TABLE 3.
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY POPULATION BY SUBGROUP
| Characteristics a | White Men |
Men of Other Races |
White Women |
Women of Other Races |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without Disability |
With Disability |
Without Disability |
With Disability |
Without Disability |
With Disability |
Without Disability |
With Disability |
|
| Total Number of Cases | 31,643 | 4,974 | 7,687 | 1,720 | 26,302 | 2,388 | 4,990 | 717 |
| Mean Age at Diagnosis (Std. Dev.) | 72.7 (5.7) | 67.9 (7.7) | 72.3 (5.6) | 66.8 (8.3) | 72.9 (5.9) | 68.5 (7.7) | 72.4 (5.9) | 67.3 (8.0) |
| Stage Distribution at Diagnosis | ||||||||
| IV (%) | 33.8 | 34.9 | 32.4 | 35.1 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 31.8 | 28.5 |
| III (%) | 27.8 | 26.3 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 26.7 | 26.0 | 30.9 | 32.9 |
| II (%) | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| I (%) | 21.5 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 17.0 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 21.4 | 21.2 |
| Other Stage (%) | 12.9 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 14.2 |
| Disease/Treatment Characteristics | ||||||||
| NSCLC (%) | 82.5 | 81.7 | 85.1 | 85.9 | 77.4 | 75.8 | 82.6 | 78.5 |
| Confirmed Cancer-Directed Surgery (%) | 27.7 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 21.0 | 29.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 24.4 |
| Radiation Therapy (%) | 44.9 | 43.1 | 45.2 | 46.3 | 40.6 | 39.8 | 41.7 | 41.8 |
| Insurance/Socio-Economic Characteristics | ||||||||
| Continuous FFS (%) | 81.1 | 81.7 | 75.3 | 79.0 | 78.7 | 81.8 | 73.8 | 79.1 |
| State Buy-In (%) | 7.0 | 20.1 | 32.3 | 39.2 | 11.3 | 37.8 | 40.4 | 56.0 |
| Low Income Census Tract (%) | 21.0 | 27.4 | 41.5 | 54.7 | 18.7 | 25.3 | 40.8 | 54.4 |
| Low Schooling Census Tract (%) | 18.0 | 26.0 | 50.6 | 60.3 | 17.7 | 25.2 | 48.1 | 61.9 |
| High Minority Census Tract (%) | 14.5 | 18.2 | 66.5 | 68.8 | 15.3 | 19.3 | 65.2 | 73.5 |
| Outcomes | ||||||||
| Survivor Q64 (%) | 9.7 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 14.3 | 10.3 | 13.5 | 10.7 |
| Decedent: Lung Cancer (%) | 72.4 | 72.3 | 72.3 | 72.8 | 68.9 | 70.5 | 68.6 | 66.7 |
| Other Causes (%) | 17.9 | 20.2 | 18.7 | 19.8 | 16.8 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 22.6 |
| Mean (Net) Follow-Up Quarters | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
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See text and Table 2 for definitions and descriptions.