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. 2017 Oct 23;12(10):e0186960. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186960

Table 3. Demographic characteristics of patients in PHIS-assembled cohort compared to the National Cancer Institute’s SEER program.

PHIS-assembled (n = 1,395*) SEER 2004–2013 (n = 1,477) P-value
Number % Number %
Age category
 <1 2 0.14 4 0.27 <0.001
 ≥1 and <5 182 13.1 170 11.51
 ≥5 and <10 374 26.8 301 20.38
 ≥10 and <15 434 31.1 402 27.22
 ≥15 and <20 403 28.9 600 40.62
Gender
 Male 1,058 75.8 1007 68.18 <0.001
 Female 337 24.2 470 31.82
Race
 White 951 68.2 1131 76.57 0.03
 Black 131 9.4 203 13.74
 Other** 294 21.1 130 8.8
 Unknown** 19 1.4 13 0.9

*14 subjects aged 20–21 in the PHIS-assembled cohort are excluded from all comparisons, as the NCI SEER program does not include this specific age range.

**Other/unknown categories were excluded from this comparison