Table 1.

Distribution of the study population by cancer site, demographics, socioeconomic attributes, county of residence, Medicaid status, and complexity of care needs

	Cancer Patients N (% of total)
	Breast	Prostate	Colorectal
Demographic Variables
Age:
65-69	921 (20.91)	1,252 (23.48)c	813 (16.86)c
70-74	1,098 (24.93)	1,620 (30.40)	1,059 (22.01)
75-79	1,029 (23.37)	1,300 (24.37)	1,154 (23.93)
80-84	731 (16.60)	684 (12.83)	909 (18.85)
85+	625 (14.19)	478 (8.96)	887 (18.39)
Race:
African-American	311 (7.06)c	551 (10.31)	385 (7.98)
All Other	4,093 (92.94)	4,795 (89.69)	4,437 (92.02)
Sex:
Male	0 (0)c	5,334 (100)c	2,217 (45.98)c
Female	4,404(100)	0 (0)	2,605 (54.02)
Socioeconomic Attributes:
Income:
Quartile 1 (lowest)	1,077 (24.46)	1,229 (23.04)c	1,329 (27.56)c
Quartile 2-3 (IQR)	2,221 (50.43)	2,651 (49.70)	2,416 (50.10)
Quartile 4 (highest)	1,106 (25.11)	1,454 (27.26)	1,077 (22.34)
Education attainment:
Low	391 (8.88)b	520 (9.75)	531 (11.01)b
High	4,013 (91.12)	4,814 (90.25)	4,291 (88.99)
County of Residence:
Appalachian / Rural	1,085 (24.64)c	1,394 (26.13)	1,354 (28.08)b
Metro	2,646 (60.08)	3,055 (57.27)	2,715 (56.30)
Suburban	673 (15.28)	885 (16.59)	753 (15.56)
Medicaid Status:
No	3,989 (90.58)c	5,084 (95.31)c	4,305 (89.28)c
Yes	415 (9.42)	250 (4.69)	517 (10.72)
Complexity of Clinical Presentation and Health Care Needs:
Low	4,067 (92.35)	4,980 (93.36)c	4,359 (90.40)c
Moderate	162 (3.68)	139 (2.61)	202 (4.19)
High	175 (3.97)	215 (4.03)	261 (5.41)
Total Study Population	4,404 (100.00)	5,334 (100.00)	4,822 (100.00)

Level of statistical significance:

^a 0.01 < p ≤ 0.05;

^b0.001 < p ≤ 0.01;

^cp ≤ 0.001