Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of elderly patients with bladder cancer.
| Age at Diagnosis (n/%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Total | 65–74 Years | 75–84 Years | 85+ Years | p Value |
| Overall | 80,042 | 35,841 | 31,676 | 12,525 | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 57,634 (72.0) | 26,926 (75.1) | 22,724 (71.7) | 7984 (63.7) | <0.001 |
| Female | 22,408 (28.0) | 8915 (24.9) | 8952 (28.3) | 4541 (36.3) | |
| Race | |||||
| White | 73,151 (91.4) | 32,692 (91.2) | 29,017 (91.6) | 11,442 (91.4) | <0.001 |
| Black | 3320 (4.1) | 1611 (4.5) | 1239 (3.9) | 470 (3.8) | |
| Other * | 3571 (4.5) | 1538 (4.3) | 1420 (4.5) | 613 (4.9) | |
| Stage | |||||
| Localized | 55,374 (69.2) | 25,195 (70.3) | 21,808 (68.8) | 8371 (66.8) | <0.001 |
| Regional | 15,829 (19.8) | 6504 (18.1) | 6519 (20.6) | 2806 (22.4) | |
| Distant | 2702 (3.4) | 1300 (3.6) | 1072 (3.4) | 330 (2.6) | |
| Unknown | 6137 (7.7) | 2842 (7.9) | 2277 (7.2) | 1018 (8.1) | |
| Grade | |||||
| Low | 33,495 (41.8) | 16,072 (44.8) | 12,982 (41.0) | 4441 (35.5) | <0.001 |
| High | 35,222 (44.0) | 14,619 (40.8) | 14,375 (45.4) | 6228 (49.7) | |
| Other # | 50 (0.1) | 14 (0.0) | 23 (0.1) | 13 (0.1) | |
| Unknown | 11,275 (14.1) | 5136 (14.3) | 4296 (13.6) | 1843 (14.7) | |
| Subtype | <0.001 | ||||
| NMIBC | 39,791 (49.7) | 17,670 (49.3) | 15,973 (50.4) | 6148 (49.1) | |
| MMIBC | 12,249 (15.3) | 4793 (13.4) | 5127 (16.2) | 2329 (18.6) | |
| Unknown | 28,002 (35.0) | 13,378 (37.3) | 10,576 (33.4) | 4048 (32.3) | |
| Years of diagnosis | |||||
| 1975–1983 | 12,457 (15.6) | 6027 (16.8) | 4787 (15.1) | 1643 (13.1) | <0.001 |
| 1984–1993 | 16,459 (20.6) | 7902 (22.0) | 6379 (20.1) | 2178 (17.4) | |
| 1994–2003 | 17,991 (22.5) | 7500 (20.9) | 7671 (24.2) | 2820 (22.5) | |
| 2004–2018 | 33,135 (41.4) | 14,412 (40.2) | 12,839 (40.5) | 5884 (47.0) | |
| Surgery | |||||
| Yes | 76,202 (95.2) | 34,192 (95.4) | 30,221 (95.4) | 11,789 (94.1) | <0.001 |
| No | 3445 (4.3) | 1481 (4.1) | 1287 (4.1) | 677 (5.4) | |
| Unknown | 395 (0.5) | 168 (0.5) | 168 (0.5) | 59 (0.5) | |
* Other includes American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian/Pacific Islander. # Other includes B-cell, pre-B, B-precursor, and B-cell. Abbreviations: NMIBC, non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer; MMIBC, muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer.