Table 1 Demographic characteristics of cancer patients in Korea in 2006, NHIS-NSC
Total (n = 2979) | Male (n = 1514) | Female (n = 1465) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Age, mean (SD), median | 57.4 (15.4) | 59.0 | 59.1 (15.0) | 62.0 | 55.5 (15.6) | 55.0 |
Survival time in years, mean (SD), median | 7.1 (3.4) | 9.2 | 6.6 (2.1) | 9.0 | 7.8 (3.1) | 9.3 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 1514 | 50.8 | ||||
Female | 1465 | 49.2 | ||||
Cause of Death | ||||||
Cancer death | 686 | 23.0 | 434 | 28.7 | 252 | 17.2 |
Other cancer death | 135 | 4.5 | 86 | 5.7 | 49 | 3.3 |
Non-cancer death | 238 | 8.0 | 150 | 9.9 | 88 | 6.0 |
Alive | 1920 | 64.5 | 844 | 55.7 | 1076 | 73.4 |
Cancer type (ICD-10) | ||||||
Stomach (C16) | 491 | 16.5 | 328 | 21.7 | 163 | 11.01 |
Colon and rectum (C18-C20) | 403 | 13.5 | 232 | 15.3 | 171 | 11.7 |
Liver (C22) | 258 | 8.7 | 183 | 12.1 | 75 | 5.1 |
Gallbladder (C23-C24) | 60 | 2.0 | 25 | 1.7 | 35 | 2.4 |
Pancreas (C25) | 58 | 1.9 | 29 | 1.9 | 29 | 2.0 |
Lung (C33-C34) | 232 | 7.8 | 157 | 10.4 | 75 | 5.1 |
Bladder (C67) | 71 | 2.4 | 61 | 4.0 | 10 | .7 |
Thyroid (C73) | 295 | 9.9 | 54 | 3.6 | 241 | 16.5 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82-C85, C96) | 57 | 1.9 | 31 | 2.0 | 26 | 1.8 |
Genital organs a) | 592 | 19.9 | 133 | 8.8 | 459 | 31.3 |
Other Cancer b) | 462 | 15.5 | 281 | 18.6 | 181 | 12.4 |