Table 1.

Testicular germ cell tumor stage at diagnosis (2000–2008) and 5-year relative survival rates (2000–2003) by socioeconomic position, surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) (17 registries) data

	County-level poverty*				County-level education attainment**
	High	Medium	Low	P value	Low	Medium	High	P value
SEER summary stage at diagnosis				<0.01				<0.01
Localized	68.0%	69.8%	73.0%		68.0%	71.2%	73.4%
Regional	17.3%	17.9%	17.5%		18.2%	17.6%	17.5%
Distant	14.7%	12.2%	9.5%		13.8%	11.2%	9.1%
5-year relative survival by Age				<0.01				<0.01
Age < 40	93.5%	95.0%	96.9%		93.9%	95.5%	97.6%
Age ≥ 40	87.6%	94.1%	96.9%		91.9%	94.9%	97.6%

Data were released in April 2011 and based on the November 2010 submission (http://www.seer.cancer.gov/resources/).

^*Poverty: High is defined as ≥20% individuals below the poverty level. Medium is defined as 10%–20% individuals below the poverty level. Low is defined as <10% individuals below the poverty level.

^**Education attainment: Low is defined as ≥25% of men without a high school diploma. Medium is defined as 15%–24.9% of men without a high school diploma. High is defined as <15% of men without a high school diploma.