Table 1.
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Men by Primary Treatment Group
| Characteristic | WW/AS |
RP |
Brachytherapy |
EBRT |
Cryotherapy |
PADT |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Age, years | ||||||||||||||
| < 50 | 4 | 1.3 | 276 | 88.2 | 15 | 4.8 | 6 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 11 | 3.5 | 313 | 2.6 |
| 50-65 | 130 | 2.5 | 3,813 | 73.6 | 520 | 10.0 | 288 | 5.6 | 146 | 2.8 | 285 | 5.5 | 5,182 | 43.6 |
| 65-75 | 345 | 7.4 | 1,796 | 38.6 | 801 | 17.2 | 751 | 16.1 | 273 | 5.9 | 686 | 14.7 | 4,652 | 39.1 |
| > 75 | 331 | 19.0 | 46 | 2.6 | 247 | 14.2 | 337 | 19.3 | 54 | 3.1 | 730 | 41.8 | 1,745 | 14.7 |
| Race | ||||||||||||||
| White | 710 | 6.9 | 5,191 | 50.7 | 1,394 | 13.6 | 1,142 | 11.1 | 436 | 4.3 | 1,373 | 13.4 | 10,246 | 86.2 |
| African American | 76 | 6.2 | 548 | 44.5 | 118 | 9.6 | 202 | 16.4 | 27 | 2.2 | 260 | 21.1 | 1,231 | 10.4 |
| Latino | 9 | 4.7 | 79 | 41.1 | 53 | 27.6 | 18 | 9.4 | 6 | 3.1 | 27 | 14.1 | 192 | 1.6 |
| Asian | 8 | 8.6 | 36 | 38.7 | 11 | 11.8 | 11 | 11.8 | 1 | 1.1 | 26 | 28.0 | 93 | 0.8 |
| Native American | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 76.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 8.0 | 3 | 12.0 | 25 | 0.2 |
| Mixed | 2 | 4.4 | 27 | 60.0 | 6 | 13.3 | 2 | 4.4 | 2 | 4.4 | 6 | 13.3 | 45 | 0.4 |
| Unknown | 5 | 8.3 | 31 | 51.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 6 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 28.3 | 60 | 0.5 |
| Region | ||||||||||||||
| West | 227 | 13.1 | 829 | 47.8 | 202 | 11.7 | 130 | 7.5 | 66 | 3.8 | 279 | 16.1 | 1,733 | 14.6 |
| East | 303 | 5.7 | 2,785 | 51.9 | 631 | 11.8 | 772 | 14.4 | 304 | 5.7 | 566 | 10.6 | 5,361 | 45.1 |
| Midwest | 160 | 6.3 | 1,450 | 57.2 | 296 | 11.7 | 227 | 9.0 | 47 | 1.9 | 356 | 14.0 | 2,536 | 21.3 |
| South | 120 | 5.3 | 867 | 38.3 | 454 | 20.1 | 253 | 11.2 | 57 | 2.5 | 511 | 22.6 | 2,262 | 19.0 |
| Insurance | ||||||||||||||
| Private | 140 | 2.8 | 3,565 | 70.4 | 592 | 11.7 | 255 | 5.0 | 165 | 3.3 | 347 | 6.9 | 5,064 | 42.6 |
| Medicare | 157 | 9.2 | 501 | 29.2 | 255 | 14.9 | 333 | 19.4 | 106 | 6.2 | 361 | 21.1 | 1,713 | 14.4 |
| Medicare + supplemental insurance | 414 | 9.8 | 1,501 | 35.7 | 650 | 15.5 | 650 | 15.5 | 189 | 4.5 | 802 | 19.1 | 4,206 | 35.4 |
| Veterans affairs | 58 | 17.7 | 135 | 41.3 | 52 | 15.9 | 27 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 16.8 | 327 | 2.7 |
| Other/unknown | 41 | 7.0 | 229 | 39.3 | 34 | 5.8 | 117 | 20.1 | 14 | 2.4 | 147 | 25.3 | 582 | 4.9 |
| Education | ||||||||||||||
| No high school | 38 | 7.4 | 166 | 32.1 | 79 | 15.3 | 85 | 16.4 | 20 | 3.9 | 129 | 25.0 | 517 | 4.3 |
| Some high school | 98 | 10.6 | 345 | 37.2 | 138 | 14.9 | 123 | 13.3 | 42 | 4.5 | 182 | 19.6 | 928 | 7.8 |
| High school graduate | 169 | 7.2 | 1,130 | 48.0 | 311 | 13.2 | 293 | 12.4 | 125 | 5.3 | 327 | 13.9 | 2,355 | 19.8 |
| Some college | 126 | 7.1 | 936 | 52.8 | 221 | 12.5 | 177 | 10.0 | 77 | 4.3 | 235 | 13.3 | 1,772 | 14.9 |
| College graduate | 83 | 5.0 | 993 | 59.9 | 167 | 10.1 | 186 | 11.2 | 73 | 4.4 | 155 | 9.4 | 1,657 | 13.9 |
| Graduate school | 93 | 5.2 | 1,084 | 60.2 | 225 | 12.5 | 186 | 10.3 | 42 | 2.3 | 170 | 9.4 | 1,800 | 15.1 |
| Missing | 203 | 7.1 | 1,277 | 44.6 | 442 | 15.4 | 332 | 11.6 | 95 | 3.3 | 514 | 18.0 | 2,863 | 24.1 |
| Annual income, $ | ||||||||||||||
| Zero | 1 | 2.7 | 10 | 27.0 | 6 | 16.2 | 5 | 13.5 | 2 | 5.4 | 13 | 35.1 | 37 | 0.3 |
| < 5,000 | 5 | 6.0 | 17 | 20.2 | 9 | 10.7 | 17 | 20.2 | 4 | 4.8 | 32 | 38.1 | 84 | 0.7 |
| 5,000-10,000 | 19 | 6.8 | 89 | 31.9 | 31 | 11.1 | 39 | 14.0 | 11 | 3.9 | 90 | 32.3 | 279 | 2.3 |
| 10,000-20,000 | 98 | 10.9 | 269 | 29.8 | 156 | 17.3 | 146 | 16.2 | 48 | 5.3 | 185 | 20.5 | 902 | 7.6 |
| 20,000-30,000 | 111 | 8.5 | 532 | 40.8 | 196 | 15.0 | 194 | 14.9 | 67 | 5.1 | 205 | 15.7 | 1,305 | 11.0 |
| 30,000-50,000 | 134 | 6.8 | 1,000 | 50.4 | 264 | 13.3 | 231 | 11.6 | 101 | 5.1 | 254 | 12.8 | 1,984 | 16.7 |
| 50,000-75,000 | 64 | 4.4 | 904 | 62.5 | 156 | 10.8 | 121 | 8.4 | 55 | 3.8 | 147 | 10.2 | 1,447 | 12.2 |
| > 75,000 | 80 | 4.1 | 1,396 | 71.0 | 188 | 9.6 | 147 | 7.5 | 45 | 2.3 | 110 | 5.6 | 1,966 | 16.5 |
| Unknown | 298 | 7.7 | 1,714 | 44.1 | 577 | 14.8 | 482 | 12.4 | 141 | 3.6 | 676 | 17.4 | 3,888 | 32.7 |
| Comorbidities | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | 72 | 4.4 | 1,059 | 65.5 | 145 | 9.0 | 147 | 9.1 | 54 | 3.3 | 141 | 8.7 | 1,618 | 13.6 |
| 1 | 117 | 4.8 | 1,453 | 59.3 | 283 | 11.5 | 254 | 10.4 | 114 | 4.6 | 231 | 9.4 | 2,452 | 20.6 |
| 2 | 154 | 6.6 | 1,158 | 49.7 | 317 | 13.6 | 285 | 12.2 | 102 | 4.4 | 312 | 13.4 | 2,328 | 19.6 |
| 3 | 137 | 8.9 | 645 | 41.8 | 225 | 14.6 | 188 | 12.2 | 72 | 4.7 | 275 | 17.8 | 1,542 | 13.0 |
| > 3 | 137 | 11.2 | 399 | 32.6 | 179 | 14.6 | 204 | 16.7 | 47 | 3.8 | 258 | 21.1 | 1,224 | 10.3 |
| Unknown | 193 | 7.1 | 1,217 | 44.6 | 434 | 15.9 | 304 | 11.1 | 85 | 3.1 | 495 | 18.1 | 2,728 | 22.9 |
| Risk group | ||||||||||||||
| Low | 397 | 9.2 | 2,449 | 56.8 | 691 | 16.0 | 315 | 7.3 | 132 | 3.1 | 330 | 7.6 | 4,314 | 36.3 |
| Intermediate | 209 | 4.8 | 2,283 | 52.9 | 581 | 13.5 | 530 | 12.3 | 194 | 4.5 | 515 | 11.9 | 4,312 | 36.3 |
| High | 58 | 3.2 | 576 | 32.2 | 135 | 7.5 | 324 | 18.1 | 109 | 6.1 | 588 | 32.8 | 1,790 | 15.1 |
| Unknown | 146 | 9.9 | 623 | 42.2 | 176 | 11.9 | 213 | 14.4 | 39 | 2.6 | 279 | 18.9 | 1,476 | 12.4 |
| CAPRA score | ||||||||||||||
| 0-2 | 358 | 7.4 | 2,845 | 58.9 | 810 | 16.8 | 315 | 6.5 | 153 | 3.2 | 352 | 7.3 | 4,833 | 40.6 |
| 3-5 | 166 | 4.8 | 1,720 | 49.7 | 453 | 13.1 | 465 | 13.4 | 167 | 4.8 | 487 | 14.1 | 3,458 | 29.1 |
| 6-10 | 33 | 2.6 | 338 | 26.6 | 109 | 8.6 | 272 | 21.4 | 74 | 5.8 | 445 | 35.0 | 1,271 | 10.7 |
| Unknown | 253 | 10.9 | 1,028 | 44.1 | 211 | 9.1 | 330 | 14.2 | 80 | 3.4 | 428 | 18.4 | 2,330 | 19.6 |
| Total | 810 | 5,931 | 1,583 | 1,382 | 474 | 1,712 | 11,892 | |||||||
Abbreviations: WW/AS, watchful waiting/active surveillance; RP, radical prostatectomy; EBRT, external-beam radiation therapy; PADT, primary androgen deprivation therapy; CAPRA, Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment.