Table 1.
Socioeconomic and Ethnic Background Characteristics of the SEER Study Population, 2000–2007
| Inflammatory Breast Cancer n and (%) |
Non-Inflammatory Breast Cancer n and (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Mean Age at Diagnosis (SD) | 58.0 (14.5) | 60.7 (14.3) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 3,707 (67.0) | 253,442 (75.0) |
| Black | 806 (14.6) | 30,780 (9.1) |
| Hispanic White | 704 (12.7) | 29,111 (8.6) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 280 (5.1) | 23,252 (6.9) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 39 (0.7) | 1,506 (0.4) |
| Residence at Diagnosisa | ||
| Metro County | 4,966 (89.9) | 304,346 (90.1) |
| Non-Metro County | 559 (10.1) | 33,362 (9.9) |
| County-Level % Below Poverty | ||
| <10.00% | 1,917 (34.6) | 134,331 (39.7) |
| 10.00–19.99% | 3,122 (56.4) | 179,577 (53.1) |
| ≥20.00% | 497 (9.0) | 24,183 (7.2) |
| County-Level % Less than High School Graduate |
||
| ≤15.99% | 1,669 (30.2) | 118,092 (34.9) |
| 16–20.80% | 1,699 (30.7) | 107,849 (31.9) |
| 20.81–28.76% | 855 (15.4) | 45,123 (13.4) |
| >28.76% | 1,313 (23.7) | 67,027 (19.8) |
| Poverty-High School Index: | ||
| High SEP | 1,250 (22.6) | 92,447 (27.3) |
| Middle SEP | 2,845 (51.4) | 171,883 (50.8) |
| Low SEP | 1,441 (26.0) | 73,761 (21.8) |
a
394 cases missing RUCC – Note: no other cases missing