Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of 219 oncology patients receiving care in a community hospital setting.
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age in Years | |
| Mean (SD) | 61.7 (11.5) |
| Median (Range) | 63 (27–83) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 171 (78.1) |
| Male | 48 (21.9) |
| Race | |
| White | 130 (59.4) |
| Black or African American | 73 (33.3) |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 6 (2.7) |
| Other/Undisclosed | 10 (4.6) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 (5.5) |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 202 (92.2) |
| Unknown/Undisclosed | 5 (2.3) |
| Health Insurance Status | |
| Commercial | 86 (40.0) |
| Medicaid/Medicare | 113 (52.6) |
| Military/Tricare | 11 (5.1) |
| Uninsured | 5 (2.3) |
| Family History of Cancer | |
| Yes | 126 (58.9) |
| No | 88 (41.1) |
| Site of Initial Diagnosis | |
| Breast | 133 (60.7) |
| Lung | 23 (10.5) |
| Colorectal | 16 (7.3) |
| Melanoma | 10 (4.6) |
| Pancreas | 5 (2.3) |
| Prostate | 5 (2.3) |
| Other | 5 (2.3) |
| Esophageal | 4 (1.8) |
| Gastric | 4 (1.8) |
| Ovarian | 3 (1.4) |
| Renal | 3 (1.4) |
| Head/neck | 2 (0.9) |
| Hepatocellular | 2 (0.9) |
| Small bowel | 2 (0.9) |
| Appendix | 1 (0.5) |
| Thyroid | 1 (0.5) |