Table 2.

Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries With Breast, Lung, Colorectal, or Prostate Cancer (1998-2003) With Mortality at 1- and 3-Years

		Mortality n (%)
		1-Year Mortality			3-Year Mortality
	Total n	All-Cause	Cancer-Specific	Other-Cause	All-Cause	Cancer-Specific	Other-Cause
Race/ethnicity
Caucasian	183,297	34,461 (18.8)	27,008 (14.7)	7,453 (4.1)	51,080 (27.9)	37,523 (20.5)	13,557 (7.4)
African American	18,008	4,143 (23.0)	3,164(17.6)	979 (5.4)	6,263 (34.8)	4,546 (25.2)	1,717 (9.5)
Asian	3,861	722 (18.7)	582 (15.1)	140 (3.6)	1,084 (28.1)	841 (21.8)	243 (6.3)
Hispanic	3,126	546 (17.5)	438 (14.0)	108 (3.4)	845 (27.0)	629 (20.1)	216 (6.6)
Native American	331	71 (21.4)	59 (17.8)	12 (3.6)	107 (32.2)	85 (25.7)	22 (6.6)
Other	2,425	557 (23.0)	461 (19.0)	96 (4.0)	802 (33.1)	616 (25.4)	186 (7.7)
Cancer
Breast	49,993	3,269 (6.5)	1,954 (3.9)	1,315 (2.6)	6,684(13.4)	3,612 (7.2)	3,072 (6.1)
Lung	49,129	24,048 (48.9)	21,183 (43.1)	2,865 (5.8)	30,678 (62.4)	26,672 (54.3)	4,006 (8.1)
Colorectal	49,533	9,372 (18.9)	6,445 (13.0)	2,927 (5.9)	14,675 (29.6)	9,799 (19.8)	4,876 (9.8)
Prostate	62,393	3,811 (6.1)	2,130 (3.4)	1,681 (2.7)	8,144(13.0)	4,157 (6.7)	3,987 (6.4)
Stage
1 or 2	83,001	5,886 (7.1)	2,967 (3.6)	2,919 (3.6)	12,134(14.9)	6,118 (7.5)	6,016 (7.4)
3 or 4	57,503	25,140(43.8)	22,204 (38.6)	2,936 (5.1)	32,578 (56.7)	28,387 (49.4)	4,191 (7.3)
Unknown	70,544	9,474(13.4)	6,541 (9.3)	2,933 (4.2)	15,469 (21.9)	9,735 (13.8)	5,734 (8.1)
Charlson comorbidity index
0	128,043	18,395 (14.4)	15,120 (11.8)	3,275 (2.6)	28,354 (22.1)	21,837 (17.0)	6,517 (5.1)
1-2	54,076	12,240 (22.6)	9,614(17.8)	2,626 (4.9)	18,058 (33.4)	13,277 (24.5)	4,781 (8.8)
3-4	20,762	6,589 (31.7)	4,882 (23.5)	1,707 (8.2)	9,266 (44.6)	6,424 (30.9)	2,842 (13.7)
5+	8,167	3,276(40.1)	2,096 (25.7)	1,180 (14.5)	4,503 (55.1)	2,702 (33.1)	1,801 (22.0)