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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2008 Dec 15;113(12):3382–3390. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23959

Table 1.

Sample characteristics

Characteristic (continuous) Mean (Std. Dev.)
/ Median
Age (range: 40-74) 54.5 (8.6)
/ 54
Subjective Numeracy Score (range: 1-6) 4.14 (1.13)
/ 4.38
Characteristic (binary) N (%)
Race:
 Caucasian 1339 (82.7%)
 African-American 185 (11.4%)
 Other / mixed race 283 (17.6%)
Hispanic ethnicity (any race) 178 (11.1%)
Education:
 HS diploma or less 404 (25.0%)
 Some college 779 (48.2%)
 Bachelor’s degree or more 434 (26.8%)
Prior breast cancer experience:
 Prior breast biopsy 365 (22.6%)
 Prior breast cancer diagnosis 69 (4.3%)
 First-degree relative with breast cancer 313 (19.4%)