Table 1 Baseline co-variates of patients with haematologic cancers, 1975-2016.

From: Changing causes of death in persons with haematological cancers 1975–2016

Baseline co-variates

N (%)

Total Follow-up time (years)

Deaths from all causes (%)

Deaths from non-cancer causes

No. of observed deaths (%)

SMR (95% CI)

All

683,333 (100%)

3,755,161

390,534 (100%)

113,172 (100%)

2.51 (2.49–2.52)

Age

 0–19

39,847 (6%)

404,726

8616 (2%)

1280 (1%)

5.96 (5.64–6.30)

 20–39

70,378 (10%)

634,977

23,146 (6%)

6998 (6%)

9.31 (9.09–9.53)

 40–59

175,767 (26%)

1,182,981

78,393 (20%)

19,885 (18%)

4.45 (4.39–4.51)

 60–79

292,883 (43%)

1,306,862

191,340 (49%)

54,651 (48%)

2.55 (2.53–2.57)

 80+

104,458 (15%)

225,615

89,039 (23%)

30,358 (27%)

1.66 (1.64–1.68)

Sex

 Female

305,627 (45%)

1,722,851

172,502 (44%)

47,833 (42%)

2.44 (2.42–2.46)

 Male

377,706 (55%)

2,032,311

218,032 (56%)

65,339 (58%)

2.55 (2.53–2.57)

Race

 White

567,502 (83%)

3,187,711

329,103 (84%)

95,587 (85%)

2.40 (2.39–2.42)

 Black

66,016 (10%)

315,522

38,769 (10%)

12,166 (11%)

3.21 (3.15–3.26)

 Other

49,815 (7%)

251,928

22,662 (6%)

5,419 (5%)

3.41 (3.32–3.50)

Year of diagnosis

 1975–1989

89,574 (13%)

708,262

80,674 (21%)

23,170 (21%)

3.08 (3.05–3.12)

 1990–1999

107,421 (16%)

826,692

84,143 (22%)

26,284 (23%)

2.98 (2.95–3.02)

 2000–2009

271,978 (40%)

1,707,398

159,751 (41%)

47,098 (42%)

2.21 (2.19–2.23)

 2010–2016

214,360 (31%)

512,810

65,966 (17%)

16,620 (15%)

2.21 (2.18–2.24)

Marital states

 Married

353,507 (52%)

2,006,942

203,867 (52%)

54,232 (48%)

2.25 (2.23–2.27)

 Umarried

282,973 (41%)

1,496,235

165,341 (42%)

51,172 (45%)

2.96 (2.94–2.99)

 Unknown

46,853 (7%)

251,984

21,326 (5%)

7768 (7%)

2.05 (2.01–2.10)

Radiotherapy

 Yes

111,543 (16%)

845,788

58,543 (15%)

16,751 (15%)

2.45 (2.42–2.49)

 No/Unknown

575,324 (84%)

2,920,824

335,525 (86%)

96,421 (85%)

2.51 (2.50–2.53)

Chemotherapy

 Yes

397,829 (58%)

2,232,639

220,212(56%)

50,599 (45%)

2.49 (2.47–2.51)

 No/Unknown

285,504 (42%)

1,522,522

170,322(44%)

62,573 (55%)

2.51 (2.50–2.53)

Diagnosis

 ALL

30,884 (5%)

234,548

11,505 (3%)

1283 (1%)

5.25 (4.97–5.55)

 AML

60,065 (9%)

143,407

47,324 (12%)

4745 (4%)

5.13 (4.99–5.28)

 CLL

76,594 (11%)

472,786

42,383 (11%)

18,636 (17%)

1.87 (1.84–1.90)

 CML

28,985 (4%)

133,082

16,744 (4%)

5054 (5%)

3.27 (3.18–3.36)

 HL

53,589 (8%)

546,752

16,413 (4%)

6183 (6%)

3.81 (3.71–3.90)

 PCM

101,140 (15%)

349,177

71,692 (18%)

17,280 (15%)

2.79 (2.75–2.83)

 NHL

311,250 (46%)

1,780,946

170,080 (44%)

56,270 (50%)

2.40 (2.38–2.42)

 Other leukemias

20,826 (3%)

94,463

14,393 (4%)

3721 (3%)

3.05 (2.96–3.15)