Table 1.
Patient demographics. All p-values represent a chi-square test except for age, which represents analysis of variance
| All Patients | White | Black | Hispanic | Other non-white | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Total | 1,349,715 | 1,099,383 (81.45) | 138,937 (10.29) | 60,369 (4.47) | 51,026 (3.78) | |
| Mean age at diagnosis [SD] | 62.8 | 63.48 [12.21] | 60.50 [11.78] | 59.16 [11.85] | 58.82 [11.65] | |
| Diagnosis to Treatment | ||||||
| Greater than 42 days | 323,085 (23.9) | 241,942 (22.0) | 45,039 (32.4) | 21,555 (35.7) | 14,549 (28.5) | |
| Less than or equal to 42 | 1,026,630 (76.1) | 857,441 (78.0) | 93,898 (67.6) | 38,814 (64.3) | 36,477 (71.5) | |
| Insurance | ||||||
| Private insurance | 703,292 (52.1) | 571,930 (52.0) | 69,660 (50.1) | 30,768 (50.9) | 31,317 (61.4) | |
| Public insurance | 646,423 (47.9) | 527,453 (48.0) | 69,277 (49.9) | 29,601 (49.1) | 19,709 (38.6) | |
| Urban/rural zip code | ||||||
| Urban/metro | 1,331,188 (98.6) | 1,082,552 (98.5) | 137,731 (9.1) | 60,262 (99.8) | 50,643 (99.3 | |
| Rural | 18,527 (1.4) | 16,831 (1.5) | 1206 (0.9) | 107 (0.2) | 383 (0.7) | |
| Facility region | ||||||
| New England | 84,866 (6.3) | 76,659 (7.0) | 3681 (2.7) | 2642 (4.4) | 1884 (3.7) | |
| Middle Atlantic | 209,453 (15.5) | 167,257 (15.2) | 22,346 (16.1) | 10,500 (17.4) | 9,350 (18.3) | |
| South Atlantic | 306,135 (22.7) | 236,752 (21.5) | 51,234 (36.9) | 11,005 (18.2) | 7144 (14.0) | |
| East North Central | 235,250 (17.4) | 202,967 (18.5) | 23,505 (16.9) | 4369 (7.2) | 4409 (8.7) | |
| East South Central | 82,725 (6.1) | 69,507 (6.3) | 12,213 (8.8) | 375 (0.6) | 630 (1.2) | |
| West North Central | 110,451 (8.2) | 102,427 (9.3) | 5301 (3.8) | 930 (1.5) | 1793 (3.5) | |
| West South Central | 98,515 (7.3) | 71,722 (6.5) | 13,111 (9.4) | 10,538 (17.5) | 3144 (6.2) | |
| Mountain | 58,395 (4.3) | 51,043 (4.6) | 1231 (0.9) | 4173 (6.9) | 1948 (3.82) | |
| Pacific | 163,925 (12.2) | 121,049 (11.0) | 6,315 (4.5) | 15,837 (26.3) | 20,724 (40.6) | |
| Stage at diagnosis | ||||||
| Stage I | 842,465 (62.4) | 706,355 (64.3) | 72,486 (52.2) | 33,360 (55.3) | 30,264 (59.3) | |
| Stage II | 408,515 (30.3) | 318,969 (29.0) | 51,197 (36.8) | 21,336 (35.3) | 17,013 (33.3) | |
| Stage III | 98,735 (7.32) | 74,059 (6.7) | 15,254 (11.0) | 5673 (9.4) | 3749 (7.34) | |
| Charleson–Deyo | ||||||
| ≥ 1 | 244,648 (18.1) | 189,492 (17.2) | 35,337 (25.4) | 11,749 (19.5) | 8070 (15.8) | |
| 0 | 1,105,067 (81.9) | 909,891 (82.8) | 103,600 (74.6) | 48,620 (80.5) | 42,956 (84.2) | |
| Average zip code Household income | ||||||
| Greater than/equal to 48,000 | 869,999 (64.5) | 742,472 (67.5) | 53,686 (38.6) | 33,350 (55.2) | 40,491 (79.4) | |
| Less than 48,000 | 479,716 (35.5) | 356,911 (32.5) | 85,251 (61.4) | 27,019 (44.8) | 10,535 (20.7) | |
| Zip code rate without HS degree attainment | ||||||
| < 14% | 844,070 (62.5) | 745,363 (67.8) | 46,481 (33.5) | 20,278 (33.6) | 31,948 (62.6) | |
| ≥ 14% | 505,645 (37.5) | 354,020 (32.2) | 92,456 (66.5) | 40,091 (66.4) | 19,078 (37.4) | |
| Academic treatment | ||||||
| Yes | 401,028 (29.7) | 303,237 (26.6) | 56,164 (40.4) | 21,788 (36.1) | 19,839 (38.9) | |
| No | 948,687 (70.3) | 796,146 (72.4) | 82,773 (59.6) | 38,581 (63.9) | 31,187 (61.1) |