Table 3.
Patient characteristics for diagnosis CA for MCC based on VCR data for all cancers. Percent values are based on numbers within each column.
| PATIENT GROUPS | MCC PATIENTS INSIDE CA (%) | NON-MCC PATIENTS INSIDE CA (%) | MCC PATIENTS OUTSIDE CA (%) | NON-MCC PATIENTS OUTSIDE CA (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 2635 (45.3%) | 17666 (50.2%) | 230 (52.4%) | 34937 (46.3%) |
| Female | 3177 (54.7%) | 17500 (49.8%) | 209 (47.6%) | 40502 (53.7%) | |
| Age | Age (<65) | 3830 (65.9%) | 16254 (46.2%) | 350 (79.7%) | 37738 (50.0%) |
| Age (≥65) | 1982 (34.1%) | 18912 (53.8%) | 89 (20.3%) | 37701 (50.0%) | |
| Race | White | 3526 (60.7%) | 25516 (72.6%) | 309 (70.4%) | 61991 (82.2%) |
| Black | 2173 (37.4%) | 9130 (26.0%) | 112 (25.5%) | 10218 (13.5%) | |
| Other | 113 (1.9%) | 520 (1.5%) | 18 (4.1%) | 3230 (4.3%) | |
| Hispanic | Yes | 723 (12.4%) | 1618 (4.6%) | 47 (10.7%) | 9956 (13.2%) |
| No | 5089 (87.6%) | 33548 (95.4%) | 392 (89.3%) | 65483 (86.8%) | |
| Insurance | Not insured | 650 (11.2%) | 931 (2.6%) | 58 (13.2%) | 2932 (3.9%) |
| Medicaid | 416 (7.2%) | 811 (2.3%) | 50 (11.4%) | 2428 (3.2%) | |
| Medicare | 2025 (34.8%) | 16058 (45.7%) | 105 (23.9%) | 31718 (42.0%) | |
| Other | 62 (1.1%) | 1338 (3.8%) | 10 (2.3%) | 2236 (3.0%) | |
| Unknown | 158 (2.7%) | 2644 (7.5%) | 8 (1.8%) | 5363 (7.1%) | |
| Private | 2491 (43.0%) | 13384 (38.1%) | 208 (47.4%) | 30762 (40.8%) |