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. 2021 Aug 5;13(16):3956. doi: 10.3390/cancers13163956

Table 3.

Standardized mortality ratios for death after 5 years for AYA cancer survivors by cancer site and ICD coded cause of death, diagnosed 1975–2012, SEER-9.

Primary Cancer Site Data Shown in Cause of Death Columns All Causes Malignant Causes All Non- Malignant Causes Cardio/Cerebrovascular Infections Pulmonary Renal Liver and Cirrhosis Pregnancy and Childbirth Suicide Accidents Homicides and Legal Intervention All Other Coded Causes
All cancers 1 Obs 25,999 17,280 8378 2928 986 379 196 277 16 380 800 80 2336
SMR
[95% CI]
2.93
[2.90, 2.97]
6.35
[6.26, 6.45]
1.37
[1.34, 1.40]
1.38
[1.33, 1.43]
1.97
[1.85, 2.10]
1.11
[1.00, 1.23]
1.85
[1.60, 2.13]
0.94
[0.83, 1.06]
3.13
[1.79, 5.08]
1.15
[1.04, 1.27]
1.02
[0.95, 1.09]
0.71
[0.56, 0.88]
1.55
[1.49, 1.62]
Breast, female Obs 6357 5426 917 366 75 49 15 26 4 27 62 8 285
SMR
[95% CI]
4.76
[4.65, 4.88]
10.96
[10.67, 11.26]
1.10
[1.03, 1.17]
1.22
[1.10, 1.36]
1.13
[0.89, 1.41]
0.74
[0.55, 0.98]
0.78
[0.44, 1.28]
0.76
[0.50, 1.11]
4.70
[1.28, 12.02]
1.09
[0.72, 1.59]
0.85
[0.65, 1.09]
0.93
[0.40, 1.83]
1.19
[1.05, 1.33]
Hodgkin lymphoma Obs 2583 1368 1206 557 159 38 21 19 1 41 93 5 272
SMR
[95% CI]
4.50
[4.33, 4.68]
9.35
[8.87, 9.86]
2.84
[2.68, 3.00]
4.26
[3.91, 4.63]
4.18
[3.56, 4.89]
2.43
[1.72, 3.33]
3.65
[2.26, 5.58]
0.90
[0.54, 1.41]
2.01
[0.05, 11.18]
1.30
[0.93, 1.76]
1.27
[1.02, 1.55]
0.38
[0.12, 0.89]
2.86
[2.53, 3.22]
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Obs 1454 846 602 157 180 19 13 13 0 23 50 8 139
SMR
[95% CI]
3.55
[3.37, 3.73]
7.66
[7.15, 8.20]
2.02
[1.86, 2.19]
1.54
[1.30, 1.80]
7.11
[6.11, 8.23]
1.46
[0.88, 2.28]
2.82
[1.50, 4.83]
0.87
[0.46, 1.49]
0.00
[0.00, 17.80]
1.22
[0.78, 1.84]
1.15
[0.85, 1.51]
1.06
[0.46, 2.09]
2.05
[1.73, 2.42]
Bone/soft tissue sarcoma 1 Obs 1256 866 373 132 36 14 4 12 2 19 48 7 99
SMR
[95% CI]
2.97
[2.81, 3.14]
7.37
[6.89, 7.88]
1.23
[1.11, 1.36]
1.27
[1.06, 1.51]
1.31
[0.92, 1.82]
1.00
[0.55, 1.67]
0.77
[0.21, 1.97]
0.86
[0.44, 1.50]
7.40
[0.90, 26.72]
1.09
[0.66, 1.71]
1.13
[0.84, 1.50]
0.84
[0.34, 1.73]
1.40
[1.14, 1.70]
Cervical/
uterine
Obs 1774 844 923 307 80 67 33 23 1 20 73 8 311
SMR
[95% CI]
2.29
[2.19, 2.40]
2.96
[2.77, 3.17]
1.90
[1.78, 2.03]
1.78
[1.59, 2.00]
2.04
[1.62, 2.54]
1.80
[1.39, 2.28]
2.96
[2.04, 4.16]
1.15
[0.73, 1.73]
1.70
[0.04, 9.50]
1.31
[0.80, 2.03]
1.64
[1.29, 2.07]
1.40
[0.61, 2.76]
2.23
[1.99, 2.49]
Testicular germ cell Obs 1384 571 801 265 93 18 15 48 - 70 98 11 183
SMR
[95% CI]
1.31
[1.24, 1.38]
2.29
[1.20, 2.48]
1.00
[0.93, 1.07]
0.96
[0.85, 1.09]
1.40
[1.13, 1.72]
0.62
[0.37, 0.98]
1.51
[0.85, 2.49]
1.07
[0.79, 1.42]
- 1.11
[0.87, 1.41]
0.76
[0.61, 0.92]
0.64
[0.32, 1.14]
1.10
[0.95, 1.27]
Melanoma Obs 2134 1568 553 169 57 15 5 18 3 55 65 6 160
SMR
[95% CI]
1.57
[1.50, 1.64]
3.69
[3.51, 3.88]
0.60
[0.55, 0.65]
0.52
[0.44, 0.60]
0.82
[0.62, 1.06]
0.27
[0.15, 0.44]
0.34
[0.11, 0.80]
0.38
[0.22, 0.60]
4.50
[0.93, 13.15]
1.04
[0.78, 1.35]
0.55
[0.42, 0.70]
0.46
[0.17, 0.99]
0.70
[0.60, 0.82]
Thyroid Obs 945 427 514 166 37 26 18 18 1 26 58 2 162
SMR
[95% CI]
0.96
[0.90, 1.03]
1.33
[1.21, 1.46]
0.78
[0.72, 0.85]
0.75
[0.64, 0.87]
0.72
[0.51, 0.99]
0.65
[0.42, 0.95]
1.53
[0.90, 2.41]
0.57
[0.34, 0.90]
1.03
[0.03, 5.76]
0.78
[0.51, 1.15]
0.70
[0.53, 0.90]
0.19
[0.02, 0.68]
0.95
[0.81, 1.11]
Other 1 Obs 8112 5364 2489 809 269 133 72 100 4 99 253 25 725
SMR
[95% CI]
4.16
[4.07, 4.26]
9.40
[9.15, 9.66]
1.82
[1.75, 1.89]
1.65
[1.54, 1.77]
2.33
[2.06, 2.62]
1.90
[1.59, 2.26]
3.04
[2.38, 3.83]
1.52
[1.24, 1.85]
3.76
[1.02, 9.62]
1.35
[1.09, 1.64]
1.44
[1.27, 1.63]
0.88
[0.57, 1.30]
2.23
[2.07, 2.40]

1 Excluding Kaposi sarcoma. AYA = adolescent and young adult; Obs = observed deaths; SMR = standardized mortality ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval. Note: Bolded SMRs are statistically significant.