Oesophagectomy rates and post-resection outcomes in patients with cancer of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction: a population-based study using linked health administrative linked data

Table 1 Characteristics of patients diagnosed with oesophageal (C15) and gastro-oesophageal cancer (C160)

Variable	C15		C160		C15 & C160
	N=3,456		N=1,568		N=5,024
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age at diagnosis group (years)
<60	657	19.0	402	25.6	1,059	21.1
60–69	840	24.3	399	25.4	1,239	24.7
70–79	1,048	30.3	486	31.0	1,534	30.5
80+	911	26.4	281	17.9	1,192	23.7
Gender
Female	1,159	33.5	362	23.1	1,521	30.3
Male	2,297	66.5	1,206	76.9	3,503	69.7
Country of Birth
Australia	2,497	72.2	1,063	67.8	3,560	70.9
Other	959	37.8	505	32.2	1,464	29.1
Histology group
SCC	1,478	42.8	70	4.5	1,548	30.8
Adenocarcinomas	1,549	44.8	1,398	89.2	2,947	58.7
Other	293	8.5	79	5.0	372	7.4
Degree of Spread
Localised	1,290	37.3	435	27.7	1,725	34.3
Regional	692	20.0	543	34.6	1,235	24.6
Distant	622	18.0	387	24.7	1,009	20.1
Unknown	721	20.9	203	12.9	924	18.4
Tumour location
Upper	297	8.6			297	5.9
Middle	470	13.8			470	9.4
Lower	1,528	45.0			1,528	30.9
NOS*	1,113	32.7			1,113	22.2
GOJ*			1,568		1,568	31.2
Charlson comorbidity
0	3,098	89.6	1,431	91.2	4,529	90.1
1,2	331	9.6	124	7.9	455	9.1
3+	27	0.8	13	0.8	40	0.8

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