Table 1.
Demographics, stage at diagnosis, and health insurance status by cancer type, New Jersey, 1999–2004, N = 54,002
| Breast (n = 17,939), n (%) | Cervical (n = 1,832), n (%) | Colorectal (n = 7,445), n (%) | Lung (n = 8,185), n (%) | NHL1 (n = 3,885), n (%) | Prostate (n = 11,842), n (%) | Bladder (n = 2,874), n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | – | – | 4,201 (56.4) | 4,359 (53.3) | 2,228 (57.3) | 11,842 (100) | 2,168 (75.4) |
| Female | 17,939 (100) | 1,832 (100) | 3,244 (43.6) | 3,826 (46.7) | 1,657 (42.7) | – | 706 (24.6) |
| Age | |||||||
| 18–39 | 1,927 (10.7) | 582 (31.7) | 563 (7.5) | 226 (2.7) | 712 (18.3) | 20 (0.2) | 123 (4.2) |
| 40–54 | 9,575 (53.4) | 900 (49.1) | 2,955 (39.7) | 2,884 (35.2) | 1,700 (43.8) | 3,039 (25.7) | 1,030 (35.8) |
| 55–64 | 6,438 (35.9) | 351 (19.2) | 3,928 (52.8) | 5,076 (62.0) | 1,474 (37.9) | 8,784 (74.2) | 1,722 (59.9) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
| NH2 white | 13,524 (75.4) | 1,085 (59.2) | 5,279 (70.9) | 6,368 (77.8) | 2,811 (72.4) | 8,607 (72.7) | 2,514 (87.5) |
| NH black | 1,998 (11.1) | 319 (17.4) | 1,121 (15.1) | 1,168 (14.3) | 505 (13.0) | 2,044 (17.3) | 144 (5.0) |
| NH API3 | 838 (4.7) | 64 (3.5) | 332 (4.5) | 202 (2.5) | 146 (3.8) | 241 (2.0) | 63 (2.2) |
| Hispanic | 1,579 (8.8) | 364 (19.9) | 713 (9.6) | 447 (5.5) | 423 (10.9) | 950 (8.0) | 153 (5.3) |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married | 11,802 (65.8) | 866 (47.3) | 5,020 (67.4) | 4,870 (59.5) | 2,435 (62.7) | 9,026 (76.2) | 2,055 (71.5) |
| Not married4 | 6,137 (34.2) | 966 (52.7) | 2,425 (32.6) | 3,315 (40.5) | 1,450 (37.3) | 2,816 (23.8) | 819 (28.5) |
| SES quartile5 | |||||||
| Quartile 1 | 6,366 (35.5) | 362 (19.8) | 2,137 (28.7) | 1,826 (22.3) | 1,191 (30.7) | 4,302 (36.3) | 939 (32.7) |
| Quartile 2 | 4,962 (27.7) | 407 (22.2) | 2,054 (27.6) | 2,294 (28.0) | 1,059 (27.3) | 3,104 (26.2) | 862 (30.0) |
| Quartile 3 | 3,917 (21.8) | 452 (24.7) | 1,815 (24.4) | 2,315 (28.3) | 881 (22.7) | 2,483 (21.0) | 708 (24.6) |
| Quartile 4 | 2,694 (15.0) | 611 (33.4) | 1,439 (19.3) | 1,750 (21.4) | 754 (19.4) | 1,953 (16.5) | 365 (12.7) |
| Stage6 | |||||||
| Local | 10,107 (56.3) | 920 (50.2) | 2,480 (33.3) | 1,128 (13.8) | 1,172 (30.2) | 9,903 (83.6) | 2,526 (87.9) |
| Regional | 6,617 (36.9) | 630 (34.4) | 3,066 (41.2) | 2,244 (27.4) | 600 (15.4) | 1,397 (11.8) | 183 (6.4) |
| Distant | 846 (4.7) | 175 (9.6) | 1,574 (21.1) | 4,380 (53.5) | 1,711 (44.0) | 265 (2.2) | 65 (2.3) |
| Unknown | 369 (2.1) | 107 (5.8) | 325 (4.4) | 433 (5.3) | 402 (10.3) | 277 (2.3) | 100 (3.5) |
| Insurance | |||||||
| Uninsured | 967 (5.4) | 320 (17.5) | 578 (7.8) | 822 (10.0) | 299 (7.7) | 590 (5.0) | 150 (5.2) |
| Medicaid | 591 (3.3) | 167 (9.1) | 300 (4.0) | 557 (6.8) | 210 (5.4) | 199 (1.7) | 76 (2.6) |
| Private | 16,381 (91.3) | 1,345 (73.4) | 6,567 (88.2) | 6,806 (83.2) | 3,376 (86.9) | 11,053 (93.3) | 2,648 (92.1) |
| Diagnosis period | |||||||
| 1999–2001 | 9,023 (50.3) | 921 (50.3) | 3,659 (49.1) | 4,137 (50.5) | 1,966 (50.6) | 5,835 (49.3) | 1,419 (49.4) |
| 2002–2004 | 8,916 (49.7) | 911 (49.7) | 3,786 (50.9) | 4,048 (49.5) | 1,919 (49.4) | 6,007 (50.7) | 1,455 (50.6) |
1
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
2
Non-Hispanic.
3
Asian/Pacific Islander.
4
Includes single, separated, divorced, widowed, and unknown marital status.
5
Highest SES quartile is quartile 1, lowest SES quartile is quartile 4.
6
Stage at diagnosis, local stage includes in situ for bladder cancer.