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Table 2 30-day and one-year mortality in CAP cases in different cancer subtypes

From: Burden of community-acquired pneumonia, predisposing factors and health-care related costs in patients with cancer

30-day mortality

Cancer subtype

n CAP cases

n deaths

30-day mortality (%)

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

 Lung cancer

1531

306

20.0

18.0

22.1

 Hematological malignancy

732

124

16.9

14.3

19.9

 Breast cancer

359

26

7.2

4.8

10.4

 Cancer of the gastro-intestinal tract

666

123

18.5

15.6

21.6

 Renal cancer & cancer of the urinary tract

371

67

18.1

14.3

22.4

One-year mortality

Cancer subtype

n CAP cases

n deaths

365-day mortality (%)

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

 Lung cancer

1531

972

63.5

61.0

65.9

 Hematological malignancy

732

308

42.1

38.5

45.7

 Breast cancer

359

71

19.8

15.8

24.3

 Cancer of the gastro-intestinal tract

666

313

47.0

43.2

50.9

 Renal cancer & cancer of the urinary tract

371

184

49.6

44.4

54.8

  1. CAP Community-acquired pneumonia, CI Confidence interval