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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2009 Oct 27;3(4):241–250. doi: 10.1007/s11764-009-0100-7

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
a

only total “not reported” >10% included in analysis

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