Table 1.
Patient Demographics, Cancer Site of Diagnosis, and County Poverty by Place of Residence
| Place of Residence
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All JH SKCCC Patients N = 17,637 (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catchment Area
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| Baltimore City N = 1952 (%) |
Non–Baltimore City* N = 11,145 (%) |
Non–Catchment Area† N = 4540 (%) |
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| Race | ||||
| White | 839 (43.0) | 9468 (85.0) | 4159 (91.6) | 14466 (82.0) |
| Black | 1082 (55.4) | 1229 (11.0) | 245 (5.4) | 2556 (14.5) |
| Other | 31 (1.6) | 448 (4.0) | 136 (3.0) | 615 (3.5) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 973 (49.8) | 6519 (58.5) | 3311 (72.9) | 10803 (61.3) |
| Female | 979 (50.2) | 4626 (41.5) | 1229 (27.1) | 6834 (38.7) |
| Age (y) | ||||
| < 20 | 60 (3.1) | 313 (2.8) | 100 (2.2) | 473 (2.7) |
| 20–64 | 1148 (58.8) | 7179 (64.4) | 3122 (68.8) | 11449 (64.9) |
| 65+ | 744 (38.1) | 3653 (32.8) | 1318 (29.0) | 5715 (32.4) |
| Cancer site | ||||
| Brain | 42 (2.2) | 432 (3.9) | 167 (3.7) | 641 (3.6) |
| Breast | 301 (15.4) | 1153 (10.3) | 281 (6.2) | 1735 (9.8) |
| Gastrointestinal | 302 (15.5) | 1767 (15.9) | 819 (18.0) | 2888 (16.4) |
| Hematopoietic | 174 (8.9) | 1149 (10.3) | 229 (5.0) | 1552 (8.8) |
| Prostate | 241 (12.3) | 2180 (19.6) | 1967 (43.3) | 4388 (24.9) |
| Upper aerodigestive | 410 (21.0) | 1397 (12.5) | 337 (7.4) | 2134 (12.1) |
| Other | 482 (24.7) | 3067 (27.5) | 750 (16.5) | 4299 (24.4) |
| County poverty (quartile) | ||||
| Unknown | – | 0 (0.0) | 741 (16.3) | 741 (4.2) |
| 1 (least) | – | 9760 (87.6) | 1372 (30.2) | 11132 (63.1) |
| 2 | – | 996 (8.9) | 1072 (23.6) | 2068 (11.7) |
| 3 | – | 52 (0.5) | 917 (20.2) | 969 (5.5) |
| 4 (most) | 1952 (100.0) | 337 (3.0) | 438 (9.6) | 2727 (15.5) |
Abbreviation: JH SKCCC, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.
*
57 Counties clustering around Baltimore City.
†
All other counties in the continental United States.