Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of Hispanic and Asian American/Pacific Islander women diagnosed with endometrial cancer in California, 1988–2011
| Characteristics | Hispanic |
AAPI |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Total | 9,367 | 100.0 | 5,878 | 100.0 |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | ||||
| Mean | 59.8 | 58.6 | ||
| Year of diagnosis | ||||
| 1988–1992 | 1,171 | 12.5 | 584 | 9.9 |
| 1993–1997 | 1,386 | 14.8 | 793 | 13.5 |
| 1998–2002 | 1,760 | 18.8 | 1,173 | 20.0 |
| 2003–2006 | 1,896 | 20.2 | 1,215 | 20.7 |
| 2007–2011 | 3,154 | 33.7 | 2,113 | 35.9 |
| Stage at diagnosis | ||||
| I—localized | 6,423 | 68.6 | 4,027 | 68.5 |
| II—regional | 1,807 | 19.3 | 1,208 | 20.6 |
| III/IV—distant | 689 | 7.4 | 394 | 6.7 |
| Unknown | 448 | 4.8 | 249 | 4.2 |
| Grade | ||||
| Well | 3,744 | 40.0 | 2,365 | 40.2 |
| Moderate | 2,863 | 30.6 | 1,788 | 30.4 |
| Poor/undifferentiated | 1,917 | 20.5 | 1,292 | 22.0 |
| Other | 843 | 9.0 | 433 | 7.4 |
| Histologic subtype | ||||
| Endometrioid | 4,626 | 49.4 | 3,112 | 52.9 |
| Adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified | 2,654 | 28.3 | 1,578 | 26.8 |
| Serous | 456 | 4.9 | 284 | 4.8 |
| Adenocarcinoma with squamous differentiation | 479 | 5.1 | 221 | 3.8 |
| Mixed cell | 337 | 3.6 | 221 | 3.8 |
| Clear cell | 147 | 1.6 | 97 | 1.7 |
| Mucinous adenocarcinoma | 100 | 1.1 | 94 | 1.6 |
| Other | 568 | 6.1 | 271 | 4.6 |
| Surgery treatment | ||||
| No | 749 | 8.0 | 360 | 6.1 |
| Yes | 8,616 | 92.0 | 5,516 | 93.8 |
| Radiation treatment | ||||
| No | 7,130 | 76.1 | 4,465 | 76.0 |
| Yes | 2,235 | 23.9 | 1,410 | 24.0 |
| Chemotherapy treatment | ||||
| No | 8,282 | 88.4 | 5,146 | 87.5 |
| Yes | 1,006 | 10.7 | 710 | 12.1 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 4,825 | 51.5 | 3,687 | 62.7 |
| Not married | 4,210 | 44.9 | 1,997 | 34.0 |
| Seen at NCI-designated cancer center | ||||
| Yes | 1,230 | 13.1 | 704 | 12.0 |
| No | 8,137 | 86.9 | 5,174 | 88.0 |
| Neighborhood SES | ||||
| Q1 Lowest | 2,912 | 31.1 | 626 | 10.7 |
| Q2 | 2,298 | 24.5 | 995 | 16.9 |
| Q3 | 1,843 | 19.7 | 1,210 | 20.5 |
| Q4 | 1,362 | 14.5 | 1,502 | 25.6 |
| Q5 highest | 952 | 10.2 | 1,545 | 26.3 |
| Ethnic enclave | ||||
| Lowest (Q1–3) | 3,287 | 35.1 | 1,369 | 23.3 |
| Q4 | 2,370 | 25.3 | 1,318 | 22.4 |
| Highest (Q5) | 3,507 | 37.4 | 3,077 | 52.4 |
Q quintile, SES socioeconomic status, AAPI Asian American/Pacific Islander, NCI National Cancer Institute. Unknown levels of the variable are excluded from the table, so number of cases may not add up to total cases