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) |