Table 3 Distribution of living and deceased patients by breast implant status in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Breast Implant Surveillance Study, 1983–1989 (n = 4385)
Women with breast implants (n = 817) | Women without breast implants (n = 3568) | Total (n = 4385) | P valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Alive | 676 | 82.3 | 2498 | 70.0 | 3174 | 72.4 | < 0.0001 |
Deceased | |||||||
All malignant cancers | |||||||
Digestive system | 2 | 0.2 | 32 | 0.9 | 34 | 0.8 | 0.08 |
Respiratory | 3 | 0.4 | 51 | 1.4 | 54 | 1.2 | 0.01 |
Breast | 101 | 12.4 | 703 | 19.7 | 804 | 18.3 | < 0.0001 |
Female genital | 4 | 0.5 | 20 | 0.6 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.80 |
Kidney | - | - | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.2 | - |
Brain | - | - | 7 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.2 | - |
Melanoma | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.46 |
Multiple myeloma | - | - | 3 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | - |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | - | - | 3 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | - |
Leukemia | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.16 |
Diabetes mellitus | 2 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.4 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.60 |
Circulatory system | |||||||
Heart disease | 4 | 0.5 | 65 | 1.8 | 69 | 1.6 | 0.01 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 2 | 0.2 | 14 | 0.4 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.75 |
Atherosclerosis | - | - | 3 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | - |
Respiratory disease | |||||||
Pneumonia/influenza | 1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.3 | 11 | 0.3 | - |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 2 | 0.2 | 23 | 0.6 | 25 | 0.6 | 0.21 |
Digestive system disease | |||||||
Stomach/duodenal ulcers | - | - | 3 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | - |
Chronic liver disease | 1 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.2 | - |
Nephritis | - | - | 7 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.2 | - |
All external causes | |||||||
Accidents | - | - | 4 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.3 | - |
Suicides | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.02 |
Other cause of death | 5 | 0.6 | 38 | 1.1 | 43 | 3.6 | 0.26 |
Unknown cause of death | 7 | 0.9 | 32 | 0.9 | 39 | 3.2 | 0.91 |