Table 1.

Frequency of SEER-Medicare Patients Diagnosed with Cancer, 2004–2013, with an MDS Assessment 2011–2014, by Cancer Site

	2011		2012		2013		2014		2011–2014		% of all SEER-Medicare patients matched to MDS*
	Patients Newly Admitted to a NH	All Patients in a NH	Patients Newly Admitted to a NH	All Patients in a NH	Patients Newly Admitted to a NH	All Patients in a NH	Patients Newly Admitted to a NH	All Patients in a NH	Patients Newly Admitted to a NH	All Patients in a NH
Bladder	4,420	6,077	3,731	6,372	3,307	6,349	2,632	5,721	14,090	17,092	20.17
Breast	10,986	15,950	8,975	16,831	8,334	17,454	7,749	17,589	36,044	44,536	14.17
Colorectal	9,866	14,429	7,684	14,513	6,724	14,158	4,211	11,165	28,485	35,782	21.13
Kidney	2,534	3,443	2,077	3,646	1,813	3,617	1,302	3,171	7,726	9,422	17.13
Leukemias	1,981	2,795	1,534	2,704	1,376	2,624	969	2,145	5,860	7,214	18.32
Lung	10,348	14,211	7,917	13,339	6,855	12,291	3,370	7,353	28,490	35,686	24.03
Non-hodgkin lymphoma	3,394	4,577	2,774	4,701	2,698	4,843	1,847	4,059	10,713	12,985	18.33
Ovary	1,009	1,381	788	1,336	708	1,268	412	910	2,917	3,624	19.18
Pancreas	1,819	2,490	1,385	2,307	1,114	1,966	363	772	4,681	5,967	22.30
Prostate	8,925	12,522	7,777	13,625	7,811	14,728	7,371	15,164	31,884	39,241	10.53
Thyroid	587	824	549	921	517	1,000	464	984	2,117	2,578	9.14
Uterus/Endometrium	2,453	3,485	1,993	3,644	1,934	3,782	1,515	3,505	7,895	9,693	15.51
Other cancers	22,556	31,908	17,881	32,216	16,079	31,602	10,685	25,037	67,201	84,020	19.06
Multiple cancers	2,761	3,779	2,416	4,014	2,224	4,108	1,443	3,270	8,844	10,777	19.39
TOTAL	83,639	117,871	67,481	120,169	61,494	119,790	44,333	100,845	256,947	318,617	16.88

Note. NH=nursing home; SEER= Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results; MDS= Minimum Data Set;

^*Percent figures are calculated for the subgroup of SEER-Medicare patients who were alive on January 1, 2011