Table 1.
Demographic and Tumor Characteristics by SSDI Status and Disability Group
|
Disability Group* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic, Registry, Diagnosis Year, and Tumor Characteristics | Not SSDI | Mental Disorders | Neurological Conditions | Circulatory/ Respiratory | Musculoskeletal |
| Number of women | 87,661 | 767 | 184 | 306 | 526 |
| Demographic characteristics | |||||
| Age in years: mean (SD)† | 50.4 (8.7) | 52.5 (7.7) | 53.3 (7.4) | 58.1 (5.6) | 57.1 (6.4) |
| Race/ethnicity (%)† | |||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 75.7 | 66.4 | 79.9 | 68.0 | 65.6 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 8.0 | 20.5 | 13.0 | 21.6 | 19.0 |
| Hispanic | 7.0 | 8.3 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 11.2 |
| Other | 9.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| Marital status (%)† | |||||
| Never married | 12.6 | 35.5 | 20.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 |
| Married | 68.9 | 24.1 | 53.8 | 46.4 | 48.7 |
| Widowed | 4.7 | 10.2 | 7.1 | 16.7 | 16.4 |
| Other | 13.8 | 30.3 | 18.5 | 25.2 | 21.8 |
| Tumor registry (%)‡ | |||||
| Connecticut | 11.4 | 13.3 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 10.8 |
| Hawaii | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Iowa | 8.7 | 8.3 | 13.0 | 8.2 | 8.8 |
| New Mexico | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 5.7 |
| Utah | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
| Atlanta | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 4.9 |
| Detroit | 12.5 | 16.7 | 13.6 | 19.3 | 14.5 |
| Los Angeles | 16.7 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 16.5 |
| San Francisco/Oakland | 13.6 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 |
| San Jose/Monterey | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
| Seattle/Puget Sound | 12.1 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 10.8 | 12.9 |
| Year of diagnosis (%)† | |||||
| 1988–1991 | 22.3 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 21.2 | 15.2 |
| 1992–1995 | 34.7 | 34.0 | 29.4 | 33.7 | 34.2 |
| 1996–1999 | 43.0 | 50.6 | 57.6 | 45.1 | 50.6 |
| Breast tumor characteristics (%) | |||||
| Stage‡ | |||||
| I | 51.4 | 49.9 | 51.1 | 55.2 | 57.8 |
| IIA | 31.7 | 30.1 | 29.4 | 29.7 | 31.2 |
| IIB | 17.0 | 20.0 | 19.6 | 15.0 | 11.0 |
| Lymph nodes† | |||||
| Negative | 63.2 | 58.8 | 61.4 | 60.1 | 67.1 |
| Positive | 30.2 | 32.2 | 27.7 | 25.5 | 24.1 |
| Unknown | 6.6 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 14.4 | 8.8 |
| Grade† | |||||
| Well-differentiated | 11.9 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 12.1 | 15.8 |
| Moderately differentiated | 31.8 | 33.5 | 34.2 | 36.6 | 31.9 |
| Poorly differentiated | 31.7 | 28.8 | 31.0 | 28.8 | 29.1 |
| Histology | |||||
| Ductal | 79.0 | 75.8 | 75.0 | 81.1 | 78.5 |
| Lobular | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| Mixed ductal/lobular | 5.8 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| Estrogen receptor status†,§ | |||||
| Positive | 53.2 | 55.8 | 60.3 | 57.8 | 52.7 |
| Negative | 20.3 | 21.4 | 21.2 | 18.0 | 23.8 |
| Progesterone receptor status†,§ | |||||
| Positive | 47.0 | 51.1 | 50.0 | 50.7 | 45.3 |
| Negative | 24.2 | 23.9 | 30.4 | 22.9 | 28.3 |
*
Mental disorders=mental disorders and mental retardation; neurological=nervous system disorders; circulatory/respiratory=circulatory conditions and respiratory conditions; musculoskeletal=musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders.
†
p-value <.0001 for comparison across all groups.
‡
p-value=.002 for comparison across all groups.
§
Receptor status collected starting in 1990.