Table 1. Patient Demographic and Tumor Characteristics by Marital Status at Diagnosis of Cutaneous Melanoma, SEER 1973-2006 (n = 192,014).
| Marital Status at Diagnosis | Married | Singlea | Divorcedb | Widowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Variable | n (%)c | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 83,106 (61.1) | 13,496 (51.9) | 5702 (45.6) | 5376 (30.7) |
| Female | 52,885 (38.9) | 12,506 (48.1) | 6801 (54.4) | 12,142 (69.3) |
| Age, y | ||||
| 18-24 | 813 (0.6) | 2818 (10.8) | 70 (0.6) | 6 (0.0) |
| 25-39 | 16,697 (12.3) | 6643 (25.5) | 1360 (10.9) | 68 (0.4) |
| 40-54 | 36,558 (26.9) | 7166 (27.6) | 4131 (33.0) | 532 (3.0) |
| 55-69 | 43,290 (31.8) | 5199 (20.0) | 4264 (34.1) | 2991 (17.1) |
| 70 or older | 38,633 (28.4) | 4176 (16.1) | 2678 (21.4) | 13,921 (79.5) |
| Race | ||||
| White | 134,449 (98.9) | 25,495 (98.1) | 12,334 (98.7) | 17,185 (98.1) |
| Black | 444 (0.3) | 224 (0.9) | 89 (0.7) | 162 (0.9) |
| Otherd | 1098 (0.8) | 283 (1.1) | 80 (0.6) | 171 (1.0) |
| Year of diagnosis | ||||
| 1973-1979 | 6189 (4.6) | 890 (3.4) | 537 (4.3) | 703 (4.0) |
| 1980-1989 | 15,845 (11.7) | 2682 (10.3) | 1333 (10.7) | 2057 (11.7) |
| 1990-1999 | 34,737 (25.5) | 7028 (27.0) | 3226 (25.8) | 4627 (26.4) |
| 2000-2006 | 79,220 (58.3) | 15,402 (59.2) | 7407 (59.2) | 10,131 (57.8) |
| Tumor histology | ||||
| Superficial spreading (SS) | 36,047 (26.5) | 7621 (29.3) | 3403 (27.2) | 3270 (18.7) |
| Nodular | 7678 (5.7) | 1780 (6.9) | 965 (7.7) | 1519 (8.7) |
| Lentigo maligna melanoma | 20,352 (15.0) | 2408 (9.3) | 1534 (12.3) | 3816 (21.8) |
| Acral lentiginous (AL) | 1071 (0.8) | 230 (0.9) | 128 (1.0) | 257 (1.5) |
| Other or unspecified | 70,843 (52.1) | 13,963 (53.7) | 6473 (51.8) | 8656 (49.4) |
| Anatomical site | ||||
| Upper limb and shoulder | 31,441 (23.1) | 5760 (22.2) | 2971 (23.8) | 4166 (23.8) |
| Lower limb and hip | 23,587 (17.3) | 5449 (21.0) | 2609 (20.9) | 3240 (18.5) |
| Trunk | 41,885 (30.8) | 8794 (33.8) | 3896 (31.2) | 3165 (18.1) |
| Head and neck | 35,353 (26.0) | 5176 (19.9) | 2572 (20.6) | 6313 (36.0) |
| Overlapping lesion of the skin | 126 (0.1) | 27 (0.1) | 13 (0.1) | 29 (0.2) |
| Skin, not otherwise specified | 3599 (2.7) | 796 (3.1) | 442 (3.5) | 605 (3.5) |
| Socioeconomic statuse,f | mean (SD) | |||
| Median household incomeg | 45.7 (12.1) | 46.2 (11.5) | 45.5 (11.3) | 44.9 (12.4) |
| Below poverty (%) | 8.3 (4.3) | 8.6 (4.2) | 8.6 (4.3) | 8.6 (4.4) |
| Unemployed (%) | 6.0 (2.1) | 6.0 (2.0) | 6.1 (2.0) | 6.1 (2.1) |
| Less than high school education (%) | 18.8 (6.8) | 19.4 (6.8) | 19.5 (6.9) | 19.5 (6.9) |
| Urban (%) | 87.7 (19.1) | 90.7 (16.0) | 88.9 (17.8) | 86.6 (20.9) |
| White collar (%) | 36.8 (5.8) | 37.5 (5.7) | 36.8 (5.7) | 36.5 (5.9) |
a
Single includes individuals who have never been married.
b
Divorced includes individuals who are separated.
c
Percentages may not add to 100.0% due to rounding.
d
Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, oand other race, unspecified.
e
Socioeconomic variables are proxy measures for each individual and represent the county-level median or percentage for the county of residence.
f
Fourteen patients were missing data about socioeconomic variables; thus, the sample size was 192,000 for those variables.
g
In thousands of 2000 US dollars.