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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of women with primary breast cancer as the first (BCa-1) and second (BCa-2) malignancy: a SEER population-based study in US, 1990–2015

From: Increased risk of breast cancer-specific mortality among cancer survivors who developed breast cancer as a second malignancy

 

BCa-1

BCa-2

N

%

N

%

Total number

883,881

36,313

Year of diagnosis

 1990–1993

47,727

5.4

1806

5.0

 1994–1997

62,863

7.1

2380

6.6

 1998–2001

117,368

13.3

3332

9.2

 2002–2005

165,528

18.7

5250

14.5

 2006–2009

185,587

21.0

7775

21.4

 2010–2015

304,808

34.5

15,770

43.4

Age at diagnosis (mean ± SD), years

60.5 ± 14.0

68.9 ± 12.4

Race

 White

708,820

80.2

30,929

85.2

 Black

97,049

11.0

3086

8.5

 Asian

68,641

7.8

2127

5.9

 Other

9371

1.1

171

0.5

Cohabitation status

 Non-cohabitation

359,775

40.7

17,217

47.4

 Cohabitation

484,233

54.8

17,252

47.5

 Unknown

39,873

4.5

1844

5.1

% of High-school education in the county of residence

 Lowest tertile

173,646

19.6

6202

17.1

 Middle tertile

303,827

34.4

10,779

29.7

 Highest tertile

406,408

46.0

19,332

53.2

Cost of living adjusted median household income in the county of residence

 Lowest tertile

54,584

6.2

1885

5.2

 Middle tertile

116,136

13.1

4648

12.8

 Highest tertile

713,161

80.7

29,780

82.0

  1. Abbreviations: N Number, SD Standard deviation