Table 3 Number and percentage of cancer patients by age, stage, and comorbidity level for each of the five cancers.

From: Prevalence of comorbidities and their impact on survival among older adults with the five most common cancers in Taiwan: a population study

Age

15–64

65–74

Comorbidity level

0

1

2

0

1

2

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Breast cancer

Localized

27,105

48.8

8104

51.2

2092

49.7

1592

46.0

2688

49.4

1043

45.4

Regional

18,393

33.1

5180

32.7

1353

32.1

1059

30.6

1704

31.3

722

31.4

Distant

2846

5.1

542

3.4

147

3.5

268

7.7

268

4.9

119

5.2

Others+

7216

13.0

2013

12.7

618

14.7

540

15.6

776

14.3

414

18.0

Colorectal cancer

Localized

10,569

32.1

5676

37.5

1791

36.8

3232

33.1

4678

36.7

2627

36.4

Regional

10,507

31.9

4529

29.9

1316

27.0

2967

30.4

3687

28.9

1858

25.7

Distant

6369

19.3

2303

15.2

729

15.0

1635

16.8

1898

14.9

1018

14.1

Others+

5527

16.8

2636

17.4

1032

21.2

1926

19.7

2497

19.6

1715

23.8

Liver cancer

Localized

10,849

48.1

15,472

69.0

6950

67.5

2944

48.8

9884

66.3

6337

64.4

Regional

4581

20.3

2670

11.9

996

9.7

1042

17.3

1701

11.4

989

10.1

Distant

3956

17.5

1645

7.3

625

6.1

934

15.5

1211

8.1

753

7.7

Others+

3184

14.1

2627

11.7

1731

16.8

1113

18.4

2103

14.1

1758

17.9

Lung cancer

Localized

3493

15.2

1987

20.3

815

18.9

1052

11.2

1622

15.7

1153

15.2

Regional

3813

16.6

1731

17.7

887

20.6

1776

18.9

1846

17.9

1591

20.9

Distant

13,593

59.2

5301

54.1

2103

48.8

5302

56.3

5728

55.6

3621

47.6

Others+

2048

8.9

771

7.9

506

11.7

1283

13.6

1107

10.7

1240

16.3

Oral cancer

Localized

11,639

27.3

5008

34.4

1712

32.9

974

28.6

1252

35.3

744

31.7

Regional

21,345

50.1

6782

46.6

2476

47.6

1624

47.7

1562

44.0

1016

43.3

Distant

970

2.3

277

1.9

124

2.4

116

3.4

82

2.3

72

3.1

Others+

8689

20.4

2480

17.0

886

17.0

690

20.3

650

18.3

512

21.8

Age

75–84

85–94

Comorbidity level

0

1

2

0

1

2

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Breast cancer

Localized

356

42.5

1034

46.5

696

46.0

58

36.0

161

40.3

172

44.3

Regional

244

29.1

665

29.9

435

28.8

40

24.8

116

29.0

105

27.1

Distant

84

10.0

136

6.1

104

6.9

14

8.7

45

11.3

20

5.2

Others+

154

18.4

390

17.5

278

18.4

49

30.4

78

19.5

91

23.5

Colorectal cancer

Localized

1879

30.5

3790

33.6

3197

32.2

476

26.8

904

29.5

1128

29.6

Regional

1819

29.5

3208

28.4

2558

25.7

435

24.5

850

27.8

888

23.3

Distant

1073

17.4

1886

16.7

1525

15.3

312

17.5

503

16.4

582

15.3

Others+

1386

22.5

2408

21.3

2656

26.7

556

31.3

804

26.3

1210

31.8

liver cancer

Localized

1388

45.6

5676

59.7

5167

57.3

275

35.7

846

46.0

998

44.3

Regional

509

16.7

1177

12.4

993

11.0

105

13.6

282

15.3

290

12.9

Distant

425

14.0

866

9.1

765

8.5

113

14.7

197

10.7

208

9.2

Others+

722

23.7

1788

18.8

2090

23.2

278

36.1

515

28.0

759

33.7

Lung cancer

Localized

541

8.3

1017

10.2

1354

11.3

77

4.6

167

6.2

312

7.8

Regional

1167

17.8

1747

17.6

2280

19.0

250

15.0

346

12.9

627

15.6

Distant

3531

53.9

5603

56.3

5756

47.9

868

52.1

1545

57.6

1922

47.9

Others+

1312

20.0

1582

15.9

2618

21.8

471

28.3

625

23.3

1150

28.7

Oral cancer

Localized

233

22.0

498

33.2

445

27.9

45

23.7

75

25.8

104

26.3

Regional

507

48.0

623

41.6

729

45.7

103

54.2

135

46.4

193

48.9

Distant

41

3.9

58

3.9

52

3.3

7

3.7

8

2.7

16

4.1

Others+

276

26.1

320

21.3

368

23.1

35

18.4

73

25.1

82

20.8

  1. +TCR cancer patients with no stage information; see Table S9 for details.