Figure 2.

Predicted Cause-Specific Mortality in Cancer Survivors 60 to 79 Years of Age at Diagnosis

Predicted cause-specific mortality per 1,000 person-years (p-yrs) by time since diagnosis in cancer survivors 60 to 79 years of age at diagnosis. Predicted mortality was calculated using Poisson models incorporating categorical age at diagnosis and time since diagnosis. Mortality from cardiovascular causes overtook mortality due to the primary cancer in survivors of 7 of 9 cancer types. Cardiovascular mortality overtook all cancer mortality for malignant melanoma and uterine cancer over a longer time period. Blue line = cardiovascular disease mortality; red line = primary malignancy mortality; black line = all malignancy mortality. Ordering of cancer sites is by International Classification of Diseases code of the cancer site. Predicted mortality is predicted at the midpoint of each category of time since diagnosis. The number of people (N) contributing to the analysis at 1.5, 7.5, 12.5, and 20 years is provided. Graphs are truncated at the earliest time since diagnosis group where the width of the CI exceeds 50 to 1,000 patient-years.