Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of Cancer Patients by Health Insurance Coverage, from SEER 2007–2016
| Total | Non-Medicaid | Medicaid | Uninsured | p-Value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N% | 768,055 (100%) | 602,940 (78.5%) | 128,901 (16.8%) | 36,214 (4.7%) | |
| Gender | < 0.001 | ||||
| Male | 212,206 (27.6%) | 160,972 (26.7%) | 36,865 (28.6%) | 14,369 (39.7%) | |
| Female | 555,849 (72.4%) | 441,968 (73.3%) | 92,036 (71.4%) | 21,845 (60.3%) | |
| Age (Mean +/− SD) | 52.9 ± 9.0 | 53.2 ± 8.8 | 52.0 ± 9.4 | 51.9 ± 9.5 | < 0.001 |
| Race | < 0.001 | ||||
| White | 505,097 (65.8%) | 423,016 (70.1%) | 62,672 (48.6%) | 19,409 (53.6%) | |
| African American | 98,942 (12.9%) | 65,997 (19.6%) | 25,306 (21.1%) | 7639 (7.7%) | |
| Others | 164,016 (21.3%) | 113,927 (18.9%) | 40,923 (31.8%) | 9166 (25.3%) | |
| Marital Status | < 0.001 | ||||
| Married | 296,431 (38.6%) | 192,854 (32.0%) | 82,636 (64.1%) | 20,953 (57.9%) | |
| Single | 471,624 (61.4%) | 410,088 (68.0%) | 46,275 (35.9%) | 15,261 (42.1%) |
* p-value were estimated using chi-sq tests for all variables except for age. P-value for age was estimated using ANOVA test