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. 2013 Oct 2;13:449. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-449

Table 2.

Distribution of demographic and tumor characteristics of stages 1–3 first primary invasive breast cancer by socioeconomic status: California Cancer Registry 2000–2010*

 
Socioeconomic status category
    Lowest/least affluent Intermediate Highest/most affluent Total
N (%)
 
49,868 (27.8%)
37,128 (20.7%)
92,147 (51.36%)
179,143
Year at diagnosis
 
 
 
 
 
    2000-2006
n
31,380
23,844
59,359
114,583
% within SES
62.9%
64.2%
64.4%
64.0%
    2007-2010
n
18,488
13,284
32,788
64,560
% within SES
37.1%
35.8%
35.6%
36.0%
Race/ethnicity
 
 
 
 
 
    White
n
25,016
25,283
70,136
120,435
% within SES
50.2%
68.1%
76.1%
67.2%
    Black
n
5,454
2,349
2,834
10,637
% within SES
10.9%
6.3%
3.1%
5.9%
    Hispanic
n
14,848
5,756
7,776
28,380
% within SES
29.8%
15.5%
8.4%
15.8%
    API
n
4,550
3,740
11,401
19,691
% within SES
9.1%
10.1%
12.4%
11.0%
Age (years) at diagnosis
 
 
 
 
 
    <35
n
1,347
713
1,628
3,688
% within SES
2.7%
1.9%
1.8%
2.1%
    35-69
n
35,557
25,924
66,589
128,070
% within SES
71.3%
69.8%
72.3%
71.5%
    70-79
n
8,414
6,708
15,388
30,510
% within SES
16.9%
18.1%
16.7%
17.0%
    80-89
n
4,022
3,349
7,565
14,936
% within SES
8.1%
9.0%
8.2%
8.3%
    90+
n
528
434
977
1,939
% within SES
1.1%
1.2%
1.1%
1.1%
AJCC stage
 
 
 
 
 
    Stage 1
n
21,814
18,066
47,655
87,535
% within SES
43.7%
48.7%
51.7%
48.9%
    Stage 2
n
21,082
14,776
35,550
71,408
% within SES
42.3%
39.8%
38.6%
39.9%
    Stage 3
n
6,972
4,286
8,942
20,200
% within SES
14.0%
11.5%
9.7%
11.3%
ER/PR/HER2 subtype
 
 
 
 
 
    ER+/PR+/HER2-
n
18,434
15,088
40,900
74,422
% within SES
52.6%
56.6%
59.8%
57.2%
    ER+/PR+/HER2+
n
3,521
2,519
6,204
12,244
% within SES
10.0%
9.5%
9.1%
9.4%
    ER+/PR-/HER2-
n
3,264
2,548
6,702
12,514
% within SES
9.3%
9.6%
9.8%
9.6%
    ER+/PR-/HER2+
n
1,180
856
2,082
4,118
% within SES
3.4%
3.2%
3.0%
3.2%
    ER-/PR+/HER2-
n
285
212
527
1,024
% within SES
0.8%
0.8%
0.8%
0.8%
    ER-/PR+/HER2+
n
167
120
226
513
% within SES
0.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.4%
    ER-/PR-/HER2-
n
5,454
3,550
7,821
16,825
% within SES
15.6%
13.3%
11.4%
100.0%
    ER-/PR-/HER2+
n
2,744
1,753
3,941
12.9%
 
% within SES
7.8%
6.6%
5.8%
8,438
Tumor grade
n
9,276
7,998
22,058
39,332
    Grade I
% within SES
19.9%
22.9%
25.3%
23.3%
n
18,814
14,625
37,837
71,276
    Grade II
% within SES
40.3%
41.9%
43.4%
42.3%
n
17,586
11,572
25,888
55,046
    Grade III
% within SES
37.7%
33.2%
29.7%
32.6%
n
1,001
698
1,344
3,043
    Grade IV % within SES 2.1% 2.0% 1.5% 1.8%

*Excludes cases classified as American Indian and Hispanic + Other race.