Table 1.
Patient demographic and clinical characteristics by rurality
| Urban (n=1,248) | Rural (n=353) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | n | (%) | n | (%) | P-value | |
| Age | Median (IQR) | 75 | (70–80) | 73 | (70–78) | 0.04 * |
| 66–69 | 297 | (24%) | 86 | (24%) | 0.01 * | |
| 70–74 | 327 | (26%) | 121 | (34%) | ||
| 75–79 | 272 | (22%) | 70 | (20%) | ||
| 80+ | 352 | (28%) | 76 | (22%) | ||
| Gender | Female | 561 | (45%) | 153 | (43%) | 0.59 |
| Male | 687 | (55%) | 200 | (57%) | ||
| Race | Non-white | 174 | (14%) | 21 | (6%) | <0.0001 * |
| White | 1074 | (86%) | 332 | (94%) | ||
| Marital status | Married | 686 | (55%) | 218 | (62%) | 0.02 * |
| Divorceda | 562 | (45%) | 135 | (38%) | ||
| State buy-in | No | 1034 | (83%) | 298 | (84%) | 0.49 |
| Yes | 214 | (17%) | 55 | (16%) | ||
| Median income (thousands) | Median (IQR) | 31 | (24–40) | 21 | (18–26) | <0.0001 * |
| Low | 151 | (12%) | 143 | (41%) | <0.0001 * | |
| Medium | 418 | (33%) | 171 | (48%) | ||
| High | 679 | (54%) | 39 | (11%) | ||
| Poverty indicator | Low | 685 | (55%) | 71 | (20%) | <0.0001 * |
| Medium | 345 | (28%) | 139 | (39%) | ||
| High | 218 | (17%) | 143 | (41%) | ||
| % High school | Low | 253 | (20%) | 149 | (42%) | <0.0001 * |
| Medium | 347 | (28%) | 117 | (33%) | ||
| High | 648 | (52%) | 87 | (25%) | ||
| % 4 year college | Low | 113 | (9%) | 87 | (25%) | <0.0001 * |
| Medium | 276 | (22%) | 165 | (47%) | ||
| High | 859 | (69%) | 101 | (29%) | ||
| Year of diagnosis | 2007 | 309 | (25%) | 67 | (19%) | 0.02 * |
| 2008 | 262 | (21%) | 67 | (19%) | ||
| 2009 | 229 | (18%) | 60 | (17%) | ||
| 2010 | 227 | (18%) | 73 | (21%) | ||
| 2011 | 221 | (18%) | 86 | (24%) | ||
| Stage | II | 576 | (46%) | 160 | (45%) | 0.78 |
| III | 672 | (54%) | 193 | (55%) | ||
| Charlson score | 0 | 727 | (58%) | 199 | (56%) | 0.82 |
| 1 | 328 | (26%) | 97 | (27%) | ||
| 2+ | 193 | (15%) | 57 | (16%) | ||
| Function Related Indicators | 0 | 834 | (67%) | 219 | (62%) | 0.25 |
| 1 | 250 | (20%) | 81 | (23%) | ||
| 2+ | 164 | (13%) | 53 | (15%) | ||
a
Includes widowed or separated patients
IQR=Interquartile range
*
Significant at α=0.05