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Table 1 Characteristics of cancer patients included in 2013 and followed between 2013 and 2016

From: Access to inpatient palliative care among cancer patients in France: an analysis based on the national cancer cohort

 

Total

Not accessing inpatient Palliative Care (2013–2016)

Accessing inpatient Palliative Care (2013–2016)

TOTAL (N, row %)

313,059 (100%)

259,622 (83%)

53,437 (17%)

Age in 2013 a

 Age (Mean [SD])

64.4 [16.4]

63.4 [16.6]

69.4 [14.4]

 Age (Median, [Q1-Q3])

66.0 [55.0–77.0]

65.0 [54.0–76.0]

70.0 [60.0–81.0]

Age in 2013

 Under 18 years

2967 (1%)

2727 (1%)

240 (< 1%)

 18–49

50,285 (16%)

46,211 (18%)

4074 (8%)

 50–74

167,369 (53%)

139,836 (54%)

27,533 (52%)

 75 years and older

92,438 (30%)

70,848 (27%)

21,590 (40%)

Gender

 Male

153,019 (49%)

122,832 (47%)

30,187 (56%)

 Female

160,040 (51%)

136,790 (53%)

23,250 (44%)

Cancer sites

 Gastro-intestinalb

53,064 (17%)

36,927 (14%)

16,137 (30%)

 Respiratoryb

22,850 (7%)

11,850 (5%)

11,000 (21%)

 Endocrine glandsb

6395 (2%)

6210 (2%)

185 (1%)

 Hematologicb

20,394 (7%)

17,559 (7%)

2835 (5%)

 Eyeb

564 (< 1%)

526 (< 1%)

38 (< 1%)

 Female genitals

16,757 (6%)

14,537 (6%)

2220 (4%)

 Male genitals

28,177 (9%)

26,536 (10%)

1641 (3%)

 Boneb

627 (< 1%)

517 (1%)

110 (1%)

 Skinb

37,591 (12%)

36,227 (14%)

1364 (3%)

 Breast

42,025 (13%)

39,693 (15%)

2332 (4%)

 Nervous systemb

4515 (1%)

2780 (1%)

1735 (3%)

 Soft tissuesb

906 (< 1%)

828 (< 1%)

78 (< 1%)

 Upper aerodigestive tractb

9935 (3%)

7533 (3%)

2402 (4%)

 Urinary tractb

19,198 (6%)

16,380 (6%)

2818 (5%)

 Multiples sites

20,553 (7%)

13,316 (5%)

7237 (14%)

 Non-attributable sites%

29,508 (10%)

28,203 (11%)

1305 (2%)

Cancer stage at diagnosis (2013)

 In situ

10,910 (4%)

10,763 (4%)

147 (1%)

 Invasive

210,514 (67%)

184,628 (71%)

25,886 (48%)

 Node involvement

17,322 (5%)

13,855 (5%)

3467 (6%)

 Metastatic

39,767 (13%)

16,424 (6%)

23,343 (44%)

 Non-attributable%

34,546 (11%)

33,952 (14%)

594 (1%)

Comorbidities in 2013

 No category

153,636 (49%)

136,615 (53%)

17,021 (32%)

 1 category

91,963 (29%)

73,731 (28%)

18,232 (34%)

 2 categories or more

67,460 (22%)

49,276 (19%)

18,184 (34%)

Death (2013–2016)

 No

226,695 (72%)

221,723 (85%)

4972 (9%)

 Yes

86,364 (28%)

37,899 (15%)

48,465 (91%)

Area-level degree of social deprivation

 1-Very little deprivation (1st quintile)

60,350 (19%)

51,265 (20%)

9085 (17%)

 2-Little deprivation (2nd quintile)

59,822 (19%)

50,190 (19%)

9632 (18%)

 3-Moderate deprivation (3rd quintile)

60,829 (20%)

50,754 (20%)

10,075 (19%)

 4-Substantial deprivation (4th quintile)

60,280 (19%)

49,542 (19%)

10,738 (20%)

 5-Very high deprivation (5th quintile)

60,384 (19%)

48,274 (19%)

12,110 (23%)

 Missing

11,394 (4%)

9597 (3%)

1797 (3%)

Region

 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

36,340 (12%)

29,728 (11%)

6612 (12%)

 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

13,192 (4%)

10,932 (4%)

2260 (4%)

 Bretagne

14,363 (5%)

12,187 (5%)

2176 (4%)

 Centre-Val de Loire

11,860 (4%)

9530 (4%)

2330 (4%)

 Corse

1512 (< 1%)

1274 (< 1%)

238 (< 1%)

 Départements d’Outre-Mer (DOM)/ Territoires d’Outre-Mer (TOM)

6474 (2%)

5420 (2%)

1054 (2%)

 Grand Est

26,089 (8%)

21,240 (8%)

4849 (9%)

 Hauts-de-France

28,035 (9%)

22,355 (9%)

5680 (11%)

 Île-de-France (IDF)

53,663 (17%)

44,680 (17%)

8983 (17%)

 Normandie

17,673 (6%)

14,617 (6%)

3056 (6%)

 Nouvelle Aquitaine

26,536 (8%)

21,924 (8%)

4612 (9%)

 Occitanie

25,966 (8%)

21,993 (8%)

3973 (7%)

 Pays-de-la-Loire

17,695 (6%)

14,987 (6%)

2708 (5%)

 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA)

27,734 (9%)

23,662 (9%)

4072 (8%)

 Unknown

5927 (2%)

5093 (3%)

834 (2%)

  1. Table legend. a SD Standard Deviation, Q1-Q3 Interquartile range, b Cancer sites common to both men and women (N = 11), % Cancer sites and stage which could not be characterized under the ICD-10 classification