Table 1.
Cancer patients and death from cardiovascular disease between 1973 and 2012
| No. of cancer patients | Index-cancer deaths |
CVD deaths |
Heart disease deaths |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % of cancer patients | No. | % of cancer patients | No. | % of all CVD deaths | ||
| All patients | 3 234 256 | 1 228 328 | 38.0 | 365 689 | 11.3 | 279 060 | 76.3 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 1 662 864 | 651 517 | 39.2 | 200 610 | 12.1 | 157 349 | 78.4 |
| Female | 1 571 392 | 576 811 | 36.7 | 165 079 | 10.5 | 121 711 | 73.7 |
| Age at diagnosis | |||||||
| 0–19 years | 43 263 | 10 156 | 23.5 | 278 | 0.6 | 232 | 83.5 |
| 20–39 years | 210 699 | 54 047 | 25.7 | 2845 | 1.4 | 2330 | 81.9 |
| 40–59 years | 932 545 | 326 003 | 35.0 | 41 356 | 4.4 | 32 622 | 78.9 |
| 60–79 years | 1 636 489 | 656 668 | 40.1 | 224 173 | 13.7 | 171 137 | 76.3 |
| 80+ years | 411 260 | 181 454 | 44.1 | 97 037 | 23.6 | 72 739 | 75.0 |
| Year of diagnosis | |||||||
| 1973–82 | 564 129 | 294 723 | 52.2 | 109 144 | 19.3 | 82 941 | 76.0 |
| 983–92 | 766 593 | 356 095 | 46.5 | 127 992 | 16.7 | 97 955 | 76.5 |
| 1993–2002 | 911 959 | 338 260 | 37.1 | 97 014 | 10.6 | 73 780 | 76.1 |
| 2003–2012 | 991 575 | 239 250 | 24.1 | 31 539 | 3.2 | 24 384 | 77.3 |
| Race | |||||||
| White | 2 731 980 | 1 027 442 | 37.6 | 319 537 | 11.7 | 243 887 | 76.3 |
| Black | 297 188 | 127 077 | 42.8 | 30 924 | 10.4 | 24 233 | 78.4 |
| Other | 205 088 | 73 809 | 36.0 | 15 228 | 7.4 | 10 940 | 71.8 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 399 184 | 141 885 | 35.5 | 28 848 | 7.2 | 22 463 | 77.9 |
| Married | 1 894 691 | 699 628 | 36.9 | 200 897 | 10.6 | 153 711 | 76.5 |
| Separated | 42 498 | 20 794 | 48.9 | 6740 | 15.9 | 5244 | 77.8 |
| Divorced | 237 000 | 98 579 | 41.6 | 18 723 | 7.9 | 14 557 | 77.7 |
| Widowed | 484 770 | 224 723 | 46.4 | 91 850 | 18.9 | 68 835 | 74.9 |
| Stage at presentation | |||||||
| Localized | 1 059 957 | 169 107 | 16.0 | 148 767 | 14.0 | 111 465 | 74.9 |
| Regional | 632 242 | 282 521 | 44.7 | 65 304 | 10.3 | 49 420 | 75.7 |
| Distant | 528 923 | 389 794 | 73.7 | 25 220 | 4.8 | 20 052 | 79.5 |
| Months since diagnosis | |||||||
| 2–11 months | 3 234 256 | 519 279 | 16.1 | 45 592 | 1.4 | 35 925 | 78.8 |
| 12–59 months | 2 533 198 | 498 282 | 19.7 | 105 581 | 4.2 | 81 355 | 77.1 |
| 60–179 months | 1 493 858 | 176 561 | 11.8 | 148 842 | 10.0 | 112 673 | 75.7 |
| 180–239 months | 490 191 | 20 554 | 4.2 | 34 398 | 7.0 | 25 802 | 75.0 |
| 240+ months | 257 961 | 13 652 | 5.3 | 31 276 | 12.1 | 23 305 | 74.5 |
| Top 10 cancer sites with the largest percent of CVD deaths | |||||||
| Urinary bladder | 143 846 | 34 079 | 23.7 | 27 907 | 19.4 | 21 618 | 77.5 |
| Larynx | 32 564 | 12 019 | 36.9 | 5648 | 17.3 | 4393 | 77.8 |
| Prostate | 509 128 | 89 722 | 17.6 | 84 534 | 16.6 | 65 355 | 77.3 |
| Corpus uteri | 113 614 | 19 809 | 17.4 | 17 692 | 15.6 | 12 947 | 73.2 |
| Rectum | 76 448 | 31 266 | 40.9 | 10 440 | 13.7 | 8057 | 77.2 |
| Breast | 516 225 | 119 981 | 23.2 | 60 409 | 11.7 | 44 475 | 73.6 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 77 882 | 27 165 | 34.9 | 8032 | 10.3 | 6198 | 77.2 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 125 567 | 50 504 | 40.2 | 10 989 | 8.8 | 8634 | 78.6 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 121 290 | 17 904 | 14.8 | 9315 | 7.7 | 6968 | 74.8 |
| Lung and bronchus | 377 956 | 289 842 | 76.7 | 22 463 | 5.9 | 18 076 | 80.5 |
In the SEER program, between 1973 and 2012, 3 234 256 cancer patients representing 28 different cancer sites were identified. Morality rates from index-cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and particularly heart disease are presented as a function of demographic variables.