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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2016 Apr 11;122(10):1570–1578. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29886

Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics (%) of Male Patients According to Race/Ethnicity and Marital Status, California, Diagnosis Years 2000 Through 2009.

Characteristic Percentage

All (N = 393,470 NHW, N = 258,306 Black, N = 31,059 Hispanic, N = 59,468 API, N = 38,121





Unmarried, n = 118,126 Married, n = 275,344 Unmarried, n = 76,805 Married, n = 181,501 Unmarried, n = 14,283 Married, n = 16,776 Unmarried, n = 17,715 Married, n = 41,753 Unmarried, n = 7273 Married, n = 30,848
Total percentage 30 70 29.7 70.3 46 54) 29.8 70.2 19.1 80.9
Age at diagnosis, y
 18–29 1.6 0.2 0.9 0.1 0.8 0.1 4.5 0.6 3.3 0.2
 30–39 1.9 1 1.3 0.6 1.6 0.8 4.2 2.3 3.5 1.4
 40–49 6.9 4.7 6.1 3.8 8.6 6.7 9.2 7.3 7.3 5.7
 50–59 20.6 18.7 20 18.1 27.4 25.2 19.3 20.1 16.5 17.2
 60–69 27.6 32.5 27.8 32.6 32.3 37 25.4 32.3 21.7 30.3
 70–79 24.9 29.7 25.4 30.5 20.7 22.7 24.4 27.6 27.1 31.3
 80–89 14 12.1 15.5 13.2 7.5 6.9 11.2 8.9 17.2 12.7
 ≥90 2.6 1.1 3 1.2 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.8 3.3 1.1
Neighborhood (block group) SES (statewide quintiles)
 Q1 (low) 19.6 12.1 13 7 35.6 22.7 36.4 30.3 17 11.6
 Q2 21.1 17.3 19.6 14.9 25.2 23.8 24.3 24.8 20.6 17.5
 Q3 21.1 20.6 22.2 20.7 18.7 21.8 18.5 19.8 20.7 20
 Q4 20.2 22.8 22.9 24.8 13.5 19 13 14.7 21.7 23.6
 Q5 (high) 18.1 27.3 22.3 32.5 7 12.6 7.9 10.4 20 27.4
Health insurance
 None 3.6 1.4 2.6 0.8 5.2 1.9 6.2 3 4.6 2.3
 Private only 36.3 49.5 39 51 30.8 54.9 29.7 46.1 32.9 42.4
 Medicare or Medicare and private 14 18.7 16.9 22.2 7.6 12 8.5 11.8 9.1 11.2
 Any public, Medicaid, or military 41.3 27.2 36.6 22.9 51.8 28.5 50.5 35.3 49.1 41.2
 Unknown 4.8 3.2 4.8 3.2 4.7 2.7 5.1 3.8 4.3 2.8
Cancer site
 Prostate 37.2 48.9 36.4 49.5 46 59.6 34.9 48.4 26.9 36.1
 Lung 21.4 15.6 23.3 16.4 21.5 14 14.2 11 21.4 19.2
 Colon 10.4 9.8 10.4 9.6 9.3 9.4 11 10.1 12.5 11.3
 Bladder 4.6 4.1 5.6 4.8 2.2 1.9 3.1 2.7 3.1 2.6
 NHL 7.4 6.1 7.3 6.1 4.8 3.6 10.3 7.1 7.4 6
 Leukemia 4.5 3.7 4.5 3.9 2.8 2.3 6 4 4.9 2.8
 Liver and IBD 5.2 3.5 3.7 2 5 2.7 9.1 5.9 11.5 10.5
 Pancreas 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.7 3.9 4.2 3.6
 Esophagus 2.4 1.7 2.6 2 1.9 1 2.1 1.5 1.8 1.2
 Stomach 3.1 3.2 2.3 2.2 3.1 2.5 5.5 5.5 6.4 6.6
Stage
 Local 42.7 52.4 43 53.4 44.3 56.4 40.2 49.7 37.4 45.4
 Regional 17.8 18.8 17.5 18.4 18.2 18.3 18.3 19.7 20 21.1
 Distant 28.4 20.9 28.4 20.4 28.5 19.3 28.8 21.9 30.1 25.5
 Unknown/NA 11.1 7.9 11 7.8 9 5.9 12.7 8.7 12.5 8
Surgery
 No 60.4 52.8 59.2 51.3 65.6 56.8 59.5 53.2 61.1 56.3
 Yes  35 43.5 36.3 44.8 31.7 40.9 34.5 42.9 34.1 40.8
 NA  4.5 3.7 4.5 3.9 2.8 2.3 6 4 4.9 2.8
Radiation
 No  75.9 73 75.3 72.1 74 71.8 79 75.6 77.6 74.4
 Yes  24.1 27 24.7 27.9 26 28.2 21 24.4 22.4 25.6
Nativity
 US born 51.1 42 23.6 15.8
 Foreign born 48.9 58 74.8 82.7
 Unknown 1.6 1.5

Abbreviations: API, Asian/Pacific Islander; IBD, intrahepatic bile duct; NA, not applicable; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Q, quintile; SES, socioeconomic status.