Table 2.

Patient characteristics and receipt of curative therapy.

Patient characteristic		Percent receiving curative therapy						Black vs. White
		Full sample a		Black a		White a
		N	%	N	%	N	%	P-value b
Age	67–69	15,493	77.2	1822	64.6	13,671	78.9	<0.001
	70–74	25,166	73.3	2510	63.9	22,656	74.4	<0.001
	75–79	19,141	59.5	1692	48.5	17,449	60.5	<0.001
	80–84	9017	34.8	699	25.5	8318	35.6	<0.001
Tumor risk	Low	38,783	62.0	3464	54.7	35,329	62.7	<0.001
	Moderate	30,024	69.6	3259	57.9	26,765	71.0	<0.001
Marital status	Married	49,445	69.2	3725	61.2	45,720	69.9	<0.001
	Not married	13,984	57.6	2479	51.4	11,505	58.9	<0.001
	Unknown	5388	49.1	519	43.9	4869	49.6	0.01
Comorbidity	0	37,081	67.6	3232	56.0	33,849	68.7	<0.001
	1,2	24,091	65.6	2390	59.6	21,701	66.2	<0.001
	≥3	7645	53.4	1101	49.7	6544	54.0	0.008
Income	Q1: <$35,528	17,458	57.7	3807	51.4	13,651	59.4	<0.001
	Q2: $35,528–<47,930	17,344	65.1	1520	59.9	15,824	65.6	<0.001
	Q3: $47,930–<65,852	17,104	67.9	942	64.4	16,162	68.1	0.02
	Q4: >$65,852	16,911	70.7	454	66.3	16,457	70.9	0.04
Life expectancy	<10 years	47,708	60.6	4771	53.6	42,937	61.4	<0.001
	≥10 years	21,109	75.9	1952	62.6	19,157	77.2	<0.001
Clinical benefit	Low c	26,410	56.7	2445	51.9	23,965	57.2	<0.001
	Intermediate d	33,681	68.4	3345	57.2	30,336	69.6	<0.001
	High e	8726	79.6	933	64.2	7793	81.4	<0.001
Overall		68,817	65.3	6723	56.2	62,094	66.3	<0.001

^aChi-square test for receipt of curative therapy and each covariate: P<0.001 for all comparisons.

^bP-value is for chi-square test of whether receipt of curative therapy differs between black and white patients.

^cLow-benefit: low-risk tumors and life expectancy <10 years.

^dIntermediate-benefit: low-risk tumors and life expectancy ≥10 years or moderate-risk tumors and life expectancy <10 years.

^eHigh-benefit: moderate-risk tumors and life expectancy ≥10 years.