Table 1. Cohort Characteristics of Women ≥ 65 with Gynecologic Cancers in North Carolina: Overall and by Insurance Type (2003 – 2009).
| Characteristics | Total N=4,522 |
Medicare N=3702 (82%) |
Dual N=820 (18%) |
p-value | |
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| Age | Mean (S.D.) | 75.5 (8) | 75.0 (7) | 77.9 (8) | <.001b |
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| Race/Ethnicity | White | 3775 (83%) | 3276 (88%) | 499 (61%) | |
| Black | 664 (15%) | 377 (10%) | 287 (35%) | ||
| Hispanic/Other | 71(2%) | - | - | ||
| Unknown | - | - | - | <.001c | |
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| Geographic | Metro | 2912 (64%) | 2449 (66%) | 463 (56%) | |
| Density | Non-Metro | 1609 (36%) | 1252 (34%) | 357 (44%) | |
| Unknown | - | - | - | <.001 c | |
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| Stage | Local | 1870 (41%) | 1580 (43%) | 290 (35%) | |
| Regional | 978 (22%) | 775 (21%) | 203 (25%) | ||
| Distant | 1381 (31%) | 1151 (31%) | 230 (28%) | ||
| Unknown | 293 (6%) | 196 (5%) | 97 (12%) | <.001 c | |
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| Cancer Site | Uterus | 2286 (51%) | 1925 (52%) | 361 (44%) | |
| Ovary | 1587 (35%) | 1341 (36%) | 246 (30%) | ||
| Cervix | 302 (7%) | 194 (5%) | 108 (13%) | ||
| Vulvar/Vaginal | 347 (8%) | 242 (7%) | 105 (13%) | <.001 c | |
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| Diagnosis Order | First and Only | 3434 (76%) | 2789 (75%) | 645 (79%) | |
| Higher Order | 1088 (24%) | 913 (25%) | 175 (21%) | 0.04 c | |
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| Charlson Comorbidity | 0 | 2281 (50%) | 1956 (53%) | 325 (40%) | |
| ≥ 1 | 736 (16%) | 507 (14%) | 229 (28%) | ||
| Missing | 1505 (33%) | 1239 (33%) | 266 (32%) | <.001c | |
a
Cells with values <10 were suppressed
b
one way analysis of variance
c
chi-square test