Table 1.
Demographic and Treatment-Related Sample Characteristics
| Sample (N = 483)
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No. | % | |
| Age | |||
| <55 years | 128 | 26.6 | |
| 55 to 69 years | 208 | 43.3 | |
| ≥70 years | 145 | 30.1 | |
| Race | |||
| Caucasian | 468 | 96.9 | |
| African American | 9 | 1.9 | |
| Other | 9 | 1.2 | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 5 | 1.0 | |
| Not Hispanic | 434 | 89.9 | |
| Declined | 44 | 9.1 | |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 42 | 8.8 | |
| High school graduate | 209 | 43.8 | |
| Some college | 119 | 24.6 | |
| College graduate | 55 | 11.4 | |
| Graduate degree | 52 | 10.9 | |
| Income | |||
| < $10,000 | 36 | 7.5 | |
| $10,000 to $19,9999 | 78 | 16.1 | |
| $20,000 to $34,999 | 103 | 21.3 | |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 79 | 16.4 | |
| >$50,000 | 152 | 31.5 | |
| Received adjuvant therapy | |||
| Yes | 275 | 56.9 | |
| No | 208 | 43.1 | |
| Cancer stage | |||
| Stage 1 | 158 | 32.7 | |
| Stage 2 | 86 | 17.8 | |
| Stage 3 | 42 | 8.7 | |
| Stage 4 | 16 | 3.3 | |
| Unreported | 181 | 37.5 | |
| Beale Code: County Population | |||
| 1 (1 million +) | 22 | 4.6 | |
| 2 (250K to 1 million) | 31 | 6.4 | |
| 3 (metro areas <250K) | 21 | 4.3 | |
| 4 (20K +, adjacent to metro) | 36 | 7.5 | |
| 5 (20K +, non-adjacent to metro) | 14 | 2.9 | |
| 6 (2.5K to 19.9K adjacent to metro) | 164 | 34.0 | |
| 7 (2.5K to 19.9K, non-adjacent to metro) | 122 | 25.3 | |
| 8 (<2.5K, adjacent to metro) | 12 | 2.5 | |
| 9 (<2.5K, non-adjacent to metro) | 61 | 12.6 | |