TABLE 1—
Characteristics of Women With Regional-Stage Breast Cancer, by Hospital Type: Florida, July 1, 1997–December 31, 2000
Teaching Hospital | Nonteaching Hospital | Total | |
Cases, no. (%) (100) | 1397 (12.5) | 9778 (87.5) | 11 175 |
Age at diagnosis, y | |||
Mean (SD) | 56.7 (13.5) | 61.8 (14.5) | 61.2 (14.5) |
Range | 21–104 | 25–95 | 21–104 |
Race/ethnicity, no. (%) | |||
White non-Hispanic | 946 (67.7) | 7909 (80.9) | 8855 (79.2) |
Black non-Hispanic | 211 (15.1) | 881 (9.0) | 1092 (9.8) |
Hispanic | 214 (15.3) | 862 (8.8) | 1076 (9.6) |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.0) | 4 (0.0) |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 15 (1.1) | 45 (0.5) | 60 (0.5) |
Unknown | 10 (0.7) | 78 (0.8) | 88 (0.8) |
Marital status, no. (%) | |||
Single | 205 (14.7) | 1047 (10.7) | 1252 (11.2) |
Married | 746 (53.4) | 5392 (55.1) | 6138 (54.9) |
Separated/divorced | 225 (16.1) | 1025 (10.5) | 1250 (11.2) |
Widowed | 182 (13.0) | 1982 (20.3) | 2164 (19.4) |
Unknown | 39 (2.8) | 332 (3.4) | 371 (3.3) |
Health insurance status, no. (%) | |||
Uninsured | 177 (12.7) | 383 (3.9) | 560 (5.0) |
Privately insured | 720 (51.5) | 5065 (51.8) | 5785 (51.8) |
Medicare | 373 (26.7) | 3682 (37.7) | 4055 (36.3) |
Medicaid | 120 (8.6) | 261 (2.7) | 381 (3.4) |
Unknown | 7 (0.5) | 387 (4.0) | 394 (3.5) |
Chemotherapy,a no. (%) | |||
Yes | 946 (67.7) | 4592 (47.0) | 5538 (49.6) |
No | 442 (31.6) | 4928 (50.4) | 5370 (48.1) |
Unknown | 9 (0.6) | 258 (2.6) | 267 (2.4) |
Hormonal therapy,a no. (%) | |||
Yes | 341 (24.4) | 1439 (14.7) | 1780 (15.9) |
No | 1052 (75.3) | 8130 (83.1) | 9182 (82.2) |
Unknown | 4 (0.3) | 209 (2.1) | 213 (1.9) |
Any adjuvant therapy,b no. (%) | |||
Yes | 1099 (78.7) | 5276 (54.0) | 6375 (57.0) |
No | 290 (20.8) | 4238) (43.3) | 4528 (40.5) |
Unknown | 8 (0.6) | 264 (2.7) | 272 (2.4) |
Note. All differences between teaching facilities and nonteaching facilities were significant with P < .001.
aFor chemotherapy and hormonal therapy, the category coded recommended but unknown if given was coded as received. Exclusion of these cases did not change our results.
b“Any adjuvant therapy” includes chemotherapy alone, hormonal therapy alone, or the 2 therapies together.