Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Men with Localized Prostate Cancer

Characteristic	Active surveillance (n=15)		Immediate treatment * (n=15)
	No.	%	No.	%
Education
High school graduate or less	0	0.0	4	26.7
Some college or college graduate	8	53.3	6	40.0
Postgraduate	7	46.7	4	26.7
Not stated	0	0.0	1	6.7
White, non-Hispanic	15	100.0	13	86.7
Annual income
Under $50,000	1	6.7	1	6.7
$50,000–$99,999	5	29.4	9	60.0
$100,000 and above	7	46.7	4	26.7
Not stated	2	13.3	1	6.7
Currently married	11	73.3	11	73.3
Family member with prostate cancer	3	20.0	7	46.7

^*Brachytherapy (n = 6 men), proton therapy (n = 1), robotic prostatectomy (n = 5), or open prostatectomy (n = 3).