Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of colorectal cancer cases diagnosed in Hawaii from 2015–2019.
| Demographic Characteristic | No. (%) a n = 3524 |
Mean (SD) Age at Diagnosis, Years | p-Value b |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis | 66.0 (14.7) | – | |
| <45 | 228 (6.5) | ||
| 45–54 | 560 (15.9) | ||
| 55–64 | 846 (24.0) | ||
| ≥65 | 1890 (53.6) | ||
| Gender | <0.001 | ||
| Male | 1932 (54.8) | 64.6 (13.5) | |
| Female | 1592 (45.2) | 67.7 (15.8) | |
| Ethnicity | <0.001 | ||
| White | 959 (27.5) | 65.6 (14.0) | |
| Japanese | 873 (25.0) | 71.3 (14.5) | |
| Filipino | 570 (16.3) | 65.0 (14.0) | |
| Native Hawaiian | 534 (15.3) | 60.6 (13.3) | |
| Chinese | 221 (6.3) | 69.5 (15.4) | |
| Other Asian | 155 (4.4) | 65.3 (13.2) | |
| Other | 181 (5.2) | 58.9 (15.0) | |
| Cancer stage c | <0.001 | ||
| I | 779 (26.3) | 63.6 (14.4) | |
| II | 705 (23.8) | 68.9 (13.8) | |
| III | 847 (28.6) | 65.5 (14.3) | |
| IV | 629 (21.3) | 65.3 (14.2) | |
| Tumor subsite | <0.001 | ||
| Colon | 2271 (64.4) | 67.6 (15.1) | |
| Rectum/rectosigmoid junction | 1253 (35.6) | 63.0 (13.4) |
a Counts and percentages exclude cases with unknown ethnicity and/or stage. b p-values for comparisons of mean age at diagnosis across groups were calculated by two-sample Wilcoxon tests and Kruskal–Wallis tests for three or more groups. c Counts for cancer stage were limited to cases diagnosed between 2005–2019 and excluded unstaged cases.