Table 1 Characteristics of the patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who died between July 2011 and December 2018 in Denmark according to region of residence

Number (%)

Total

5851 (100)

1735 (30)

962 (16)

1332 (23)

1107 (19)

715 (12)

Sex

Male

Female

3060 (52)

2791 (48)

854 (49)

881 (51)

521 (54)

441 (46)

688 (52)

644 (48)

616 (56)

491 (44)

381 (53)

334 (47)

Age (year)

< 60

60–69

70–79

80+

747 (13)

1664 (28)

2303 (39)

1137 (19)

214 (12)

502 (29)

662 (38)

357 (21)

141 (15)

290 (30)

384 (40)

147 (15)

154 (12)

361 (27)

542 (41)

275 (21)

154 (14)

311 (28)

448 (41)

194 (18)

84 (12)

200 (28)

267 (37)

164 (23)

Diagnosis of cancer

DC24 Peri-pancreatic

DC25 Pancreatic

178 (3)

5673 (97)

21 (1)

1714 (99)

35 (4)

927 (96)

54 (4)

1278 (96)

46 (4)

1061 (96)

22 (3)

693 (97)

Comorbidity

0

1–2

3+

1980 (34)

2093 (36)

1778 (30)

499 (29)

668 (39)

568 (33)

280 (29)

324 (34)

358 (37)

505 (38)

433 (33)

394 (30)

385 (35)

436 (39)

286 (26)

311 (44)

232 (33)

172 (24)

Metastatic cancer

Yes

No

2933 (50)

2918 (50)

784 (45)

951 (55)

463 (48)

499 (52)

666 (50)

666 (50)

568 (51)

539 (49)

452 (63)

263 (37)

Anticancer treatment (from diagnosis to death)

Any treatment^a (yes)

Chemotherapy (yes)

Radiotherapy (yes)

Surgery (yes)

3397 (58)

3035 (52)

298 (5)

1137 (19)

1055 (61)

943 (54)

90 (5)

387 (22)

573 (60)

529 (55)

44 (5)

219 (23)

753 (57)

665 (50)

79 (6)

250 (19)

651 (59)

592 (54)

61 (6)

155 (14)

365 (51)

306 (43)

24 (3)

126 (18)

Referred to SPC^b

Yes

4260 (73)

1251 (72)

764 (65)

862 (71)

786 (71)

599 (84)