BMC Palliative Care

Table 1 The baseline demographic characteristics of all participants

From: Symptom severity of patients with advanced cancer in palliative care unit: longitudinal assessments of symptoms improvement

	Total (N = 824)
	N	%
Age, year
Median (Range)	61 (21–97)
< 65	461	56.0.
≥ 65	344	41.7
missing	19	2.3
Gender
Female	344	41.7
Male	480	58.3
Primary diagnosis
Lung cancer	150	18.2
Gastrointestinal cancer^a	267	32.4
Breast cancer	55	6.7
Genitourinary cancer^b	108	13.1
Head, neck, and oral cancer	185	22.4
Other cancers^c	59	7.2
Length of time in care
Median (Range)	20 (7–118)
≤ 14 days	231	28.0
15–30 days	361	43.8
31–60 days	180	21.8
> 60 days	36	4.4
Missing	16

^aCancers of the gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to the rectum, pancreas, liver and gallbladder were combined to form this category
^bCancers of the male and female genitals and the urinary tract were combined to form this category
^cCancers that were not included above

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