Table 1.
Pretreatment characteristics of younger (<60 years) and older (≥60 years) non-Hispanic Black and White patients diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) included in SEER registries in 1986–2015
| Characteristic | Younger patients | Older patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black n=1,356 |
White n=8,074 |
Pa | Black n=1,258 |
White n=14,835 |
Pa | |
| Age, years | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Median | 45 | 48 | 72 | 73 | ||
| Range | 18–59 | 18–59 | 60–85 | 60–85 | ||
| Sex, n (%) | 0.09 | <0.001 | ||||
| Male | 700 (52) | 4,368 (54) | 609 (48) | 8,394 (57) | ||
| Female | 656 (48) | 3,706 (46) | 649 (52) | 6,441 (43) | ||
| Metro, n (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 1,272 (94) | 7,124 (88) | 1,170 (93) | 12,849 (87) | ||
| No | 84 (6) | 950 (12) | 88 (7) | 1986 (13) | ||
| Insurance, n (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Insured | 375 (28) | 2,604 (32) | 466 (37) | 5,596 (38) | ||
| Any Medicaid | 218 (16) | 527 (7) | 104 (8) | 340 (2) | ||
| Uninsured | 58 (4) | 130 (2) | 13 (1) | 67 (0.5) | ||
| Insurance status unknown | 705 (52) | 4,813 (60) | 675 (54) | 8,832 (59.5) | ||
| Percent of families below poverty level | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Median | 13% | 8% | 13% | 9% | ||
| Range | 3%−42% | 2%−37% | 2%−31% | 2%−42% | ||
| Year of diagnosis, n (%) | <0.001 | 0.002 | ||||
| 1986–1995 | 160 (12) | 1,365 (17) | 164 (13) | 2,335 (16) | ||
| 1996–2005 | 480 (35) | 2,994 (37) | 439 (35) | 5,478 (37) | ||
| 2006–2015 | 716 (53) | 3,715 (46) | 655 (52) | 7,022 (47) | ||
a
P-values for categorical variables are from Fisher’s exact test, P-values for continuous variables are from the Wilcoxon rank sum test.