperative Signs/Symptoms
 Jaundice 1650 (64.3)
 Cholangitis 265 (10.3)
 Pruritis 168 (6.5)
 Coagulopathy 17 (0.7)
Tumor Characteristics and Treatment
Local/regional stage 2,318 (90.1)
Tumor size in cm (N=2,269) 3.3 ± 1.7
Well/moderately differentiated 1,414 (55.0)
Positive lymph nodes (N=2,304) 1,402 (60.9)
Neoadjuvant therapy 147 (5.7)