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. 2021 Apr 15;9(4):e3528. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003528

Table 2.

Sociodemographics

Variable Overall, N = 12,544 (%) No Reconstruction, N = 11,237 (89.6%) Reconstruction, N = 1307 (10.4%) P
Mean age at diagnosis (y), SD 56.9, 13.2 57.6, 13.2 50.8, 11.2 <0.001
Age at diagnosis (y) <0.001
 18–39 1136 (9.1) 934 (8.3) 202 (15.5)
 40–49 2619 (20.9) 2200 (19.6) 419 (32.1)
 50–59 3739 (29.8) 3334 (29.7) 405 (31.0)
 60–69 2884 (23.0) 2662 (23.7) 222 (17.0)
 ≥70 2166 (17.3) 2107 (18.8) 59 (4.5)
Race 0.29
 White 10,152 (80.9) 9097 (81.0) 1055 (80.7)
 Black 1850 (14.7) 1664 (14.8) 186 (14.2)
 Asian 284 (2.3) 254 (2.3) 30 (2.3)
 Other/missing 258 (2.1) 222 (2.0) 36 (2.8)
Ethnicity 0.16
 Hispanic 801 (6.4) 716 (6.4) 85 (6.5)
 Non-Hispanic 11,022 (87.9) 9860 (87.7) 1162 (88.9)
 Unknown 721 (5.7) 661 (5.9) 60 (4.6)
Charlson score <0.001
 0 10,355 (82.5) 9229 (82.1) 1126 (86.2)
 1 1740 (13.9) 1584 (14.1) 156 (11.9)
 ≥2 449 (3.6) 424 (3.8) 25 (1.9)
Personal cancer history
 First and only cancer 10,104 (80.5) 9037 (80.4) 1067 (81.6) 0.012
 First of >1 1013 (8.1) 890 (7.9) 123 (9.4)
 Second 1244 (9.9) 1143 (10.2) 101 (7.7)
 Third or more; unknown 183 (1.5) 167 (1.5) 16 (1.2)
Type of insurance <0.001
 Medicaid 1569 (12.5) 1432 (12.7) 137 (10.5)
 Medicare 3484 (27.8) 3324 (29.6) 160 (12.2)
 Other government 143 (1.1) 128 (1.1) 15 (1.1)
 Uninsured 521 (4.2) 481 (4.3) 40 (3.1)
 Unknown 162 (1.3) 146 (1.3) 16 (1.2)
 Private 6665 (53.1) 5726 (51.0) 939 (71.8)
Percentage with high-school education* <0.001
 <7 or unknown 2800 (22.3) 2401 (21.4) 399 (30.5)
 7–12.9 3984 (31.8) 3571 (31.8) 413 (31.6)
 13–20.9 3467 (27.6) 3158 (28.1) 309 (23.6)
 ≥21 2293 (18.3) 2107 (18.9) 186 (14.2)
Income* <0.001
 <$38,000 2309 (18.4) 2154 (19.2) 155 (11.9)
 $38,000–$47,999 2989 (23.8) 2762 (24.6) 227 (17.4)
 $48,000–$62,999 3422 (27.3) 3083 (27.4) 339 (25.9)
 $>63,000 3748 (29.9) 3172 (28.2) 576 (44.1)
 Missing 76 (0.6) 66 (0.6) 10 (0.8)
Urban/rural continuum <0.001
 Large metropolitan 6382 (50.9) 5529 (49.2) 853 (65.3)
 Metropolitan 3810 (30.4) 3508 (31.2) 302 (23.1)
 Urban 746 (5.9) 696 (6.2) 50 (3.8)
 Rural 1293 (10.3) 1228 (10.9) 65 (5.0)
 Unknown 313 (2.5) 276 (2.5) 37 (2.8)
Distance from facility (miles) 0.47
 <10 6450 (51.4) 5764 (51.3) 686 (52.5)
 21–20 2864 (22.8) 2556 (22.7) 308 (23.6)
 21–40 1748 (13.9) 1577 (14.0) 171 (13.1)
 >40 or unknown 1482 (11.8) 1340 (11.9) 142 (10.9)
Initial diagnosis location <0.001
 At facility 7307 (58.3) 6623 (58.9) 684 (52.3)
 Elsewhere 5237 (41.7) 4614 (41.1) 623 (47.7)
Facility geographic location <0.001
 Northeast 2031 (17.8) 1774 (17.2) 257 (23.3)
 Southern 4365 (38.2) 3987 (38.7) 378 (34.2)
 Midwest 3158 (27.7) 2858 (27.8) 300 (27.2)
 Western 1854 (16.3) 1684 (16.4) 170 (15.4)
Facility type <0.001
 Community cancer program 1203 (10.5) 1150 (11.2) 53 (4.8)
 Comprehensive community cancer program 5164 (45.3) 4718 (45.8) 446 (40.4)
 Academic program 3563 (31.2) 3143 (30.5) 420 (38.0)
 Integrated network cancer 1478 (13) 1292 (12.5) 186 (16.8)

*Median household income and percentage of patients with at least high-school education in zipcode.

†Data missing for patients < 40 years old.