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. 2014 Jun 14;106(6):dju115. doi: 10.1093/jnci/dju115

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants enrolled in the Patient Navigation Research Program

Variable Outcome 1: diagnostic evaluation (n = 10521) Outcome 2: cancer treatment (n = 2105)
Intervention Control Intervention Control
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Race /ethnicity
 White 1224 (24) 1370 (25) 285 (28) 376 (35)
 Black 1487 (29) 1843 (34) 385 (37) 425 (40)
 Hispanic 2142 (42) 1964 (36) 338 (33) 213 (20)
 Other 207 (4) 185 (3) 16 (2) 39 (4)
Insurance
 Private 1202 (24) 1599 (29) 342 (33) 461 (43)
 Public 1969 (39) 2290 (42) 448 (43) 492 (46)
 Uninsured 1837 (36) 1548 (28) 236 (23) 119 (11)
Sex
 Female 4665 (92) 5006 (92) 874 (85) 920 (86)
Marital status
 Married 1772 (35) 1588 (29) 383 (37) 397 (37)
Age, y
 Mean ± standard deviation 43.6±14.8 47.2±14.9 51.7±15.0 53.8±15.3
Cancer type
 Breast 3083 (61) 3643 (67) 605 (59) 683 (64)
 Cervical 1455 (29) 1226 (22) 245 (24) 207 (19)
 Colorectal 219 (4) 278 (5) 52 (5) 58 (5)
 Prostate 306 (6) 311 (6) 130 (13) 125 (12)
Sites
 A 1496 (30) 1543 (28) 126 (12) 74 (7)
 B 357 (7) 542 (10) 68 (7) 100 (9)
 C 243 (5) 245 (4) 85 (8) 86 (8)
 D 490 (10) 508 (9) 121 (12) 114 (11)
 E 444 (9) 346 (6) 46 (4) 24 (2)
 F 639 (13) 408 (7) 226 (22) 145 (14)
 G 586 (12) 683 (13) 25 (2) 47 (4)
 H 808 (16) 1183 (22) 167 (16) 328 (31)
 I 0 0 168 (16) 155 (14)
Total 5063 (100) 5458 (100) 1032 (100) 1073 (100)