Table 1 . Characteristics of the decedent groups, 1995–2009.

Characteristic	Breast cancer (n=3398)	Cancer (n=39,091)	Non-cancer (n=82,367)	Total (n=121,458)
Age (mean, in years)	72.0	72.1	75.7*a	74.5*
	[71.5–72.5]b	[72.0–72.2]	[75.6–75.8]	[74.4–74.6]
Age distribution
20–59 years	23.1%	16.7%*	12.8%*	14.0%*
	[21.6–24.5]	[16.3–17.1]	[12.5–13.0]	[13.8–14.2]
60–89 years	65.7%	76.5%*	67.0%	70.1%*
	[64.1–67.3]	[76.1–77.0]	[66.7–67.3]	[69.8–70.3]
90+ years	11.2%	6.5%*	18.3%*	14.5%*
	[10.2–12.3]	[6.3–6.8]	[18.1–18.6]	[14.3–14.7]
Sex (%female)	98.8%	46.4%*	51.0%*	49.5%*
	[98.5–99.2]	[45.9–46.9]	[50.6–51.3]	[49.2–49.8]
Disease registry enrollment in 2009
Diabetes	15.6%	16.1%	16.3%	16.3%
	[10.7–20.4]	[14.7–17.5]	[15.3–17.3]	[15.3–17.1]
Cardiovascular	15.1%	21.1%	36.2%*	31.3%*
	[10.3–19.9]	[19.6–22.6]	[35.0–37.5]	[30.3–32.3]

^a*Statistically different from breast cancer at P < 0.05.

^b[95% confidence intervals].