Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of Patients Overall and by Race and Ethnicity.
| Characteristic | No. (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic White (n = 59 806) | African American (n = 8605) | Asian (n = 2246) | Hispanic/Latino (n = 4473) | Other (n = 8240)a | Missing (n = 9317) | Overall (n = 92 687) | |
| Age at diagnosis, y | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 67.2 (10.9) | 64.0 (11.5) | 65.3 (12.0) | 63.5 (12.7) | 66.4 (11.2) | 67.5 (11.0) | 66.6 (11.2) |
| Median (range) | 69.0 (18.0-85.0) | 65.0 (21.0-85.0) | 67.0 (23.0-85.0) | 65.0 (18.0-85.0) | 68.0 (18.0-85.0) | 69.0 (20.0-85.0) | 68.0 (18.0-85.0) |
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 33 037 (55.2) | 5111 (59.4) | 1204 (53.6) | 2649 (59.2) | 4562 (55.4) | 5019 (53.9) | 51 582 (55.7) |
| Male | 26 769 (44.8) | 3494 (40.6) | 1042 (46.4) | 1824 (40.8) | 3678 (44.6) | 4298 (46.1) | 41 105 (44.3) |
| Tumor | |||||||
| Breast | 10 814 (18.1) | 2020 (23.5) | 390 (17.4) | 1251 (28.0) | 1586 (19.2) | 1576 (16.9) | 17 637 (19.0) |
| CRC | 12 278 (20.5) | 2223 (25.8) | 601 (26.8) | 1594 (35.6) | 1876 (22.8) | 1755 (18.8) | 20 327 (21.9) |
| Melanoma | 3504 (5.9) | 30 (0.3) | 12 (0.5) | 99 (2.2) | 316 (3.8) | 436 (4.7) | 4397 (4.7) |
| NSCLC | 33 210 (55.5) | 4332 (50.3) | 1243 (55.3) | 1529 (34.2) | 4462 (54.2) | 5550 (59.6) | 50 326 (54.3) |
| Region | |||||||
| Midwest | 11 032 (18.4) | 920 (10.7) | 154 (6.9) | 194 (4.3) | 1029 (12.5) | 940 (10.1) | 14 269 (15.4) |
| West | 8698 (14.5) | 387 (4.5) | 1103 (49.1) | 1300 (29.1) | 2741 (33.3) | 2030 (21.8) | 16 259 (17.5) |
| South | 25 658 (42.9) | 6047 (70.3) | 507 (22.6) | 2303 (51.5) | 3551 (43.1) | 3613 (38.8) | 41 679 (45.0) |
| Northeast | 12 670 (21.2) | 1050 (12.2) | 463 (20.6) | 612 (13.7) | 894 (10.8) | 2211 (23.7) | 17 900 (19.3) |
| Unknown | 1748 (2.9) | 201 (2.3) | 19 (0.8) | 64 (1.4) | 25 (0.3) | 523 (5.6) | 2580 (2.8) |
| Insurance | |||||||
| Medicare | 42 350 (70.8) | 5500 (63.9) | 1389 (61.8) | 2616 (58.5) | 5558 (67.5) | 6451 (69.2) | 63 864 (68.9) |
| Medicaid | 1590 (2.7) | 664 (7.7) | 92 (4.1) | 224 (5.0) | 295 (3.6) | 218 (2.3) | 3083 (3.3) |
| Commercial | 9023 (15.1) | 1349 (15.7) | 430 (19.1) | 850 (19.0) | 1283 (15.6) | 1474 (15.8) | 14 409 (15.5) |
| PAP | 3245 (5.4) | 436 (5.1) | 146 (6.5) | 218 (4.9) | 509 (6.2) | 358 (3.8) | 4912 (5.3) |
| Other/unknown | 3598 (6.0) | 656 (7.6) | 189 (8.4) | 565 (12.6) | 595 (7.2) | 816 (8.8) | 6419 (6.9) |
Abbreviations: CRC, colorectal cancer; NSCLC, non–small cell lung cancer; PAP, patient assistance program.
a
American Indian or Alaska Native, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and race descriptions that fall into multiple race categories.