Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of breast cancer patients
Characteristics | White
|
Hispanic
|
Black
|
Total
|
P-value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
58 | 42 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 13 | 139 | 100 | ||
Age group (years) | 0.03 | ||||||||
<45 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 4 | 22 | 31 | 22 | |
45–54 | 19 | 33 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 33 | 41 | 30 | |
55–64 | 18 | 31 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 28 | 36 | 26 | |
65+ | 16 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 28 | 20 | |
Primary language | <0.0001 | ||||||||
English | 53 | 91 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 100 | 81 | 58 | |
Spanish | 2 | 3 | 52 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 39 | |
Other | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
Educational attainment | 0.0001 | ||||||||
<High school graduate | 3 | 5 | 24 | 38 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 22 | |
High school graduate | 10 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 22 | |
Post-high school | 44 | 76 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 61 | 78 | 56 | |
Employment status | 0.06 | ||||||||
Not employed | 22 | 38 | 37 | 59 | 11 | 61 | 70 | 50 | |
Employed | 33 | 57 | 24 | 38 | 7 | 39 | 64 | 46 | |
Annual household income | <0.0001 | ||||||||
<$10,000 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 46 | 5 | 28 | 38 | 27 | |
$10,000–49,999 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 20 | |
$50,000–$100,000 | 25 | 43 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 25 | |
>$100,000 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 12 | |
Not reporteda | 6 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 15 | |
Menopausal status | 0.13 | ||||||||
Premenopausal | 6 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 18 | |
Postmenopausal | 47 | 81 | 38 | 60 | 13 | 72 | 98 | 71 | |
Not reporteda | 5 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 12 | |
Stage | 0.74 | ||||||||
0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |
I | 21 | 36 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 33 | 44 | 32 | |
II | 25 | 43 | 27 | 43 | 6 | 33 | 58 | 42 | |
III | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | |
Not reporteda | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 11 | |
Years since diagnosis | <0.0001 | ||||||||
<2 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 67 | 8 | 44 | 62 | 45 | |
2 to 5 | 34 | 59 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 44 | 60 | 43 | |
>5 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 12 | |
Cancer treatments | |||||||||
Surgery | 56 | 97 | 58 | 92 | 15 | 83 | 129 | 93 | 0.21 |
Radiation therapy | 46 | 79 | 46 | 73 | 9 | 50 | 101 | 73 | 0.07 |
Chemotherapy | 38 | 66 | 46 | 73 | 11 | 61 | 95 | 68 | 0.59 |
Hormonal therapy | 31 | 53 | 31 | 49 | 17 | 94 | 79 | 57 | 0.05 |
only total “not reported” >10% included in analysis