Changing patterns of cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer: A regional perspective from Northeastern Italy

Table 1 Description of the sample by number of patients

Characteristic	Total	Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	Gallbladder cancer and unspecified biliary tract cancer
Sex
Male	5527	1793	1959	1775
Female	5251	1377	1624	2250
Age group (years)
0-44	160	68	44	48
45-54	547	189	165	193
55-64	1615	545	441	629
65-74	3184	1027	1000	1157
> 75	5272	1341	1933	1998
Age	72.9 ± 11.3	71.3 ± 11.5	74.1 ± 11.1	73.2 ± 11.2
Hospital stay	16.9 ± 16.5	15.9 ± 15.5	18.1 ± 18.1	16.6 ± 16.5
Hospitalization regimen
Ordinary	9893	2834	3401	3658
Day surgery	790	326	164	300
Week surgery	95	10	18	67
Biliary tract cancer in main diagnosis	8094	2458	2754	2882
Surgery during hospital stay	9246	2730	3143	3373

Table created by the author based on data from Baldo et al[15].