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. 2016 Jun 24;19(2):112–121. doi: 10.4048/jbc.2016.19.2.112

Table 2. Demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics of 110,120 non-Hispanic white and Asian cases with first primary female invasive breast cancer with complete data from the California Cancer Registry 2000–2013*.

White (n = 93,089) Pacific Islander (n = 543) Southeast Asian (n = 3,886) Indian Continent (n=1,175) Chinese (n = 3,796) Japanese (n = 1,736) Filipino (n = 4,868) Korean (n = 1,027) Total (n = 110,120) All Asian/ Pacific Islander Combined (n = 17,031)
Mean age (yr) 61.56 ± 13.46 56.56 ± 12.70 54.04 ± 12.43 54.15 ± 13.68 55.68 ± 12.13 61.12 ± 14.48 56.48 ± 12.07 53.82 ± 12.14 60.68 ± 13.54 55.90 ± 12.95
Year of diagnosis
 2000-2006 46,774 (50.2) 206 (37.9) 1,550 (39.9) 463 (39.4) 1,642 (43.3) 861 (49.6) 2,053 (42.2) 457 (44.5) 54,006 (49.0) 7,232 (42.5)
 2007-2013 46,315 (49.8) 337 (62.1) 2,336 (60.1) 712 (60.6) 2,154 (56.7) 875 (50.4) 2,815 (57.8) 570 (55.5) 56,114 (51.0) 9,799 (57.5)
Age (yr)
 ≤ 45 11,143 (12.0) 112 (20.6) 1,039 (26.7) 362 (30.8) 882 (23.2) 260 (15.0) 942 (19.4) 271 (26.4) 15,011 (13.6) 3,868 (22.7)
 46-69 54,861 (58.9) 336 (61.9) 2,394 (61.6) 642 (54.6) 2,271 (59.8) 911 (52.5) 3,197 (65.7) 640 (62.3) 65,252 (59.3) 10,391 (61.0)
 ≥ 70 27,085 (29.1) 95 (17.5) 453 (11.7) 171 (14.6) 643 (16.9) 565 (32.5) 729 (15.0) 116 (11.3) 29,857 (27.1) 2,772 (16.3)
Status
 Alive 71,762 (77.1) 437 (80.5) 3,411 (87.8) 1,011 (86.0) 3,268 (86.1) 1,428 (82.3) 4,157 (85.4) 881 (85.8) 86,355 (78.4) 14,593 (85.7)
 Death due to breast cancer 9,455 (10.2) 65 (12.0) 309 (8.0) 112 (9.5) 348 (9.2) 121 (7.0) 499 (10.3) 102 (9.9) 11,011 (10.0) 1,556 (9.1)
 Death due to other cause 11,872 (12.8) 41 (7.6) 166 (4.3) 52 (4.4) 180 (4.7) 187 (10.8) 212 (4.4) 44 (4.3) 12,754 (11.6) 882 (5.2)
AJCC stage
 I 47,489 (51.0) 231 (42.5) 1,772 (45.6) 450 (38.3) 1,850 (48.7) 943 (54.3) 2,029 (41.7) 429 (41.8) 55,193 (50.1) 7,704 (45.2)
 II 34,173 (36.7) 209 (38.5) 1,613 (41.5) 544 (46.3) 1,495 (39.4) 637 (36.7) 2,091 (43.0) 448 (43.6) 41,210 (37.4) 7,037 (41.3)
 III 8,838 (9.5) 75 (13.8) 414 (10.7) 140 (11.9) 354 (9.3) 125 (7.2) 569 (11.7) 125 (12.2) 10,640 (9.7) 1,802 (10.6)
 IV 2,589 (2.8) 28 (5.2) 87 (2.2) 41 (3.5) 97 (2.6) 31 (1.8) 179 (3.7) 25 (2.4) 3,077 (2.8) 488 (2.9)
SES
 1-low 6,119 (6.6) 63 (11.6) 350 (9.0) 65 (5.5) 181 (4.8) 74 (4.3) 384 (7.9) 89 (8.7) 7,325 (6.7) 1,206 (7.1)
 2 12,739 (13.7) 111 (20.4) 633 (16.3) 129 (11.0) 318 (8.4) 201 (11.6) 891 (18.3) 157 (15.3) 15,179 (13.8) 2,440 (14.3)
 3 18,647 (20.0) 124 (22.8) 702 (18.1) 182 (15.5) 593 (15.6) 315 (18.1) 1,195 (24.5) 170 (16.6) 21,928 (19.9) 3,281 (19.3)
 4 18,647 (26.1) 142 (26.2) 956 (24.6) 302 (25.7) 1,034 (27.2) 495 (28.5) 1,408 (28.9) 242 (23.6) 28,912 (26.3) 4,579 (26.9)
 5-high 24,333 (33.6) 103 (19.0) 1,245 (32.0) 497 (42.3) 1,670 (44.0) 651 (37.5) 990 (20.3) 369 (35.9) 36,776 (33.4) 5,525 (32.4)
Tumor grade
 I 23,903 (25.7) 80 (14.7) 704 (18.1) 201 (17.1) 734 (19.3) 432 (24.9) 803 (16.5) 171 (16.7) 27,028 (24.5) 3,125 (18.3)
 II 40,576 (43.6) 242 (44.6) 1,697 (43.7) 465 (39.6) 1,652 (43.5) 793 (45.7) 2,122 (43.6) 391 (38.1) 47,938 (43.5) 7,362 (43.2)
 III 27,457 (29.5) 215 (39.6) 1,448 (37.3) 497 (42.3) 1,344 (35.4) 495 (28.5) 1,880 (38.6) 445 (43.3) 33,791 (30.7) 6,324 (37.1)
 IV (undifferentiated) 1,143 (1.2) 6 (1.1) 37 (1.0) 12 (1.0) 66 (1.7) 16 (0.9) 63 (1.3) 20 (1.9) 1,363 (1.2) 220 (1.3)
Chemotherapy
 Yes 56,233 (60.4) 257 (47.3) 1,915 (49.3) 496 (42.2) 1,955 (51.5) 1,060 (61.1) 2,231 (45.8) 487 (47.4) 64,634 (58.7) 8,401 (49.3)
 No 36,856 (39.6) 286 (52.7) 1,971 (50.7) 679 (57.8) 1,841 (48.5) 676 (38.9) 2,637 (54.2) 540 (52.6) 45,486 (41.3) 8,630 (50.7)
Endocrine therapy
 Yes 50,552 (54.3) 269 (49.5) 2,167 (55.8) 621 (52.9) 1,958 (51.6) 942 (54.3) 2,646 (54.4) 658 (64.1) 59,813 (54.3) 9,261 (54.4)
 No 42,537 (45.7) 274 (50.5) 1,719 (44.2) 554 (47.1) 1,838 (48.4) 794 (45.7) 2,222 (45.6) 369 (35.9) 50,307 (45.7) 7,770 (45.6)
Radiation therapy
 Yes 42,671 (54.2) 250 (54.0) 2,046 (47.3) 514 (56.3) 1,834 (51.7) 822 (52.6) 2,591 (46.8) 540 (47.4) 51,268 (53.4) 8,597 (49.5)
 No 50,418 (45.8) 293 (46.0) 1,840 (52.7) 661 (43.7) 1,962 (48.3) 914 (47.4) 2,277 (53.2) 487 (52.6) 58,852 (46.6) 8,434 (50.5)
Surgery
 None 2,288 (2.5) 27 (5.0) 103 (2.7) 45 (3.8) 89 (2.3) 35 (2.0) 168 (3.5) 40 (3.9) 2,795 (2.5) 507 (3.0)
 Lumpectomy 57,053 (61.3) 288 (53.0) 1,913 (49.2) 603 (51.3) 1,967 (51.8) 1,023 (58.9) 2,192 (45.0) 513 (50.0) 65,552 (59.5) 8,499 (49.9)
 Mastectomy 33,748 (36.3) 228 (42.0) 1,870 (48.1) 527 (44.9) 1,740 (45.8) 678 (39.1) 2,508 (51.5) 474 (46.2) 41,773 (37.9) 8,025 (47.1)
Tumor size (mm)
 < 5.0 5,928 (6.4) 30 (5.5) 259 (6.7) 68 (5.8) 276 (7.3) 139 (8.0) 309 (6.3) 62 (6.0) 7,071 (6.4) 1,143 (6.7)
 ≥ 5.0, < 10.0 17,319 (18.6) 64 (11.8) 609 (15.7) 141 (12.0) 608 (16.0) 305 (17.6) 628 (12.9) 122 (11.9) 19,796 (18.0) 2,477 (14.5)
 ≥ 10.0, < 20.0 35,857 (38.5) 188 (34.6) 1,363 (35.1) 389 (33.1) 1,424 (37.5) 716 (41.2) 1,645 (33.8) 392 (38.2) 41,974 (38.1) 6,117 (35.9)
 ≥ 20.0, < 50.0 26,752 (28.7) 192 (35.4) 1,315 (33.8) 455 (38.7) 1,204 (31.7) 469 (27.0) 1,814 (37.3) 357 (34.8) 32,558 (29.6) 5,806 (34.1)
 ≥ 50.0 7,233 (7.8) 69 (12.7) 340 (8.7) 122 (10.4) 284 (7.5) 107 (6.2) 472 (9.7) 94 (9.2) 8,721 (7.9) 1,488 (8.7)
ER/PR/HER2 subtype
 ER+/PR+/HER2- 57,159 (61.4) 327 (60.2) 2,147 (55.2) 644 (54.8) 2,171 (57.2) 1,072 (61.8) 2,689 (55.2) 507 (49.4) 66,716 (60.6) 9,557 (56.1)
 ER+/PR+/HER2+ 7,860 (8.4) 62 (11.4) 409 (10.5) 116 (9.9) 397 (10.5) 167 (9.6) 606 (12.4) 140 (13.6) 9,757 (8.9) 1,897 (11.1)
 ER+/PR-/HER2- 8,877 (9.5) 32 (5.9) 339 (8.7) 70 (6.0) 300 (7.9) 166 (9.6) 398 (8.2) 56 (5.5) 10,238 (9.3) 1,361 (8.0)
 ER+/PR-/HER2+ 2,759 (3.0) 13 (2.4) 143 (3.7) 30 (2.6) 142 (3.7) 54 (3.1) 185 (3.8) 40 (3.9) 3,366 (3.1) 607 (3.6)
 ER-/PR+/HER2- 652 (0.7) 5 (0.9) 25 (0.6) 14 (1.2) 30 (0.8) 11 (0.6) 36 (0.7) 11 (1.1) 784 (0.7) 132 (0.8)
 ER-/PR+/HER2+ 267 (0.3) 0 25 (0.6) 4 (0.3) 10 (0.3) 6 (0.3) 22 (0.5) 4 (0.4) 338 (0.3) 71 (0.4)
 ER-/PR-/HER2- 10,650 (11.4) 59 (10.9) 465 (12.0) 204 (17.4) 402 (10.6) 173 (10.0) 435 (8.9) 160 (15.6) 12,548 (11.4) 1,898 (11.1)
 ER-/PR-/HER2+ 4,865 (5.2) 45 (8.3) 333 (8.6) 93 (7.9) 344 (9.1) 87 (5.0) 497 (10.2) 109 (10.6) 6,373 (5.8) 1,508 (8.9)

Data are presented as number (%).

AJCC=American Joint Committee on Cancer; SES=socioeconomic status; ER=estrogen receptor; PR=progesterone receptor; HER2=human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.

*Percents are of total cases within a race/ethnicity; Mean±SD.