Table 1.
Characteristics of cancer patients in Taiwan, 2008 (n = 170,271)
| All pat. ( n = 170,271) | ED visitors ( n = 32,772) | Mortality of ED visitors (n =23,883) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, yr, | |||||
| Mean (S.D.) | 61.0 (14.9) | 64.0 | (21.5) | 67.0 | (14.4) |
| Gender, No. (%) | |||||
| Male | 84215 (49.5) | 20037 | 23.8 | 15551 | 18.5 |
| Female | 86056 (50.5) | 12735 | 14.8 | 8332 | 9.7 |
| Types of cancer (ICD_9 codes) | |||||
| Head and neck (140-149,160,161) | 22600 | 4088 | 18.1 | 2819 | 12.5 |
| Digestive and peritoneum (150-159) | 59223 | 15568 | 26.3 | 12245 | 20.7 |
| Colorectal (153-154) | 33008 | 11371 | 34.5 | 9628 | 29.2 |
| Other GI (150-152, 155-159) | 27483 | 4722 | 17.2 | 3032 | 11.0 |
| Respiratory organs (162-165) | 16520 | 6523 | 39.5 | 5667 | 34.3 |
| Lung cancer(162) | 13152 | 5820 | 44.3 | 5192 | 39.5 |
| Other (163-165,190,192-194) | 2294 | 578 | 25.2 | 428 | 18.7 |
| Bone, connective tissue, skin and breast (170-175) | 35697 | 3134 | 8.8 | 1674 | 4.7 |
| Melanoma/sarcoma (170-172) | 3314 | 670 | 20.2 | 515 | 15.5 |
| Breast (174) | 30118 | 2315 | 7.7 | 1052 | 3.5 |
| Genitourinary organs (179-189) | 39475 | 5125 | 13.0 | 3050 | 7.7 |
| Ovary (183) | 3737 | 519 | 13.9 | 335 | 9.0 |
| Prostate (185) | 9782 | 1328 | 13.6 | 835 | 8.5 |
| Metastases (196-199) | 10086 | 4837 | 48.0 | 4215 | 41.8 |
| Lymphoma/leukemia (200-208) | 9403 | 2114 | 22.5 | 1334 | 14.2 |