Table 2.
Cancer incidence and NCI treatment trial enrollment, North Carolina, by county presence of an NCI CCOP practice or a medical school.
| Counties with CCOP Practice (1996–2007) | Counties with Medical School (1996–2007) | All Other Counties (1996–2007) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Incidence (n) |
Number Enrolled (n) |
Estimated Enrollment Rate (%) |
OR | Cancer Incidence (n) |
Number Enrolled (n) |
Estimated Enrollment Rate (%) |
OR | Cancer Incidence (n) |
Number Enrolled (n) |
Estimated Enrollment Rate (%) |
OR | ||||
| Overall† | 168,566 | 4,516 | 2.68% | 1.26 | *** | 46,108 | 1,323 | 2.87% | 1.35 | *** | 284,795 | 6,084 | 2.14% | 1.00 | - |
| Proportion of Popluation that is Minority Race | |||||||||||||||
| General population | 27.20% | 35.24% | 25.58% | ||||||||||||
| Incidence population | 19.02% | 25.98% | 18.73% | ||||||||||||
| Trial population | 18.78% | 24.64% | 17.14% | ||||||||||||
| Gender | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 83,247 | 1,490 | 1.79% | 1.00 | 22,262 | 404 | 1.81% | 1.00 | 146,232 | 2,073 | 1.42% | 1.00 | |||
| Female | 85,314 | 3,020 | 3.54% | 2.01 | *** | 23,846 | 918 | 3.85% | 2.17 | *** | 138,559 | 4,005 | 2.89% | 2.07 | *** |
| Unknown/not documented | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | - | ||||||
| Race | |||||||||||||||
| White | 136,498 | 3,634 | 2.66% | 1.00 | 34,127 | 984 | 2.88% | 1.00 | 231,461 | 4,997 | 2.16% | 1.00 | |||
| Minority | 32,068 | 848 | 2.64% | 0.99 | 11,981 | 326 | 2.72% | 0.94 | 53,334 | 1,043 | 1.96% | 0.90 | ** | ||
| Unknown/not documented | 0 | 34 | - | 0 | 13 | - | 0 | 44 | - | ||||||
| Gender * Race | |||||||||||||||
| White Males | 67,239 | 1,187 | 1.77% | 1.00 | 16,262 | 299 | 1.84% | 1.00 | 118,341 | 1,737 | 1.47% | 1.00 | |||
| White Females | 69,255 | 2,443 | 3.53% | 2.04 | *** | 17,865 | 684 | 3.83% | 2.13 | *** | 113,118 | 3,258 | 2.88% | 1.99 | *** |
| Minority Males | 16,008 | 285 | 1.78% | 1.01 | 6,000 | 99 | 1.65% | 0.90 | 27,891 | 313 | 1.12% | 0.76 | *** | ||
| Minority Females | 16,059 | 561 | 3.49% | 2.01 | *** | 5,981 | 227 | 3.80% | 2.11 | *** | 25,441 | 726 | 2.85% | 1.97 | *** |
| Unknown/not documented | 5 | 40 | - | 0 | 14 | - | 4 | 50 | - | ||||||
| Age | |||||||||||||||
| Avg age at Diagnosis, Enrollment | 64.48 (14.29) | 57.5 (13.0) | 64.48 (14.43) | 57.3 (13.9) | 65.42 (13.66) | 58.0 (12.9) | |||||||||
| Percentile uninsured (county-level) | |||||||||||||||
| Quartile 1 (Fewest uninsured) | 6,190 | 556 | 8.98% | 1.00 | 6,952 | 97 | 1.40% | 1.00 | 64,437 | 1,452 | 2.71% | 1.00 | |||
| Quartile 2 | 24,412 | 800 | 3.28% | 0.34 | *** | 33,239 | 985 | 2.96% | 2.16 | *** | 78,159 | 1,811 | 2.52% | 1.03 | |
| Quartile 3 | 70,722 | 1,685 | 2.38% | 0.25 | *** | - | - | - | - | 91,515 | 1,796 | 2.15% | 0.87 | *** | |
| Quartile 4 (Most uninsured) | 67,242 | 1,475 | 2.19% | 0.23 | *** | 5,917 | 241 | 4.07% | 3.00 | *** | 50,684 | 1,025 | 2.21% | 0.90 | ** |
| Unknown/County not documented | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||
| Years (Unknown counties not removed) | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | 32,623 | 647 | 1.98% | 1.00 | 10,012 | 216 | 2.16% | 1.00 | 62,042 | 1,026 | 1.65% | 1.00 | |||
| 1999–2001 | 38,757 | 1,078 | 2.78% | 1.41 | *** | 10,817 | 336 | 3.11% | 1.45 | *** | 68,439 | 1,621 | 2.37% | 1.44 | *** |
| 2002–2004 | 43,826 | 1,076 | 2.46% | 1.24 | *** | 12,113 | 330 | 2.72% | 1.27 | ** | 73,089 | 1,461 | 2.00% | 1.21 | *** |
| 2005–2007 | 53,360 | 1,715 | 3.21% | 1.64 | *** | 13,166 | 441 | 3.35% | 1.57 | *** | 81,225 | 1,976 | 2.43% | 1.48 | *** |
†
ORs for "Overall" compare CCOP and Medical School counties to "All Other Counties;" for other measures, ORs compare among categories within measures.
Statistical Significance: 0.001: *** ; 0.01: ** ; 0.1: *