Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for surgical sample by insurance status and cancer

A. COLORECTAL CANCER SAMPLE
Insurance Type:		Private or Military		Medicaid		Uninsured
		n	%	n	%	n	%
n		4,901		237		520
Mortality
1 year		378	7.7	56	23.6	79	15.2
5 year		1,451	29.6	138	58.2	234	45.0
Hospital SN status
Non-SNH		4,668	95.3	204	86.1	400	76.9
SNH		233	4.8	33	13.9	120	23.1
Age
<45		600	12.2	49	20.7	107	20.6
45–54		1,713	35.0	79	33.3	180	34.6
55–64		2,588	52.8	109	46.0	233	44.8
Gender
Female		2,270	46.3	140	59.1	255	49.0
Male		2,631	53.7	97	40.9	265	51.0
Race
White		3,776	77.1	129	54.4	292	56.2
African American		945	19.3	97	40.9	191	36.7
Other		180	3.7	11	4.6	37	7.1
Comorbidity score
0		3,801	77.6	153	64.6	392	75.4
1		824	16.8	62	26.2	103	19.8
2		113	2.3	13	5.5	10	1.9
>/=3		163	3.3	9	3.8	15	2.9
Stage
0–1		1,228	25.1	32	13.5	67	12.9
2		1,080	22.0	47	19.8	144	27.7
3		1,193	24.3	55	23.2	138	26.5
4		769	15.7	47	19.8	103	19.8
Unknown		578	11.8	51	21.5	65	12.5
Missing		53	1.1	5	2.1	3	0.6

B. BREAST CANCER SAMPLE
Insurance Type:		Private or Military		Medicaid		Uninsured
		n	%	n	%	n	%
n			3,831		245		228
Mortality
1 year		53	1.4	8	3.3	5	2.2
5 year		398	10.4	59	24.1	45	19.7
Hospital SN status
Non-SNH		3,482	90.9	190	77.6	151	66.2
SNH		349	9.1	55	22.5	77	33.8
Age
<45		977	25.5	71	29.0	67	29.4
45–54		1,484	38.7	96	39.2	79	34.7
55–64		1,370	35.8	78	31.8	82	36.0
Race
White		3,013	78.7	123	50.2	126	55.3
African American		655	17.1	108	44.1	79	34.7
Other		163	4.3	14	5.7	23	10.1
Comorbidity score
0		3,293	86.0	174	71.0	167	73.3
1		384	10.0	53	21.6	50	21.9
2		36	0.9	7	2.9	4	1.8
>/=3		118	3.1	11	4.5	7	3.1
Stage
0–1		1,509	39.4	60	24.5	53	23.3
2		1,340	35.0	88	35.9	80	35.1
3		530	13.8	43	17.6	47	20.6
4		67	1.8	13	5.3	12	5.3
Unknown		380	9.9	41	16.7	36	15.8
Missing		5	0.1