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Table 2 General characteristics of sarcoma patients in Germany (except for Baden-Wuerttemberg), 2013

From: Strengthening health data on a rare and heterogeneous disease: sarcoma incidence and histological subtypes in Germany

Characteristics

Men

Women

Ratio Men/Women

n

%

Incidence per 100,000

Median age at diagnosis

n

%

Incidence per 100,000

Median age at diagnosis

 

Crude

Age-Standa

Crude

Age-Standa

 

All

3404

100

10.0

7.4 (7.2–7.7)

67.4

3442

100

9.6

6.6 (6.3–6.8)

67.7

1: 1

Allb

3363

100

9.8

7.3 (7.1–7.6)

67.4

3094

100

8.7

6.0 (5.7–6.2)

67.3

1.1: 1

Type of sarcoma

 Soft tissue sarcoma

2371

69.7

6.9

5.1 (4.9–5.3)

68.4

2556

74.3

7.1

4.8 (4.6–5.0)

68.0

1: 1.1

 Soft tissue sarcomab

2334

69.4

6.8

5.0 (4.8–5.3)

68.3

2214

71.6

6.2

4.2 (4.0–4.4)

67.3

1.1: 1

 Bone sarcoma

299

8.8

0.9

0.8 (0.7–0.9)

49.8

267

7.8

0.7

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

54.0

1.1: 1

 Bone sarcomab

295

8.8

0.9

0.8 (0.7–0.9)

49.8

261

8.4

0.7

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

54.2

1.1: 1

 GIST

734

21.6

2.1

1.5 (1.4–1.6)

69.5

619

18.0

1.7

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

70.2

1.2: 1

Age at diagnosis (years)

 0–14

97

2.8

0.3

68

2.0

0.2

1.4: 1

 15–29

158

4.6

0.5

117

3.4

0.3

1.4: 1

 30–49

434

12.7

1.3

493

14.3

1.4

1: 1.1

 50–69

1182

34.7

3.5

1214

35.3

3.4

1: 1

 70+

1533

45.0

4.5

1550

45.0

4.3

1: 1

Total

3404

100

10.0

7.4

67.4

3442

100

9.6

6.6

67.7

1: 1

  1. aper 100,000; age-standardized according to the European standard 1976
  2. bResults for sensitivity analysis (excluding certain histologies according to expert opinion or due to not being mentioned in the WHO-classification, Additional file 1: Table S1)