Esophageal cancer in Stockholm county 1978–1995

Figures & data

Figure 1.  Age at diagnosis of esophageal cancer patients in Stockholm County 1978–1995. (n = 1284)

Figure 2.  Age-specific incidence (cases/100 000) of esophageal cancer in Stockholm County 1978–1995. (n = 1284)

Figure 3.  Age-specific incidence (case/100 000) of esophageal cancer in Stockholm County 1978–1995 for three age groups.

Table I.  Dysphagia among esophageal cancer patients in Stockholm County 1978–1995.

Solid food	13%
Minced food	23%
Liquids	49%
Can only swallow saliva	6%
Cannot swallow anything	9%

Table II.  Histological subgroups among esophageal cancer patients in Stockholm County 1978–1995. (n = 1284)

squamous cell carcinoma	77%
adenocarcinoma	15%
undifferentiated cancer	7%
others	1%

Figure 4.  The incidence of esophageal cancer/100 000 in Stockholm County 1978–1995. The incidences of the major histological types are indicated.

Figure 5.  The incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus/100 000 among men and women in Stockholm County 1978–1995.

Figure 6.  The incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus/100 000 among men and women in Stockholm County 1978–1995.

Figure 7.  Disease-specific survival among esophageal cancer patients in Stockholm County 1978–1995 according to the Kaplan Meier method.

Figure 8.  Disease-specific survival among resected esophageal cancer patients (n = 264) in Stockholm County 1978–1995 according to the Kaplan Meier method.