Table 3 Observed and with different multiple imputation methods predicted T- and UICC-stage-specific numbers of cases for breast cancer and malignant melanoma
From: Imputation of missing values of tumour stage in population-based cancer registration
| Â | Â | Breast cancer | Malignant melanoma | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Observed | PR | PMM | RF | Prop | Observed | PR | PMM | RF | Prop |
T-stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
1 | N | 8,909.0 | 8,903.2 | 8,903.5 | 8,788.2 | 8,950.5 | 1,017.0 | 1,009.8 | 1,014.5 | 962.3 | 1,013.7 |
| Â | SD | 94.4 | 96.5 | 96.5 | 108.6 | 97.6 | 31.9 | 37.4 | 38.2 | 207.2 | 37.3 |
2 | N | 6,235.0 | 6,236.7 | 6,239.5 | 6,394.9 | 6,228.6 | 338.0 | 341.8 | 340.2 | 332.7 | 341.2 |
| Â | SD | 79.0 | 82.6 | 83.0 | 83.3 | 84.1 | 18.4 | 26.8 | 29.9 | 116.8 | 25.7 |
3 | N | 944.0 | 944.5 | 946.7 | 944.9 | 936.4 | 214.0 | 212.1 | 209 | 242.1 | 209.0 |
| Â | SD | 30.7 | 33.0 | 33.3 | 33.8 | 32.7 | 14.6 | 18.7 | 19.2 | 129.6 | 17.7 |
4 | N | 1,074.0 | 1,077.6 | 1,072.3 | 1,034.1 | 1,046.5 | 116.0 | 121.3 | 121.3 | 147.9 | 121.1 |
| Â | SD | 32.8 | 36.3 | 35.9 | 57.3 | 35.3 | 10.8 | 13.6 | 15.5 | 121.8 | 16.6 |
MAD | Â | Â | 59.8 | 57.8 | 341.9 | 104.1 | Â | 48.4 | 55.4 | 409.2 | 49.2 |
| Â | SD | Â | 23.3 | 30.1 | 97.5 | 30.4 | Â | 23.5 | 26.1 | 242.6 | 20.3 |
UICC-stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
I | N | 6,859.0 | 6,865.7 | 6,856.7 | 6,096.1 | 6,642 | 1,321.0 | 1,269.8 | 1,276.8 | 1,213.7 | 1,267.8 |
| Â | SD | 82.8 | 85.4 | 85.4 | 261.0 | 85.5 | 36.3 | 39.5 | 41.1 | 222.0 | 41.7 |
II | N | 7,123.0 | 7,119.5 | 7,133.9 | 6,891.8 | 7,295.9 | 216.0 | 204.4 | 208.4 | 271.1 | 238.6 |
| Â | SD | 84.4 | 87.5 | 87.4 | 425.7 | 88.8 | 14.7 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 143.1 | 21.5 |
III | N | 2,371.0 | 2,361.7 | 2,351.9 | 3,206.1 | 2,462.6 | 122.0 | 149.9 | 124.5 | 173.4 | 143.6 |
| Â | SD | 48.7 | 53.2 | 53.0 | 381.6 | 58.4 | 11.0 | 21.2 | 22.9 | 199.8 | 17.5 |
IV | N | 809.0 | 815.1 | 819.5 | 968.0 | 761.5 | 26.0 | 60.9 | 75.2 | 26.9 | 35.0 |
| Â | SD | 28.4 | 31.3 | 31.6 | 593.6 | 32.2 | 5.1 | 14.8 | 18.4 | 8.6 | 9.5 |
MAD | Â | Â | 68.5 | 72.7 | 2182.4 | 528.8 | Â | 133.9 | 126.9 | 344.4 | 107.5 |
| Â | SD | Â | 25.8 | 30.9 | 988.5 | 47.2 | Â | 28.1 | 35.6 | 411.8 | 41.5 |