Exhibit 1.
Demographic And Cancer-Related Characteristics Of Cancer Patients By Bankruptcy Status, Western Washington State, 1995–2009
| Characteristic | Total | Bankruptcy | No Bankruptcy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n | % | n | % | |
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| Age (years) | ||||||
| <40 | 14,180 | 7 | 830 | 19 | 13,350 | 7 |
| 40–64 | 96,032 | 49 | 2,751 | 62 | 93,281 | 48 |
| ≥65 | 87,628 | 44 | 827 | 19 | 86,801 | 45 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 98,202 | 50 | 1,945 | 44 | 96,257 | 50 |
| Female | 99,638 | 50 | 2,463 | 56 | 97,175 | 50 |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 174,027 | 88 | 3,771 | 86 | 170,256 | 88 |
| Nonwhite | 23,813 | 12 | 637 | 14 | 23,176 | 12 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 117,455 | 59 | 2,579 | 59 | 114,876 | 59 |
| Other/Unknown | 80,385 | 41 | 1,829 | 41 | 78,556 | 41 |
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 170,186 | 86 | 3,655 | 83 | 166,531 | 86 |
| Large rural | 10,620 | 5 | 254 | 6 | 10,366 | 5 |
| Small rural | 4,773 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 4,689 | 2 |
| Isolated | 2,678 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 2,639 | 1 |
| Unknown | 9,583 | 5 | 376 | 9 | 9,207 | 5 |
| Cancer type | ||||||
| Breast | 34,195 | 17 | 1,017 | 23 | 33,178 | 17 |
| Colorectal | 17,244 | 9 | 362 | 8 | 16,882 | 9 |
| Leuk/lymph | 19,743 | 10 | 450 | 10 | 19,293 | 10 |
| Lung | 24,227 | 12 | 280 | 6 | 23,947 | 12 |
| Prostate | 32,966 | 17 | 555 | 13 | 32,411 | 17 |
| Melanoma | 10,750 | 5 | 310 | 7 | 10,440 | 5 |
| Thyroid | 4,980 | 3 | 231 | 5 | 4,749 | 2 |
| Uterine | 6,346 | 3 | 191 | 4 | 6,155 | 3 |
| Other | 47,389 | 24 | 1,012 | 23 | 46,377 | 24 |
| Stage at diagnosis | ||||||
| Localized | 98,728 | 50 | 2,588 | 59 | 96,140 | 50 |
| Regional | 43,921 | 22 | 1,119 | 25 | 42,802 | 22 |
| Distant | 46,534 | 24 | 563 | 13 | 45,971 | 24 |
| Unstaged | 8,657 | 4 | 138 | 3 | 8,519 | 4 |
SOURCE Authors’ analysis.
NOTES The individual cancer types listed are those with the highest cumulative incidence of bankruptcy among all cancer types examined from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER). Chi-square tests for bankruptcy versus no bankruptcy were significant (p < 0.001) for all characteristics except for marital status (p = 0.24). Leuk/lymph is leukemia/lymphoma.