Table 1.
Pennsylvania Liver Cancer Patient Characteristics (N = 9460).
| Characteristics | Total (N = 9460) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Individual-level | Age at diagnosis Mean years (SD) | 65.3 (12.8) |
| N (%) | ||
| Gender | ||
| Male | 6810 (72.0%) | |
| Female | 2650 (28.0%) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| White | 7310 (77.3%) | |
| Black or African American | 1659 (17.5%) | |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 11 (0.1%) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander (API) | 324 (3.4%) | |
| Other | 156 (1.6%) | |
| Neighborhood-level | ||
| Census Tract %NHB | ||
| Low <80% | 8710 (92.1%) | |
| High ≥80% | 749 (7.9%) | |
| Unknown | 1 (0.0%) | |
| Hispanic ICE (quartiles) | ||
| 1 High concentration of NHW | 1910 (20.2%) | |
| 2 | 2053 (21.7%) | |
| 3 | 2292 (24.2%) | |
| 4 High concentration of Hispanics | 3200 (33.8%) | |
| Unknown | 5 (0.1%) | |
| Neighborhood Instability (quartiles) | ||
| Low Neighborhood Instability | 7567 (80.0%) | |
| High Neighborhood Instability | 1893 (20.0%) | |
| Poverty (quartiles) | ||
| 1 High SES | 2136 (22.6%) | |
| 2 | 2216 (23.4%) | |
| 3 | 2243 (23.7%) | |
| 4 Low SES | 2863 (30.3%) | |
| Unknown | 2 (0.1%) | |
| ICE Income (quartiles) | ||
| 1 Concentrated affluence | 2080 (22.0%) | |
| 2 | 2223 (23.5%) | |
| 3 | 2329 (24.6%) | |
| 4 Concentrated poverty | 2823 (29.8%) | |
| Unknown | 5 (0.1%) | |
| Townsend Index (quartiles) | ||
| 1 High SES | 2009 (21.2%) | |
| 2 | 2132 (22.5%) | |
| 3 | 2250 (23.8%) | |
| 4 Low SES | 3064 (32.4%) | |
| Unknown | 5 (0.1%) | |
| Yost Index (quintiles) | ||
| 1 High SES | 1638 (17.3%) | |
| 2 | 1808 (19.1%) | |
| 3 | 1824 (19.3%) | |
| 4 | 1789 (18.9%) | |
| 5 Low SES | 2293 (24.2%) | |
| Unknown | 108 (1.1%) | |
| SEP Index (quartiles) | ||
| 1 High SES | 2056 (21.7%) | |
| 2 | 2199 (23.2%) | |
| 3 | 2340 (24.7%) | |
| 4 Low SES | 2843 (30.1%) | |
| Unknown | 22 (0.2%) | |
| MESA Index (quartiles) | ||
| 1 High SES | 2792 (29.5%) | |
| 2 | 2461 (26.0%) | |
| 3 | 2264 (23.9%) | |
| 4 Low SES | 1942 (20.5%) | |
| Unknown | 1 (0.01%) | |
| Messer Index (quartiles) | ||
| 1 High SES | 1969 (20.8%) | |
| 2 | 2207 (23.3%) | |
| 3 | 2218 (23.4%) | |
| 4 Low SES | 3065 (32.4%) | |
| Unknown | 1 (0.01%) | |
Abbreviations: SD, Standard deviation; ICE, Index of Concentration at the Extremes; SES, Socio-economic status; SEP, Socio-economic position; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Neighborhood Instability: % still living in same house as one year ago.