Table 2. Relationship between race (Black/White) and the accuracy of patients' self-estimates of life expectancy, N=229.

		Race; n(%)
LEE Accuracya	Total sample n(%)	White (N=198)	Black (N=31)	OR (95% CI)b	p-value
Within +/-3 months of actual survival	27 (11.79)	25 (12.63)	2 (6.45)	2.10 (0.47-9.33)	.33
Within +/-6 months of actual survival	58 (25.33)	54 (27.27)	4 (12.90)	2.53 (0.85-7.57)	.10
Within +/-12mos of actual survival	90 (39.30)	86 (43.43)	4 (12.90)	5.18 (1.75-15.37)	.003
Differed by more than 2 years of actual survivalc	100 (43.67)	76 (38.38)	24 (77.42)	0.18 (0.08-0.44)	<.001
Differed by more than 5 year of actual survivald	64 (27.95)	44 (22.22)	20 (64.52)	0.16 (0.07-0.35)	<.001

^aPatients with LEE within 3 months of actual survival are included in the proportion of patients with LEE within 6 and 12 months of actual survival; patients with LEE within 6 months of actual survival are included in the proportion of patients with LEE within 12 months of actual survival. Patients whose LEE differed from actual survival by 5 years are included in the proportion whose LEE differed by 2 years.

^bWhite=1, Black=0

^c97 patients overestimated their life expectancy by more than 2 years and 3 patients underestimated their life expectancy by more than 2 years.

^dAll 64 patients overestimated by more than 5 years.