Table 1.
Association between sociodemographic characteristics and treatment delay for young women with breast cancer, 2004–2017
| OR (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Characteristic | All Patients | Stage 0/1 | Stage 2/3 | Stage 0/1, Insured Patients Only | Stage 2/3, Insured Patients Only |
| No. | 74,304 | 37,745 | 36,559 | 31,667 | 28,124 |
| Race | |||||
| White | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| Black | 1.93 (1.76–2.11) *** | 1.94 (1.71–2.20) *** | 1.93 (1.69–2.22) *** | 2.05 (1.76–2.37) *** | 2.02 (1.69–2.41) *** |
| Zip Code-Wide Percent Without High School Education | |||||
| 17.6% or more | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| 10.9% to 17.5% | 0.83 (0.75–0.93) *** | 0.80 (0.69–0.93) ** | 0.89 (0.76–1.05) | 0.85 (0.70–1.04) | 1.00 (0.80–1.23) |
| 6.3% to 10.8% | 0.68 (0.60–0.77) *** | 0.70 (0.59–0.82) *** | 0.68 (0.56–0.82) *** | 0.83 (0.68–1.02) | 0.79 (0.62–1.01) |
| Less than 6.3% | 0.57 (0.50–0.66) *** | 0.56 (0.46–0.68) *** | 0.61 (0.49–0.75) *** | 0.62 (0.49–0.78) *** | 0.72 (0.55–0.94) * |
| Zip Code-Wide Median Household Income | |||||
| Less than $40,227 | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| $40,227 – $50,353 | 1.07 (0.95–1.21) | 1.20 (1.01–1.42) * | 0.94 (0.79–1.12) | 1.14 (0.91–1.42) | 0.88 (0.69–1.13) |
| $50,354 – $63,332 | 1.04 (0.92–1.18) | 1.23 (1.03–1.47) * | 0.82 (0.68–0.99) * | 1.10 (0.87–1.38) | 0.75 (0.58–0.96) * |
| $63,333 + | 1.29 (1.13–1.48) *** | 1.43 (1.18–1.73) *** | 1.13 (0.92–1.38) | 1.35 (1.06–1.71) * | 1.07 (0.82–1.39) |
| Rural/Urban Household Designation | |||||
| Metro | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| Urban | 0.79 (0.68–0.91) ** | 0.76 (0.63–0.93) ** | 0.85 (0.68–1.07) | 0.84 (0.66–1.06) | 1.05 (0.79–1.39) |
| Rural | 0.39 (0.22–0.67) *** | 0.47 (0.23–0.92) * | 0.32 (0.13–0.80) * | 0.66 (0.30–1.42) | 0.41 (0.13–1.36) |
| Insurance Status | |||||
| Not Insured | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | N/A | N/A |
| Private Insurance/Managed Care | 0.53 (0.45–0.62) *** | 0.45 (0.36–0.56) *** | 0.60 (0.48–0.76) *** | N/A | N/A |
| Medicaid | 1.00 (0.84–1.18) | 0.93 (0.73–1.20) | 1.03 (0.81–1.32) | N/A | N/A |
| Medicare | 0.99 (0.77–1.27) | 0.84 (0.59–1.19) | 1.16 (0.82–1.65) | N/A | N/A |
| Other Government | 0.67 (0.48–0.93) * | 0.63 (0.41–0.97) * | 0.66 (0.39–1.10) | N/A | N/A |
| Unknown | 0.68 (0.50–0.92) * | 0.57 (0.37–0.87) ** | 0.77 (0.50–1.20) | N/A | N/A |
***:
p ≤ 0.001
**:
p ≤ 0.01
*:
p < 0.05.