Table 2.
Cancer type and hospital outcomes among patients with cancer-related emergency department visits.
| Cancer type (ICD-10 code) | Total | ED disposition (%) | In-hospital mortality (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | Ward | ICU | Death | ||
| Total | 1,372,119 | 100 | 49.7 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 9.5 |
| Lung cancer (C33–C34) | 201,367 | 14.7 | 54.0 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 14.6 |
| Liver cancer (C22) | 179,177 | 13.1 | 49.9 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 12.2 |
| Colorectal cancer (C18–20) | 157,654 | 11.5 | 48.2 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 7.4 |
| Others | 138,700 | 10.1 | 45.9 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 8.2 |
| Stomach cancer (C16) | 123,272 | 9.0 | 51.6 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| Pancreas cancer (C25) | 82,077 | 6.0 | 51.2 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 10.8 |
| Breast cancer (C50) | 81,417 | 5.9 | 39.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 4.8 |
| Gallbladder and biliary tract cancer (C23–24) | 73,371 | 5.3 | 59.4 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 9.0 |
| Leukemia (C91–95) | 49,899 | 3.6 | 54.9 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 9.7 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82–86, C96) | 42,164 | 3.1 | 54.1 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 8.8 |
| Prostate cancer (C61) | 39,383 | 2.9 | 42.0 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| Ovarian cancer (C56) | 31,159 | 2.3 | 48.2 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 5.2 |
| Bladder cancer (C67) | 30,907 | 2.3 | 46.7 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 6.4 |
| Brain and CNS cancer (C70–72) | 25,571 | 1.9 | 50.0 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 6.6 |
| Cervix uteri cancer (C53) | 23,002 | 1.7 | 45.4 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 5.5 |
| Multiple myeloma (C90) | 22,321 | 1.6 | 53.4 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 9.1 |
| Esophagus cancer (C15) | 20,697 | 1.5 | 50.6 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 10.5 |
| Lip, oral cavity and pharynx cancer (C00–14) | 18,182 | 1.3 | 41.0 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 8.7 |
| Kidney cancer (C64) | 17,495 | 1.3 | 50.0 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 8.1 |
| Thyroid cancer (C73) | 14,304 | 1.0 | 35.1 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
ED emergency department, ICU intensive care unit.