Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of black women ages 69–74 diagnosed with primary non-metastatic breast cancer who did and did not die from breast cancer
| Characteristic | Dead (n=335) | Alive or Censored (n=1,831) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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| n | % | n | % | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 66–69 | 63 | 18.8 | 314 | 17.1 |
| 70–74 | 272 | 81.2 | 1517 | 82.9 |
| Diagnosis year | ||||
| 1995–1997 | 57 | 17.0 | 292 | 16.0 |
| 1998–2000 | 80 | 23.9 | 407 | 22.2 |
| 2001–2003 | 104 | 31.0 | 658 | 35.9 |
| 2004–2005 | 94 | 28.1 | 474 | 25.9 |
| Urban/Rural | ||||
| Big metro | 223 | 66.6 | 1233 | 67.3 |
| Metro | 77 | 23.0 | 410 | 22.4 |
| Urban/less urban/rural | 35 | 10.4 | 188 | 10.3 |
| AJCC stage | ||||
| In Situ/I | 35 | 10.5 | 820 | 44.8 |
| II | 111 | 33.1 | 417 | 22.8 |
| III | 61 | 18.2 | 61 | 3.3 |
| Unstaged/missing | 128 | 38.2 | 533 | 29.1 |
| Surgery | ||||
| Yes | 266 | 79.4 | 1745 | 95.3 |
| No/Unknown | 69 | 20.6 | 86 | 4.7 |
| Radiation therapy | ||||
| Yes | 109 | 32.5 | 727 | 39.7 |
| No | 211 | 63.0 | 1051 | 57.4 |
| Unknown | 15 | 4.5 | 53 | 2.9 |
| Chemotherapy | ||||
| Yes | 133 | 39.7 | 369 | 20.2 |
| No | 187 | 55.8 | 1379 | 75.3 |
| Unknown/Missing | 15 | 4.5 | 83 | 4.5 |
| Charlson index score | ||||
| 0 | 146 | 43.6 | 921 | 50.3 |
| 1 | 66 | 19.7 | 471 | 25.7 |
| ≥2 | 70 | 20.9 | 310 | 16.9 |
| Unknown/Missing | 53 | 15.8 | 129 | 7.1 |
| Contextual socio-economic status | ||||
| Quartile 1 (lowest)/Missing | 81 | 24.2 | 471 | 25.7 |
| Quartile 2 | 83 | 24.8 | 455 | 24.8 |
| Quartile 3 | 77 | 23.0 | 459 | 25.1 |
| Quartile 4 (highest) | 94 | 28.0 | 446 | 24.4 |