Table 2.

Patient Characteristics by Insurance Status in the Most and Least Disadvantaged Communities.

	Most Disadvantaged Communites			Least Disadvantaged Communities
Characteristics	Uninsured	Medicaid	Insured	Uninsured	Medicaid	Insured
Patients, n (%)	4,709 (6.0%)	13,815 (17.5%)	60,495 (76.6%)	2,174 (3.0%)	4,808 (6.7%)	65,272 (90.3%)
Age
Mean, years ± SD	53.9 ± 7.7	53.1 ± 8.2	55.1 ± 7.3	54 ± 8.2	53.2 ± 8.2	54.2 ± 7.7
Gender
Female	2,189 (46.5)	8,552 (61.9)	28,617 (47.3)	1,086 (50)	2,885 (60)	34,062 (52.2)
Marital Status
Married	1,935 (41.1)	4,757 (34.4)	39,699 (65.6)	825 (37.9)	1,470 (30.6)	45,419 (69.6)
Race and ethnicity
Non-hispanic white	2,754 (58.5)	7,103 (51.4)	39,948 (66)	1,348 (62)	2,466 (51.3)	48,116 (73.7)
Non-hispanic black	1,338 (28.4)	3,611 (26.1)	12,393 (20.5)	273 (12.6)	745 (15.5)	4,530 (6.9)
Hispanic	508 (10.8)	2,494 (18.1)	6,174 (10.2)	295 (13.6)	654 (13.6)	3,539 (5.4)
Other	109 (2.3)	607 (4.4)	1,980 (3.3)	258 (11.9)	943 (19.6)	9,087 (13.9)
Tumor Type
Lung	1,762 (37.4)	4,645 (33.6)	11,126 (18.4)	631 (29)	1,443 (30)	8,245 (12.6)
Colorectal	1,329 (28.2)	2,450 (17.7)	10,328 (17.1)	513 (23.6)	939 (19.5)	9,652 (14.8)
Breast	884 (18.8)	5,212 (37.7)	19,678 (32.5)	621 (28.6)	1,878 (39.1)	25,895 (39.7)
Prostate	734 (15.6)	1,508 (10.9)	19,363 (32)	409 (18.8)	548 (11.4)	21,480 (32.9)
Stage at presentation
Distant disease (Overall)	1,959 (41.6)	4,625 (33.5)	10,594 (17.5)	756 (34.8)	1,571 (32.7)	8,654 (13.3)
Distant disease (Lung)	1,268 (72)	2949 (63.5)	6552 (58.9)	440 (69.7)	936 (64.9)	4946 (60)
Distant disease (Colorectal)	442 (33.3)	766 (31.3)	2296 (22.2)	181 (35.3)	319 (34)	1998 (20.7)
Distant disease (Breast)	148 (16.7)	736 (14.1)	1280 (6.5)	92 (14.8)	243 (12.9)	1308 (5.1)
Distant disease (Prostate)	101 (13.8)	174 (11.5)	466 (2.4)	43 (10.5)	73 (13.3)	402 (1.9)
Cancer-directed surgery
Received*	1,894 (68.9)	6,831 (74.3)	38,387 (76.9)	993 (70)	2,526 (78)	45,937 (81.1)

^*Excludes patients with distant disease