Table 1 Characteristics of patients, operated on between 2007 and 2008 for cancer of the colon or rectum in NSW, Australia
Full cohort (n = 6964) | Patients operated on between 2007 and 2008 in a public hospital with a ClinCR record 01/2007 to 12/2008 (n = 3,079) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlson recorded (n = 6,964, 100 %) | ASA Status recorded (n = 5430; 78.0 %) | ASA Status missing (n = 1534; 22.0 %) | ECOG-PS recorded (n = 748; 24.3 %) | ECOG-PS missing (n = 2,331; 75.7 %) | ||
Age at admission | Mean (range) | 68.9 (14 to 99) | 69.0 (14 to 99) | 68.6 (21 to 97) | 68.0 (15 to 95) | 69.8 (20 to 97) |
Median (IQR) | 70 (61 to 78) | 70 (61 to 78) | 69 (61 to 78) | 69 (60 to 77) | 71 (62 to 79) | |
Sex | Male | 3763 (54 %) | 2930 (54 %) | 833 (54 %) | 435 (58 %) | 1241 (53 %) |
Female | 3201 (46 %) | 2500 (46 %) | 701 (46 %) | 313 (42 %) | 1090 (47 %) | |
Emergencya | Non-emergency | 5519 (89 %) | 4353 (89 %) | 1166 (91 %) | 607 (86 %) | 1906 (83 %) |
Emergency | 659 (11 %) | 539 (11 %) | 120 (9 %) | 101 (14 %) | 404 (17 %) | |
Country of birtha | Non-Australian | 1920 (28 %) | 1519 (28 %) | 401 (26 %) | 338 (45 %) | 816 (35 %) |
Australian | 4997 (72 %) | 3876 (72 %) | 1121 (74 %) | 410 (55 %) | 1506 (65 %) | |
Extent of disease | Localised | 2549 (37 %) | 1928 (36 %) | 621 (40 %) | 197 (26 %) | 798 (34 %) |
Regional | 3218 (46 %) | 2544 (47 %) | 674 (44 %) | 387 (52 %) | 1108 (48 %) | |
Distant | 843 (12 %) | 697 (13 %) | 146 (10 %) | 133 (18 %) | 327 (14 %) | |
Unknown | 354 (5 %) | 261 (5 %) | 93 (6 %) | 31 (4 %) | 98 (4 %) | |
Private hospital | Public | 3848 (55 %) | 3202 (59 %) | 646 (42 %) | 748 (100 %) | 2331 (100 %) |
Private | 3116 (45 %) | 2228 (41 %) | 888 (58 %) | |||