Table 1.
Demographic and tumor characteristics of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Texas from 1995–2002, by race/ethnicity (percent)
| Non-Hispanic White (n=65,478) | Non-Hispanic Black (n=10,770) | Hispanic (n=10,650) | Asian/Pacific Islander (n=546) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Mean age, yrs (range) | 68.5 (26–105) | 67.4 (29–105) | 69.4 (29–111) | 68.1 (41–98) | ||||
| REF | p=0.0000 | p=0.0000 | p=0.2627 | |||||
| SEER Summary Stage | ||||||||
| Localized | 43,673 | 66.70 | 6,460 | 59.98 | 6,495 | 60.99 | 359 | 65.75 |
| Regional/Distant | 8,487 | 12.96 | 1,825 | 16.95 | 1,740 | 16.34 | 78 | 14.29 |
| Unknown | 13,318 | 20.34 | 2,485 | 23.07 | 2,415 | 22.68 | 109 | 19.96 |
| REF | p=0.0001 | p=0.0001 | p=0.656 | |||||
| Tumor Grade | ||||||||
| Well differentiated | 4,990 | 7.62 | 731 | 6.79 | 932 | 8.75 | 38 | 6.96 |
| Moderately differentiated | 38,280 | 58.46 | 5,600 | 52.00 | 5,439 | 51.08 | 319 | 58.42 |
| Poorly differentiated | 11,897 | 18.17 | 2,316 | 21.50 | 2,538 | 23.83 | 111 | 20.33 |
| Undifferentiated | 534 | 0.82 | 84 | 0.78 | 106 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.18 |
| Unknown | 9,777 | 14.93 | 2,039 | 18.93 | 1,635 | 15.35 | 77 | 14.10 |
| REF | p=0.0001 | p=0.0001 | p=0.328 | |||||
| SES* | ||||||||
| Very high SES | 23,210 | 35.45 | 1,379 | 12.8 | 1,481 | 13.91 | 239 | 43.77 |
| High SES | 16,284 | 24.87 | 1,729 | 16.05 | 1,559 | 14.64 | 122 | 22.34 |
| Mid SES | 12,317 | 18.81 | 1,827 | 16.96 | 1,500 | 14.08 | 90 | 16.48 |
| Low SES | 8,497 | 12.98 | 2,351 | 21.84 | 2,474 | 23.23 | 53 | 9.71 |
| Very low SES | 5,170 | 7.90 | 3,484 | 32.35 | 3,636 | 34.14 | 42 | 7.69 |
| REF | p=0.0001 | p=0.0001 | p=0.001 | |||||
| Diagnosis Year | ||||||||
| 1995 | 7,585 | 11.58 | 1,281 | 11.89 | 1,102 | 10.35 | 45 | 8.24 |
| 1996 | 7,559 | 11.54 | 1,216 | 11.29 | 1,154 | 10.84 | 40 | 7.33 |
| 1997 | 8,105 | 12.38 | 1,254 | 11.64 | 1,224 | 11.49 | 55 | 10.07 |
| 1998 | 8,193 | 12.51 | 1,366 | 12.68 | 1,261 | 11.84 | 67 | 12.27 |
| 1999 | 8,496 | 12.97 | 1,339 | 12.43 | 1,379 | 12.95 | 82 | 15.02 |
| 2000 | 8,327 | 12.72 | 1,414 | 13.13 | 1,434 | 13.46 | 72 | 13.19 |
| 2001 | 8,665 | 13.23 | 1,479 | 13.73 | 1,520 | 14.27 | 97 | 17.77 |
| 2002 | 8,548 | 13.05 | 1,421 | 13.19 | 1,576 | 14.80 | 88 | 16.12 |
| REF | p=0.148 | p=0.0001 | p=0.0001 | |||||
| Rural Residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 53,040 | 81.00 | 9,303 | 86.38 | 9,235 | 86.71 | 507 | 92.86 |
| Large town | 7,287 | 11.13 | 920 | 8.54 | 915 | 8.59 | 17 | 3.11 |
| Small town | 3,443 | 5.26 | 363 | 3.37 | 411 | 3.86 | 9 | 1.65 |
| Rural | 1,708 | 2.61 | 184 | 1.71 | 89 | 0.84 | 13 | 2.38 |
| REF | p=0.0001 | p=0.0001 | p=0.0001 | |||||
*
Socioeconomic status (SES) is based on a census-derived composite index with quintiles ranging from very high to very low.