Table 2.
Baseline demographics and characteristics of patients with MDS included in the SEER database, 2001-2014.
| Characteristics | Total | Male | Female | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=34681) N (%) | (n=19193) N (%) | (n=15488) N (%) | ||
| Incidence rate (%) | 55.3 | 44.7 | ||
| Median age | 76(66-83) | 75(66-82) | 77(67-84) | |
| Age | <0.001 | |||
| <60 y | 4832(13.9) | 2615(13.6) | 2217(14.3) | |
| 60-69 y | 6291(18.1) | 3786(19.7) | 2505(16.2) | |
| 70-79 y | 10944(31.6) | 6353(33.1) | 4591(29.6) | |
| ≥80 y | 12614(36.4) | 6439(33.5) | 6175(39.9) | |
| Race | <0.001 | |||
| White | 29313(84.5) | 16514(86.0) | 12799(82.6) | |
| Black | 2911(8.4) | 1312(6.8) | 1599(10.3) | |
| Other§ | 2457(7.1) | 1367(7.1) | 1090(7.0) | |
| Year of diagnosis | 0.035 | |||
| 2001-2007 | 15433(44.5) | 8444(44.0) | 6989(45.1) | |
| 2008-2014 | 19248(55.5) | 10749(56.0) | 8499(54.9) | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | |||
| Married | 19080(55.0) | 13134(68.4) | 5946(38.4) | |
| Never married | 3934(11.3) | 2171(11.3) | 1763(11.4) | |
| Divorced/Separated | 3021(8.7) | 1427(7.4) | 1594(10.3) | |
| Widowed | 8646(24.9) | 2461(12.8) | 6185(39.9) | |
| Histologic type | <0.001 | |||
| RA | 3495(10.1) | 1768(9.2) | 1727(11.2) | |
| RN | 2(0) | 0(0) | 2(0) | |
| RT | 86(0.2) | 43(0.2) | 43(0.3) | |
| RAS | 2662(7.7) | 1455(7.6) | 1207(7.8) | |
| RCMD | 2016(5.8) | 1320(6.9) | 696(4.5) | |
| RAEB | 4717(13.6) | 2892(15.1) | 1825(11.8) | |
| RAEB-t | 153(0.4) | 90(0.5) | 63(0.4) | |
| MDS 5q- | 851(2.5) | 317(1.7) | 534(3.4) | |
| MDS/MPN | 1666(4.8) | 840(4.4) | 826(5.3) | |
| t-MDS | 129(0.4) | 67(0.3) | 62(0.4) | |
| MDS-NOS | 18904(54.5) | 104018(54.2) | 8503(54.9) |
§Other includes American Indians/Alaska natives, Asian/Pacific Islanders.