Table 1.
Characteristics of cancer patients, Symphony Health data (2013-2018)
| Characteristics | Year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| (n = 3 730 402) | (n = 3 836 125) | (n = 3 857 693) | (n = 3 681 232) | (n = 3 565 016) | (n = 3 634 356) | |
| Mean age (SD), y | 67 (13) | 65 (13) | 65 (13) | 65 (13) | 66 (13) | 67 (13) |
| Sex, No. (%) | ||||||
| Female | 1 940 622 (52.0) | 2 008 776 (52.4) | 2 046 496 (53.0) | 1 966 363 (53.4) | 1 907 380 (53.5) | 1 930 243 (53.1) |
| Male | 1 789 780 (48.0) | 1 827 349 (47.6) | 1 811 197 (47.0) | 1 714 869 (46.6) | 1 657 636 (46.5) | 1 704 113 (46.9) |
| Cancer site, No. (%) | ||||||
| Breast | 773 415 (20.7) | 807 523 (21.1) | 840 040 (21.8) | 816 686 (22.2) | 797 362 (22.4) | 805 133 (22.2) |
| Prostate | 579 759 (15.5) | 591 142 (15.4) | 579 398 (15.0) | 545 462 (14.8) | 533 496 (15.0) | 560 664 (15.4) |
| Colorectal | 227 925 (6.1) | 233 207 (6.1) | 239 425 (6.2) | 231 686 (6.3) | 224 059 (6.3) | 224 513 (6.2) |
| Lung | 233 857 (6.3) | 235 261 (6.1) | 238 126 (6.2) | 230 713 (6.3) | 225 692 (6.3) | 230 468 (6.3) |
| Leukemia | 138 442 (3.7) | 145 096 (3.8) | 153 946 (4.0) | 152 065 (4.1) | 152 710 (4.3) | 156 808 (4.3) |
| Bladder | 137 031 (3.7) | 142 093 (3.7) | 137 164 (3.6) | 123 455 (3.4) | 116 509 (3.3) | 119 361 (3.3) |
| Disease stage, No. (%) | ||||||
| Metastasis present | 482 400 (12.9) | 543 153 (14.2) | 601 781 (15.6) | 635 310 (17.3) | 644 239 (18.1) | 677 405 (18.6) |