Table 2.
Patient Characteristics by Insurance Status for Patients Diagnosed With Glioblastoma (2008–2016), SEER Regions
| All | Uninsured | Any Medicaid | Non-Medicaid insured | Insured/ No specifics | Insurance status unknown | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Age category, years | ||||||||||||
| 0–19 | 330 | 1.3% | <5 | 0.5% | 109 | 3.9% | 176 | 1.0% | 29 | 0.7% | 12 | 1.6% |
| 20–39 | 1069 | 4.1% | 86 | 10.7% | 269 | 9.5% | 596 | 3.4% | 87 | 2.2% | 31 | 4.2% |
| 40–64 | 11 579 | 44.9% | 617 | 76.8% | 1568 | 55.5% | 7890 | 45.2% | 1209 | 30.5% | 295 | 39.9% |
| 65+ | 12 806 | 49.7% | 96 | 12.0% | 879 | 31.1% | 8785 | 50.4% | 2645 | 66.6% | 401 | 54.3% |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 14 895 | 57.8% | 498 | 62.0% | 1607 | 56.9% | 10 180 | 58.3% | 2229 | 56.1% | 381 | 51.6% |
| Female | 10 889 | 42.2% | 305 | 38.0% | 1218 | 43.1% | 7267 | 41.7% | 1741 | 43.9% | 358 | 48.4% |
| Race | ||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 20 283 | 78.7% | 486 | 60.5% | 1521 | 53.8% | 14 521 | 83.2% | 3178 | 80.1% | 577 | 78.1% |
| Non-Hispanic black | 1474 | 5.7% | 92 | 11.5% | 286 | 10.1% | 793 | 4.5% | 248 | 6.2% | 55 | 7.4% |
| Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native | 94 | 0.4% | <5 | 0.1% | 34 | 1.2% | 39 | 0.2% | 16 | 0.4% | <5 | 0.5% |
| Non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander | 1231 | 4.8% | 56 | 7.0% | 253 | 9.0% | 728 | 4.2% | 169 | 4.3% | 25 | 3.4% |
| Hispanic (all races) | 2653 | 10.3% | 166 | 20.7% | 721 | 25.5% | 1347 | 7.7% | 353 | 8.9% | 66 | 8.9% |
| Non-Hispanic unknown race | 49 | 0.2% | <5 | 0.2% | 10 | 0.4% | 19 | 0.1% | 6 | 0.2% | 12 | 1.6% |