Table 1.

Demographic and cancer diagnosis distribution of studied cohort by stage group; all P-values <0.0001 by χ² test. GEJ: gastroesophageal junction.

		Localized	Regional	Distant	Unknown	Total	P-value
Gender	Female	3,529	4,050	4,490	2,516	14,585	<0.0001
	%	24	28	31	17
	Male	10,592	15,345	18,524	5,387	49,848
	%	21	31	37	11
Age group	Age <65	5,170	9,241	11,948	2,271	28,630	<0.0001
	%	18	32	42	8
	Age 65+	8,951	10,154	11,066	5,632	35,803
	%	25	28	31	16
Race	White	11,832	16,158	19,066	6,318	53,374	<0.0001
	%	22	30	36	12
	Black	1,467	2,000	2,526	1,053	7,046
	%	21	28	36	15
	Other/unknown	822	1,237	1,422	532	4,013
	%	20	32	36	12
Marital status	Single	1,768	2,629	3,507	1,173	9,077	<0.0001
		19	29	39	13
	Married/partner	8,152	11,782	13,570	3,476	36,980
		22	32	37	9
	Separated/divorced	1,311	2,117	2,673	729	6,830
		19	31	39	11
	Widowed	2,266	2,269	2,501	1,847	8,883
		26	26	28	21
	Unknown	624	598	763	678	2,663
		23	22	29	25
Year of diagnosis	Dx 1988-1999	3,926	5,262	5,358	3,086	17,632	<0.0001
		22	30	30	18
	Dx 2000-2011	10,195	14,133	17,656	4,817	46,801
		22	30	38	10
Site	Esophagus	9,597	13,050	14,896	5,876	43,419	<0.0001
		22	30	34	14
	Esophagus/GEJ	4,524	6,345	8,118	2,027	21,014
		22	30	39	10
Grade	Grade I	1,145	715	618	396	2,874	<0.0001
		40	25	22	14
	Grade II	5,146	6,339	6,268	2,401	20,154
		26	31	31	12
	Grade III/IV	5,262	10,052	12,224	3,188	30,726
		17	33	40	10
	Unknown	2,568	2,289	3,904	1,918	10,679
		18	32	40	10
Histology	Adenocarcinoma	8,622	11,339	14,517	3,928	38,406	<0.0001
		22	30	38	10
	Squamous cell	4,030	5,491	5,193	2,769	17,483
		23	31	30	16
	All others	1,469	2,565	3,304	1,206	8,544
		17	30	39	14