Table 2.

Unadjusted probability of surviving 5 or more years for men diagnosed with prostate cancer from 1995–1998, by race/ethnicity or socioeconomic status (SES)

	Deaths from all causes	Deaths from prostate cancer	Kaplan-Meier Survivor Function (95% CI)
			All-causes	* p-value for log rank test	Prostate-specific	* p-value for log rank test
Race/Ethnicity				<0.001		<0.001
Non-Hispanic White	14,476	4,871	0.79 (0.78–0.79)		0.92 (0.92–0.92)
Non-Hispanic Black	3,316	1,529	0.70 (0.68–0.71)		0.83 (0.82–0.85)
Hispanic	2,622	1,059	0.74 (0.73–0.76)		0.88 (0.87–0.89)
Asian/Pacific Islander	82	34	0.86 (0.80–0.90)		0.94 (0.89–0.97)
SES#				<0.001		<0.001
Very high SES	4,529	1,521	0.83 (0.82–0.83)		0.94 (0.93–0.94)
High SES	4,302	1,534	0.78 (0.77–0.79)		0.92 (0.91–0.92)
Mid SES	3,882	1,357	0.76 (0.75–077)		0.90 (0.89–0.91)
Low SES	3,866	1,499	0.72 (0.70–0.73)		0.87 (0.86–0.88)
Very low SES	3,917	1,582	0.70 (0.69–0.71)		0.85 (0.84–0.86)

^*p-values are from the log rank test for equality of survivor functions among the groups

^#Socioeconomic status (SES) is based on a census-derived composite index with quintiles ranging from very high to very low.