Table 2.

Association of Individual Characteristics with Early-stage Cancer Diagnosis

Individual race	Breast		Colorectal		Prostate		Lung
	Black	Hispanic	Black	Hispanic	Black	Hispanic	Black	Hispanic
Odds ratio (relative to whites)
Age (ref: 65–74 years)
75–84	0.92*	0.92*	1.05*	1.03	0.48*	0.47*	1.06 *	1.07*
≥85	0.81*	0.80*	1.10*	1.09*	0.21*	0.21*	0.92*	0.92*
Sex (ref: female)
Male			0.90*	0.90*			0.83*	0.82*
Ever eligible state buy-in coverage (ref: no)
Yes	0.93	0.99	1.19*	1.22*	0.72*	0.75*	1.26*	1.24*
Charlson comorbidity score:(ref: none)
1	1.30*	1.31*	1.13*	1.11*	1.25*	1.20*	1.42*	1.43*
2	1.27*	1.27*	1.23*	1.20*	0.95	0.94	1.47*	1.48*
>3	1.15	1.11	1.25*	1.23*	0.90	0.84*	1.37*	1.35*

Models adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, sex (for individuals with colorectal and lung cancer), marital status, comorbidity, eligibility for state buy-in coverage, cancer type, year of diagnosis, Medicare coverage in the 13 months before diagnosis, HMO coverage after diagnosis, urban/rural indicator, area category (segregation/income), and interaction terms between race and area categories.

*Comparison of blacks or Hispanics to whites significant at P < .05