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. 2019 Nov 7;9(1):35–42. doi: 10.1002/cam4.2656

Table 1.

Baseline demographics of MM patients at time of diagnosis in the Connect MM Registry, SEER, and NCDB

  Enrollment Year 2009/2010 2011 2013 2014 2015

Age, median

years (min, max)

Connect MM

67

(24, 93)

67

(27, 94)

66

(33, 91)

67

(32, 94)

67

(34, 94)

SEERa

67

(17, 85+)

67

(17, 85+)

67

(22, 85+)

67

(22, 85+)

67

(17, 85+)

NCDB

66

(20, 90)

66

(21, 90)

66

(21, 90)

66

(23, 90)

66

(24, 90)

Male,

n/N (%)

Connect MM

438/762

(57.5)

416/731

(56.9)

268/433

(61.9)

268/458

(58.5)

250/465

(53.8)

SEER

4566/8471

(53.9)

2398/4445

(53.9)

2609/4735

(55.1)

2700/4865

(55.5)

2821/5126

(55.0)

NCDB

9929

(52.8)

5522

(53.0)

6413

(54.2)

6826

(54.8)

6788

(54.3)

White, n/N (%) Connect MM

620/762

(81.4)

603/731

(82.5)

353/433

(81.5)

389/458

(84.9)

385/465

(82.8)

SEER

5220/8418

(62.0)

2671/4413

(60.5)

2788/4674

(59.6)

2901/4799

(60.5)

3001/5049

(59.4)

NCDB 12771/18,470 (69.1) 7117/10,339 (68.8) 8140/11,906 (68.4) 8505/12,433 (68.4) 8408/12,448 (67.5)
Black, n/N (%) Connect MM

97/762

(12.7)

101/731

(13.8)

65/433

(15.0)

59/458

(12.9)

69/465

(14.8)

SEER

1647/8418

(19.6)

915/4413

(20.7)

1003/4674

(21.5)

902/4799

(18.8)

1027/5049

(20.3)

NCDB 3884/18,470 (21.0) 2180/10,339 (21.1) 2546/11,906 (21.4) 2583/12,433 (20.8) 2638/12,448 (21.1)
Other raceb, n/N (%) Connect MM

45/762

(5.9)

27/731

(3.7)

15/433

(3.5)

10/458

(2.2)

11/465

(2.4)

SEER

1551/8418

(18.4)

847/4413

(19.2)

883/4674

(18.9)

996/4799

(20.8)

1021/5049

(20.2)

NCDB 1815/18,470 (9.8) 1042/10,339 (10.1) 1288/11,906 (10.8) 1345/12,433 (10.8) 1402/12,448 (11.3)

Abbreviations: MM, multiple myeloma; NCDB, National Cancer Database; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.

a

In the SEER database, median age is provided in 5‐year increments. The calculated midpoints are presented for median age and range.

b

For Connect MM Registry, Other race includes Pacific Islander, Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Other; For SEER, Other includes Hispanic (All Races), non‐Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan Native, and non‐Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander; For NCDB, Other includes Hispanic, non‐Hispanic Asian, non‐Hispanic Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/others, and non‐Hispanic Native American; Patients with unknown race were excluded.