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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2013 Dec 11;120(7):1018–1025. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28520

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristics % White % Black
N = 14,834 N = 795
Median (IQR) age (years) 71 (63, 77) 67 (57, 74)
Male 81.7 69.1
Hospital state
 FL 42.9 32.9
 MD 11.1 25.2
 NY 46.0 41.9
Payer
 Medicare 64.6 52.0
 Medicaid 02.2 10.1
 Private insurance 30.2 32.7
 Other 03.0 05.2
Comorbidity count
 0 20.6 19.0
 1 30.3 28.1
 2 25.0 24.8
 3 14.5 17.7
 4+ 09.5 10.5

Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.