Table 1.

Characteristics of Utah cancer patients diagnosed 2004–2008 in metropolitan and rural counties

	Metropolitan counties (n = 32,498)		Rural counties (n = 4,906)		P‐value for Chi‐square
	n	%	n	%
Age at diagnosis
<50	6546	20.1	737	15.0	<0.0001
50–64 years	10,776	33.2	1631	33.2
65+ years	15,176	46.7	2538	51.7
Race
White	31,566	97.1	4,785	97.5	<0.0001
Black	198	0.6	6	0.1
American Indian/Alaska Native	92	0.3	85	1.7
Asian or Pacific Islander	593	1.8	18	0.4
Unknown	49	0.2	12	0.2
Hispanic
No	30,759	94.6	4764	97.1	<0.0001
Yes	1739	5.4	142	2.9
Sex
Male	17,315	53.3	2739	55.8	0.0008
Female	15,183	46.7	2167	44.2
Stage
In situ	3234	10.0	416	8.5	0.0003
Localized	16,085	49.5	2,335	47.6
Regional	6240	19.2	933	19.0
Distant	5869	18.1	974	19.9
Unknown	1070	3.3	248	5.1
Treatment
No radiation or surgery	7018	21.6	1,186	24.2	<0.0001
Radiation only	3439	10.6	600	12.2
Surgery only	16,695	51.4	2434	49.6
Radiation and surgery	4889	15.0	571	11.6
Unknown	457	1.4	115	2.3
Insurance status (for 2007–8; n = 15,711)
Uninsured	331	2.4	55	2.8	<0.0001
Any medicaid	493	3.6	106	5.3
Insured	8850	64.5	1086	54.8
Insured/no specifics	1270	9.3	271	13.7
Insurance status unknown	2785	20.3	464	23.4

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (www.seer.cancer.gov) SEER*Stat Database: Incidence – SEER 18 Regs Research Data + Hurricane Katrina Impacted Louisiana Cases, Nov 2015 Sub(1973–2013 varying) – Linked To County Attributes – Total U.S., 1969–2014 Counties, National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Surveillance Systems Branch, released April 2016, based on the November 2015 submission.