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. 2014 Nov 19;2014(49):236–243. doi: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgu020

Table 1.

Frequency of cases by cancer site and proportion by demographic characteristics*

Cancer site
Lung Liver Kidney CRC Prostate Breast†
N 266 439 32 571 62 371 213 274 357 078 313 482
Gender, %
 Men 53.8 71.7 61.4 50.9 100
 Women 46.2 28.3 38.7 49.1 100
Age at diagnosis, %
 0–44 2.3 5.9 10.8 5.8 0.7 13.6
 45–54 10.3 21.5 18.4 14.3 9.6 24.0
 55–64 23.2 28.2 26.3 21.2 31.2 24.6
 65–74 31.4 22.4 23.2 24.3 35.7 19.0
 75–84 26.0 17.0 16.6 24.0 19.1 14.1
 85+ 6.9 5.0 4.7 10.4 3.8 4.7
Stage, %
 Localized 15.1 40.3 62.3 39.4 92.8‡ 60.3
 Regional 22.0 26.3 16.8 36.2 —‡ 32.7
 Distant 56.4 18.5 17.1 19.7 4.1 5.1
 Unstaged 6.5 14.8 3.7 4.7 3.1 1.9
Cancer-directed surgery, %
 Yes 20.9 24.0 82.0 85.8 38.7 92.8
Radiation therapy, %
 Yes 7.6 1.3 3.3 10.4 2.9 47.7
Race/ethnicity,%
 NHW 78.2 51.8 71.5 71.6 70.5 72.7
 NHB 10.9 11.8 10.5 11.3 13.6 10.1
 API 5.1 17.6 4.5 7.0 4.4 6.8
 AI/AN 0.4 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.5
 HISP 5.2 17.4 12.1 8.9 8.3 9.4
 Unknown 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.7 2.8 0.6
SES, %
 Q1 (low) 17.4 19.2 14.7 14.9 12.5 12.2
 Q2 17.6 18.3 16.6 16.8 15.0 15.1
 Q3 17.4 18.1 17.6 17.6 17.0 17.3
 Q4 16.5 17.8 17.9 18.1 18.7 19.5
 Q5 (high) 14.3 15.0 18.0 17.9 22.6 22.7
 Missing 16.7 11.7 15.3 14.6 14.2 13.3

* AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native; API = Asian/Pacific Islander; CRC = colorectal cancer; HISP = Hispanic; NHB = non-Hispanic blacks; NHW = non-Hispanic whites; Q = quintile; SES = socioeconomic status.

† Breast cancer restricted to women.

‡ Localized, regional combined.