Research Article
Population-Based Analysis of Incidence Rates of Cancer and Noncancer Chronic Diseases in the US Elderly Using NLTCS/Medicare-Linked Database
Table 2
Age-adjusted incidence rates per 100,000 of geriatric diseases with standard errors (in brackets).
| Sex |
Year | Lung cancer | Colon cancer | Breast cancer | Prostate cancer | Melanoma | Heart failure | Alzheimer’s disease | Parkinson’s disease | Diabetes | Asthma |
| Males | 1994 | 616 | 314 | | 1146 | 163 | 1864 | 199 | 217 | 724 | 201 | (52) | (36) | | (75) | (25) | (87) | (26) | (28) | (59) | (29) | Males | 1999 | 491 | 311 | | 924 | 117 | 1437 | 255 | 195 | 841 | 247 | (46) | (35) | | (67) | (20) | (76) | (29) | (29) | (66) | (33) | Male | Combined | 554 | 312 | | 1033 | 139 | 1647 | 228 | 204 | 779 | 223 | (35) | (25) | | (50) | (16) | (58) | (20) | (20) | (44) | (22) | Female | 1994 | 293 | 262 | 555 | | 53 | 1540 | 210 | 143 | 697 | 303 | (29) | (27) | (38) | | (11) | (61) | (21) | (19) | (44) | (30) | Female | 1999 | 331 | 196 | 508 | | 71 | 1313 | 290 | 134 | 803 | 258 | (32) | (23) | (41) | | (14) | (59) | (25) | (18) | (51) | (29) | Female | Combined | 312 | 230 | 530 | | 61 | 1426 | 250 | 139 | 744 | 282 | (21) | (18) | (28) | | (9) | (42) | (16) | (13) | (33) | (21) | Total | 1994 | 421 | 283 | | | 96 | 1667 | 205 | 173 | 707 | 263 | (27) | (22) | | | (12) | (50) | (16) | (16) | (35) | (21) | Total | 1999 | 397 | 243 | | | 90 | 1366 | 276 | 159 | 818 | 253 | (27) | (20) | | | (12) | (47) | (19) | (16) | (40) | (22) | Total | Combined | 410 | 264 | | | 92 | 1516 | 241 | 165 | 758 | 258 | (19) | (15) | | | (8) | (34) | (13) | (11) | (27) | (15) |
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