Table 1.

Age-Standardized characteristics at diagnosis according to race/ethnicity among women diagnosed with breast cancer, NCCN, 2000–2007, (n=21,427)

CHARACTERISTIC	WHITE N=17,696	HISPANIC N=1,363	BLACK N=1,718	ASIAN N=650	P- VALUE
Age at diagnosis [mean (SD)]1	55.5 (12.6)	51.4 (12.2)	53.8 (12.8)	50.6 (11.7)	<0.0001
Time to diagnosis (days), %					<0.0001
0–29	52	39	42	45
30–59	24	24	24	24
60–89	8	11	10	10
90–179	8	14	12	10
≥180	8	12	11	11
Menopausal status, %					0.02
Pre	39	46	41	53
Post	61	54	59	47
Comorbidity score [mean(SD)]	0.30 (0.7)	0.2 (0.2)	0.5 (0.5)	0.2 (0.1)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2), %					<0.0001
< 18.5	1	1	1	5
18.5–25	40	31	18	63
25–30	30	34	27	26
≥ 30	28	34	54	6
Histologic/nuclear grade, %					<0.0001
Low	15	12	7	12
Intermediate	42	43	29	46
High	43	45	64	42
Hormone receptor status, %					<0.0001
ER+PR+	62	58	42	61
ER+PR−	14	15	17	12
ER−PR+	2	3	3	2
ER−PR−	22	24	38	25
Educational status, %					<0.0001
High school or less	31	48	41	25
Some college	26	21	30	17
College graduate	25	18	17	34
Graduate school	18	12	12	25
Insurance status, %					<0.0001
Managed care	65	56	57	72
Medicare	21	10	19	8
Medicaid	3	21	15	9
Indemnity	7	2	5	5
Other/unk./miss	3	11	4	7
Employment status, %					<0.0001
Employed/student	53	51	53	57
Homemaker/retired	38	40	27	35
Unable to work/unemp./other	8	9	20	8