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. 2023 Jun 24;15(6):e40909. doi: 10.7759/cureus.40909

Table 1. Patients characteristics and risk factors stratified by race/ethnicity.

NHW, non-Hispanic White; NHB, non-Hispanic Black; IQR, interquartile range. p <0.001, statistically significant.

  Total Population NHW NHB Hispanics Others p-Value
  (N=6,079) (n=4,156) (n=571) (n=1,352) (n=441)  
Median age (years) (IQR) 66 (56-74) 68 (59-76) 64 (54-72) 59 (48-70) 66 (56-74) <0.001
Income           <0.001
Quartile I 727 (11.2%) 546 (13.1%) 112 (196%) 53 (3.9%) 16 (4.0%)  
Quartile II 1,578 (24.4%) 1,109 (26.7%) 165 (28.9%) 251 (18.6%) 53 (13.1%)  
Quartile III 2,469 (38.1%) 1,412 (34.0%) 205 (35.9%) 714 (52.9%) 138 (34.2%)  
Quartile IV 1,707 (26.3%) 1,089 (26.2%) 89 (15.6%) 332 (24.6%) 197 (48.8%)  
Stage            <0.001
Stage I 1,851 (54.3%) 1,222 (55.6%) 175 (55.9%) 333 (47.8%) 121 (59.6%)  
Stage II 669 (19.6%) 431 (19.6%) 48 (15.3%) 155 (22.3%) 35 (17.2%)  
Stage III 564 (16.5%) 348 (16.0%) 50 (16.0%) 135 (19.4%) 31 (15.3%)  
Stage IV 326 (9.6%) 197 (9.0%) 40 (12.8%) 73 (10.5%) 16 (7.9%)  
Metropolitan           <0.001
Non-Metro 1,073 (16.6%) 906 (21.8%) 73 (12.8%) 63 (4.7%) 31 (7.9%)  
Metro I 598 (9.2%) 438 (10.5%) 67 (11.7%) 78 (5.8%) 15 (3.8%)  
Metro II 1,369 (21.2%) 851 (20.5%) 121 (21.2%) 307 (22.7%) 90 (23.0%)  
Metro III 3,429 (53.0%) 1,961 (47.2%) 310 (54.3%) 902 (66.8%) 256 (65.3%)  
Surgery 5,711 (89.4%) 3,650 (89.1%) 490 (87.5%) 1,227 (91.6%) 344 (87.5%) 0.014
Chemotherapy 648 (10.0%) 357 (8.6%) 69 (12.1%) 185 (13.7%) 37 (9.2%) <0.001
Radiation 535 (8.3%) 317 (7.7%) 48 (8.5%) 142 (10.7%) 28 (7.0%) 0.006
Marital status           <0.001
Married 3,561 (60.6%) 2,347 (62.4%) 227 (43.7%) 750 (59.7%) 237 (71.0%)  
Single  2,311 (39.4%) 1,414 (37.6%) 293 (56.4%) 507 (40.3%) 97 (29.0%)  
Primary cancers  5,206 (80.3%) 3,206 (77.1%) 464 (81.3%) 1,194 (88.3%) 342 (84.7%) <0.001
Mortality  1,447 (22.5%) 901 (21.8%) 155 (27.5%) 321 ( 24.2%) 70 (17.6%) 0.001
5-year survival  75.30% 76.60% 71.10% 71.10% 81.00% <0.001
10-year survival 71.10% 72.50% 64.20% 67.10% 78.10% <0.001
15-year survival 68.20% 69.30% 61.30% 65.30% 75.10% <0.001