Table 5.
Characteristics of different causes of death for MM patients.
| Characteristics | Causes of death | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myeloma (n = 33391) | Leukemia (n = 322) | Other cancer (n = 713) | noncancer diseases (n = 10162) | ||
| Age at diagnosis, median (range) | 68.00 (17.00, 103.00) | 65.00 (31.00, 93.00) | 69.00 (9.00, 96.00) | 73.00 (23.00, 103.00) | <.0001 |
| Age at death, median (range) | 71.00 (18.00, 104.00) | 69.00 (36.00, 96.00) | 72.00 (12.00, 96.00) | 76.00 (25.00, 103.00 | <.0001 |
| Interval of survival months, n (%) | .0005 | ||||
| <6 months | 5754 (17.23) | 54 (16.77) | 174 (24.4) | 1849 (18.2) | |
| 6 months | 3946 (11.82) | 35 (10.87) | 92 (12.9) | 1085 (10.68) | |
| 12 months | 6031 (18.06) | 42 (13.04) | 114 (15.99) | 1558 (15.33) | |
| 24 months | 4613 (13.82) | 39 (12.11) | 73 (10.24) | 1188 (11.69) | |
| 36 months | 3480 (10.42) | 31 (9.63) | 62 (8.7) | 933 (9.18) | |
| ≥48 months | 9567 (28.65) | 121 (37.58) | 198 (27.77) | 3549 (34.92) | |
| Age group at diagnosis (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| <40 years | 477 (1.43) | 5 (1.55) | 11 (1.54) | 73 (0.72) | |
| 40–59 years | 8307 (24.88) | 109 (33.85) | 165 (23.14) | 1614 (15.88) | |
| 60–79 years | 19,226 (57.58) | 180 (55.90) | 392 (54.98) | 5832 (57.39) | |
| ≥80 years | 5381 (16.12) | 28 (8.70) | 145 (20.34) | 2643 (26.01) | |
| Sex (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| Male | 16,098 (48.21) | 155 (48.14) | 320 (44.88) | 4676 (46.01) | |
| Female | 17,293 (51.79) | 167 (51.86) | 393 (55.12) | 5486 (53.99) | |
| Marital status (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| Married | 19,627 (58.78) | 212 (65.84) | 376 (52.73) | 5166 (50.84) | |
| Other | 13,764 (41.22) | 110 (34.16) | 337 (47.27) | 4996 (49.16) | |
| Race (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| White | 25,980 (77.81) | 238 (73.91) | 535 (75.04) | 7384 (72.66) | |
| Black | 5634 (16.87) | 65 (20.19) | 148 (20.76) | 2173 (21.38) | |
| Other | 1777 (5.32) | 19 (5.90) | 30 (4.21) | 605 (5.95) | |
| Time periods of diagnosis (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| 1975–1995 | 12,368 (37.04) | 142 (44.1) | 217 (30.43) | 3444 (33.89) | |
| 1996–2000 | 5453 (16.33) | 48 (14.91) | 117 (16.41) | 1670 (16.43) | |
| 2001–2005 | 9009 (26.98) | 74 (22.98) | 225 (31.56) | 2913 (28.67) | |
| 2006–2009 | 6561 (19.65) | 58 (18.01) | 154 (21.60) | 2135 (21.01) | |
MM = multiple myeloma.