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Table 1 Patients with cancer and proportion with pre-existing cardiovascular diseaseby cancer type and patient characteristics: All cancer

From: Survival of cancer patients with pre-existing heart disease

Characteristic

Number of patients (% with heart disease prior to diagnosis)

All cancer

(ex NMSC)

Colorectal

cancer

Lung

cancer

Female breast

cancer

Prostate

cancer

Gender

 All patients

34,828

22.6%

4,656

25.3%

4,748

32.3%

4,992

10.4%

4,232

22.6%

 Male

17,449

27.1%

2,572

27.1%

2,635

35.6%

-

-

4,232

22.6%

 Female

17,379

18.2%

2,084

23.0%

2,113

28.2%

4,992

10.4%

-

-

Age group

 0-54

6,500

3.6%

560

3.9%

341

8.8%

1,628

1.9%

224

5.8%

 55-69

10,812

14.3%

1,417

13.2%

1,510

22.7%

1,647

6.0%

1,733

13.6%

 70-79

10,541

29.1%

1,575

29.8%

1,893

36.2%

1,016

16.1%

1,543

25.9%

 80+

6,975

43.6%

1,104

45.1%

1,004

47.1%

701

32.0%

732

42.3%

Deprivation

 Least deprived

(Quintile 1)

6,792

20.3%

918

24.1%

646

33.4%

1,088

9.0%

934

19.7%

 Quintile 2

7,038

23.3%

987

27.4%

815

32.8%

1,086

9.4%

929

23.8%

 Quintile 3

7,060

23.9%

961

26.8%

931

37.5%

993

11.2%

886

23.4%

 Quintile 4

7,215

24.1%

927

26.1%

1,005

34.0%

1,007

11.6%

864

24.3%

 Most deprived

(Quintile 5)

6,719

21.3%

862

21.6%

1,351

26.5%

818

10.9%

619

22.0%

 Unknown

4

-

1

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

Stage

 Stage I/II

14,516

17.3%

1,964

25.3%

997

34.3%

3,633

7.9%

2,344

19.2%

 Stage III

5,382

20.0%

1,200

21.4%

1,030

29.8%

668

8.8%

729

18.5%

 Stage IV

6,816

24.2%

936

20.6%

2,072

28.8%

290

11.4%

699

27.2%

 Unknown

8,114

32.5%

556

41.4%

649

44.1%

401

34.7%

460

40.0%

Comorbidity

 Previous cancer

1,686

28.1%

287

31.0%

300

33.7%

218

16.1%

133

30.8%

 Cerebrovascular disease

1,260

72.2%

157

69.4%

262

76.0%

87

69.0%

145

69.7%

 Chronic pulmonary disease

4,200

47.0%

494

43.3%

1,393

50.6%

244

38.5%

376

49.5%

 Hypertension

8,940

48.8%

1,500

45.7%

1,444

57.1%

658

43.5%

1,021

48.4%

 Diabetes

3,388

48.9%

564

47.2%

535

58.9%

216

40.3%

334

46.4%

 Liver disease

531

37.5%

68

42.6%

75

32.0%

24

16.7%

15

53.3%

 Renal disease

1,965

62.7%

303

64.7%

329

66.6%

87

62.1%

183

60.7%

 Peptic ulcer

709

43.0%

110

40.9%

102

52.0%

32

21.9%

49

61.2%

 Anaemia

1,373

46.9%

476

42.9%

161

59.0%

77

44.2%

58

60.3%

 Neurodegenerative disorders

1,568

47.3%

199

53.3%

262

48.1%

123

40.7%

135

49.6%

 Rheumatic disorders

574

50.3%

66

45.5%

124

49.2%

43

60.5%

41

51.2%