Table 1.
Patient demographics and cancer diagnosis, n(%)
| n = 46 |
|
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 18 (31) |
| Female | 28 (61) |
| Country of birth* | |
| China | 41 (89) |
| Malaysia | 5 (11) |
| Time in the U.S. | |
| Less than 1 year | 1 (2) |
| 1 – 2 years | 2 (4) |
| 3 – 5 years | 5 (11) |
| 6 – 9 years | 7 (15) |
| 10 – 5 years | 16 (35) |
| 16 – 20 years | 10 (22) |
| > 20 years | 5 (11) |
| Language preferred for health care | |
| Mandarin | 25 (54) |
| Cantonese | 9 (20) |
| Fujianese | 5 (11) |
| Mandarin/Cantonese | 5 (11) |
| Mandarin/English | 1 (2) |
| Cantonese/Spanish/English | 1 (2) |
| Education | |
| ≤ 5th Grade | 9 (20) |
| 6th to 11th Grade | 11 (24) |
| High School Grad | 16 (35) |
| Some College/Post-College | 9 (20) |
| Don’t know | 1 (2) |
| Insurance status | |
| Uninsured | 10 (22) |
| Emergency Medicaid | 21 (46) |
| Medicaid | 7 (15) |
| HMO-Medicaid | 7 (15) |
| Medicaid w/Medicare | 1 (2) |
| Cancer diagnosis | |
| Breast | 19 (41) |
| Gastric | 6 (13) |
| Head & Neck | 5 (11) |
| Colorectal | 4 (9) |
| Gynecological | 4 (9) |
| Brain | 2 (4) |
| Leukemia | 1 (2) |
| Liver | 2 (4) |
| Lung | 2 (4) |
| Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin’s) | 1 (2) |