Five year survival rates can mislead

Data Quality Five-year Relative Survival Rates

Epidemiology and Five-year Survival

We reviewed 286 consecutive patients with a fracture of a pubic ramus. The overall incidence was 6.9/100 000/year in the total population and 25.6/100 000/year in individuals aged over 60 years. The mean age of the patients was 74.7 years and 24.5% suffered from dementia. Women were affected 4.2 times more often than men. After injury, geriatric rehabilitation was frequently required and althou...

Five-year survival rate and factors affecting the survival of hemodialysis patients

Introduction: Survival rate is important in chronic kidney disease patients due to their dependence on hemodialysis. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the survival rate of five- years and factors affecting the survival of hemodialysis patients. Materials and Methods: This historical cohort study was performed in 60 hemodialysis patients admitted to Kamyaran Sina Hospital (Iran). ...

Five-year survival-after first-ever stroke.

The aim of the study was to analyze the 5-year survival after first-ever ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage. In this study 836 patients were analyzed with a first-ever stroke admitted at the Department of Neurology Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from January 1(st) 1997 to December 31(st) 1998. Of these 613 (73,3%) were ischemic strokes and 223 intracerebral hemorrhages (26,7%) Subarac...

Five-year leukemia survival by age.

The US National Cancer Institute SEER Program [I. 2] gave five-year relative survival rates in patients diagnosed with leukemia. These were 50.3% below age 65 and 34.4 at age 65 and older, and declined from 55.4% below age 54 to 47.3 at age 45 54, to 43.9% at age 55-64. to 38.8% at age 65 74. and to 29.1 at age 75 or over. Corresponding estimates are available for 666 cases of leukemia diagnose...