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. 2022 Aug 12;5(8):e2226327. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.26327

Table. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Asian, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and Non-Hispanic White Patients Diagnosed With the 9 Most Common Cancers in the United States.

Characteristic Patients, No. (%)
Overall (N = 5 955 550) East Asian (n = 60 047) Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (n = 11 512) South Asian (n = 25 966) Southeast Asian (n = 42 815) Non-Hispanic White (n = 5 815 210)
Age, median (IQR), y 65 (56-74) 63 (52-74) 60 (51-69) 60 (49-68) 61 (52-70) 65 (56-74)
Sex
Men 2 570 590 (43) 20 323 (34) 3728 (32) 9467 (36) 13 650 (32) 2 523 422 (43)
Women 3 384 960 (57) 39 724 (66) 7784 (68) 16 499 (64) 29 165 (68) 3 291 788 (57)
Year of Diagnosis
2004-2010 2 809 277 (47) 26 492 (44) 4678 (41) 9684 (37) 18 075 (42) 2 750 348 (47)
2011-2017 3 146 273 (53) 33 555 (56) 6834 (59) 16 282 (63) 24 740 (58) 3 064 862 (53)
Distance To Hospital
Median (IQR), miles 10 (5-24) 6 (3-11) 9 (4-18) 8 (4-14) 7 (4-12) 10 (5-24)
Unknown 456 494 3475 1155 1970 3667 446 227
Income
Above median 1 890 736 (34) 10 007 (18) 2023 (20) 3911 (16) 7646 (20) 1 867 149 (35)
Below median 3 601 061 (66) 46 584 (82) 8330 (80) 20 076 (84) 31 500 (80) 3 494 571 (65)
Unknown 463 753 3456 1159 1979 3669 453 490
Rurality
Metropolitan 4 834 457 (84) 57 320 (98) 10 404 (92) 24 505 (98) 41 042 (98) 4 701 186 (84)
Urban or rural 931 855 (16) 1320 (2) 881 (8) 503 (2) 1010 (2) 928 141 (16)
Unknown 189 238 1407 227 958 763 185 883
Education
Above median 3 576 460 (65) 36 113 (64) 6552 (63) 16 416 (68) 19 299 (49) 3 498 080 (65)
Below median 1 917 985 (35) 20 486 (36) 3801 (37) 7577 (32) 19 851 (51) 1 866 270 (35)
Unknown 461 105 3448 1159 1973 3665 450 860
Insurance Status
Private 2 652 888 (45) 29 255 (49) 5916 (52) 14 328 (57) 22 838 (54) 2 580 551 (45)
Medicaid or Medicare 3 106 095 (53) 28 615 (48) 5163 (45) 9555 (38) 18 143 (43) 3 044 619 (53)
Uninsured 95 394 (2) 1497 (3) 287 (3) 1424 (6) 1342 (3) 90 844 (2)
Unknown 101 173 680 146 659 492 99 196
Facility Type
Academic 1 907 263 (33) 27 443 (48) 4692 (44) 11 404 (48) 15 293 (38) 1 848 431 (33)
Community 533 381 (9) 6250 (11) 1461 (14) 2106 (9) 5005 (12) 518 559 (9)
Comprehensive community cancer program 2 533 536 (44) 18 866 (33) 3521 (33) 7752 (33) 16 051 (40) 2 487 346 (44)
Integrated 791 073 (14) 5014 (9) 1097 (10) 2460 (10) 4246 (10) 778 256 (14)
Unknown 190 297 2474 741 2244 2220 182 618
US Region
Northeast 1 285 445 (22) 13 888 (24) 855 (8) 8544 (36) 5349 (13) 1 256 809 (22)
Midwest 1 549 707 (27) 3654 (6) 806 (8) 4700 (20) 3913 (10) 1 536 634 (27)
South 1 987 506 (34) 5856 (10) 1607 (15) 6475 (27) 5884 (14) 1 967 684 (35)
West 942 595 (16) 34 175 (59) 7503 (70) 4003 (17) 25 449 (63) 871 465 (15)
Unknown 190 297 2474 741 2244 2220 182 618
Cancer stage
0 834 131 (14) 9551 (16) 1369 (12) 3735 (14) 6315 (15) 813 161 (14)
I 2 393 323 (40) 23 087 (38) 4500 (39) 9784 (38) 15 791 (37) 2 340 161 (40)
II 1 757 616 (30) 17 357 (29) 3548 (31) 8345 (32) 12 716 (30) 1 715 650 (30)
III 970 480 (16) 10 052 (17) 2095 (18) 4102 (16) 7993 (19) 946 238 (16)
Cancer type
Breast 1 895 351 (32) 26 059 (43) 4955 (43) 11 987 (46) 19 657 (46) 1 832 693 (32)
Prostate 948 583 (16) 7181 (12) 1550 (13) 3954 (15) 5223 (12) 930 675 (16)
Kidney or bladder 689 187 (12) 4879 (8) 924 (8) 2162 (8) 2502 (6) 678 720 (12)
Lung 665 622 (11) 6140 (10) 951 (8) 1323 (5) 4053 (10) 653 155 (11)
Colorectal 659 165 (11) 9545 (16) 1172 (10) 2692 (10) 5895 (14) 639 861 (11)
Melanoma 459 904 (8) 400 (1) 199 (2) 149 (1) 224 (1) 458 932 (8)
Endometrial 307 401 (5) 2839 (5) 1221 (11) 1574 (6) 2969 (7) 298 798 (5)
Lymphoma 245 003 (4) 2295 (4) 416 (4) 1382 (5) 1997 (5) 238 913 (4)
Oral cavity 85 334 (1) 709 (1) 124 (1) 743 (3) 295 (1) 83 463 (1)
CCI
0 4 603 386 (77) 50 230 (84) 8317 (72) 20 777 (80) 34 430 (80) 4 489 632 (77)
1 992 629 (17) 7878 (13) 2298 (20) 4218 (16) 6614 (15) 971 621 (17)
2 258 669 (4) 1404 (2) 630 (6) 691 (3) 1237 (3) 254 707 (4)
≥3 100 866 (2) 535 (1) 267 (2) 280 (1) 534 (1) 99 250 (2)
Follow-up, median (IQR), mo 58 (30-96) 59 (31-97) 56 (30-93) 55 (31-89) 59 (32-95) 58 (30-96)
Mortality rate 1 714 045 (29) 12 010 (20) 2539 (22) 3452 (13) 8232 (19) 1 687 812 (29)

Abbreviation: CCI, Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity Index.