Table 1. Baseline characteristics and results of the linked cancer dataset for patients diagnosed using National Cancer Data Linkage Platform, China, 2016–2017.
| Items | All cancers | Lung | Stomach | Colorectum | Liver | Female breast | Esophagus | Ovary |
| Abbreviation: NCC=National Cancer Center; SD=standard deviation. | ||||||||
| No. of cases | 76,708 | 22,820 | 12,807 | 11,338 | 6,519 | 11,975 | 9,471 | 1,778 |
| Mean age at diagnosis (SD) (years) | 61.4
(11.5) |
63.0
(10.1) |
63.6
(10.9) |
63.2
(11.9) |
58.2
(11.9) |
53.5
(11.3) |
66.1
(9.16) |
55.6
(12.4) |
| Sex (%) | ||||||||
| Male | 43,449/76,708
(56.6) |
15,134/22,820
(66.3) |
9,330/12,807
(72.9) |
6,695/11,338
(59.0) |
5,274/6,519
(80.9) |
0/11,975
(0) |
7,016/9,471
(74.1) |
0/1,778
(0) |
| Female | 33,259/76,708
(43.4) |
7,686/22,820
(33.7) |
3,477/12,807
(27.1) |
4,643/11,338
(41.0) |
1,245/6519
(19.1) |
11,975/11,975
(100) |
2,455/9,471
(25.9) |
1,778/1,778
(100) |
| Area (%) | ||||||||
| Urban | 56,065/76,708
(73.1) |
16,738/22,820
(73.3) |
8,925/12,807
(69.7) |
8,773/11,338
(77.4) |
4,530/6,519
(69.5) |
9,562/11,975
(79.8) |
6,195/9,471
(65.4) |
1,342/1,778
(75.5) |
| Rural | 20,643/76,708
(26.9) |
6,082/22,820
(26.7) |
3,882/12,807
(30.3) |
2,565/11,338
(22.6) |
1,989/6,519
(30.5) |
2,413/11,975
(20.2) |
3,276/9,471
(34.6) |
436/1,778
(24.5) |
| Total deaths (%) | 29,814/76,708
(38.9) |
11,411/22,820
(50.0) |
5,458/12,807
(42.6) |
3,041/11,338
(26.8) |
3,656/6,519
(56.1) |
1,016/11,975
(8.5) |
4,632/9,471
(48.9) |
600/1,778
(33.7) |
| Death from China CDC (%) | 27,747/29,814
(93.1) |
10,766/11,411
(94.3) |
5,109/5,458
(93.6) |
2,791/3,041
(91.8) |
3,456/3656
(94.5) |
761/1,016
(74.9) |
4,311/4,632
(93.1) |
553/600
(92.2) |
| Death from cancer | 24,691/27,747
(89.0) |
9,473/10,766
(88.0) |
4,571/5,109
(89.5) |
2,489/2,791
(89.2) |
3,086/3,456
(89.3) |
692/761
(90.9) |
3,881/4,311
(90.0) |
499/553
(90.2) |
| Death from non-cancer | 3,056/27,747
(11.0) |
1,293/10,766
(12.0) |
538/5,109
(10.5) |
302/2,791
(10.8) |
370/3,456
(10.7) |
69/761
(9.1) |
430/4,311
(10.0) |
54/553
(9.8) |
| Death supplemented from NCC (%) | 2,067/29,814
(6.9) |
645/11,411
(5.7) |
349/5,458
(6.4) |
250/3,041
(8.2) |
200/3,656
(5.5) |
255/1,016
(25.1) |
321/4,632
(6.9) |
47/600
(7.8) |