Table 1.
Description of Adolescent and Young Adults Diagnosed and Treated with Cancer at University of North Carolina Medical Center Over a 4-Year Window from 2014 to 2018
| Total, N = 1574 |
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|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Age at diagnosis, years | ||
| 15–19 | 131 | 8 |
| 20–24 | 178 | 11 |
| 25–29 | 270 | 17 |
| 30–34 | 417 | 27 |
| 35–39 | 578 | 37 |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 923 | 59 |
| Male | 651 | 41 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 974 | 64 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 313 | 21 |
| Hispanic | 140 | 9 |
| Non-Hispanic other | 93 | 6 |
| Health insurance | ||
| Private | 968 | 62 |
| Public | 303 | 19 |
| Military | 109 | 7 |
| Uninsured/self-pay | 194 | 12 |
| Cancer stage | ||
| In situ | 56 | 4 |
| Local | 705 | 46 |
| Regional | 427 | 28 |
| Distant | 339 | 22 |
| Cancer site | ||
| Breast | 169 | 11 |
| Gynecologic | 220 | 14 |
| Testicular | 86 | 6 |
| CNS | 84 | 5 |
| GI | 131 | 8 |
| Head/neck/lung | 82 | 5 |
| Leukemia | 146 | 9 |
| Lymphoma | 125 | 8 |
| Sarcoma | 85 | 5 |
| Skin | 253 | 16 |
| Thyroid | 124 | 8 |
| Other | 69 | 5 |
CNS, central nervous system; GI, gastrointestinal.