Medical Cost Trajectories and Onsets of Cancer and NonCancer Diseases in US Elderly Population

Table 1

Characteristics of cohorts followedup for onsets of geriatric diseases.

	ACHD	Stroke	Ulcer	Breast cancer*	Prostate cancer**	Melanoma	Lung cancer	Colon cancer	Diabetes	Asthma	Parkinson’s disease	Alzheimer’s disease
Total in two waves	34077	34077	34077	20771	13306	34077	34077	34077	34077	34077	34077	34077
Total without prevalent	31785	32807	33485	20241	12597	33970	33945	33752	31615	33503	33836	3386
Onsets	1375	1418	384	340	407	89	377	290	791	270	186	374
Level of IADL/ADL Disability
Nondisabled	1094	904	265	254	361	68	301	220	616	198	119	209
IADL only or/and 1-2 ADLs	151	211	55	48	31	6	50	45	82	37	27	52
3–6 ADLs	130	303	64	38	15	15	26	25	93	35	40	113
Charlson index
0	600	576	151	159	231	32	131	127	432	100	86	155
1	298	301	99	85	80	11	105	61	157	80	41	71
2	208	203	49	42	43	18	50	51	102	39	24	57
>2	269	338	85	54	53	28	91	51	100	51	35	91
>2, mean	4.3	4.4	4.4	5.1	5.2	4.2	4.9	5.1	4.2	4.3	4.9	4.1
Age
≤80	989	815	249	239	315	59	269	183	613	210	115	160
≤80, mean	72	73	73	72	72	73	72	73	71	72	73	75
>80	386	603	135	101	92	30	108	107	178	60	71	214
>80, mean	85	86	85	84	84	84	83	84	86	85	86	86
Survived 2.5 years
No	340	600	90	62	74	21	289	112	125	57	61	161
Yes	1035	818	294	278	333	68	88	178	666	213	125	213

*Females only.
**Males only.