TABLE 2.
Patient demographic, time-to-surgery, and facility characteristics by race among 6011 patients with breast cancer diagnosed in the metropolitan Atlanta area (2010–2014)
| NHW | NHB | |
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| 3787 (63 %) | 2224 (37 %) | |
| Patient characteristics | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | 60 ± 13 | 57 ± 12 |
| Follow-up (years) | 6.9 ± 2.1 | 6.8 ± 2.2 |
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Breast cancer-specific death | 173 (4.6) | 189 (3.1) |
| Surgical delay (days) | ||
| Delay (>30) | 1979 (52) | 1537 (69) |
| No delay (≤30) | 1808 (48) | 687 (31) |
| Surgical delay | ||
| Delay (>60) | 448 (12) | 553 (25) |
| No delay (≤60) | 3339 (88) | 1671 (75) |
| Surgery type | ||
| Conserving | 2173 (59) | 1293 (60) |
| Mastectomy | 614 (17) | 443 (21) |
| Mastectomy with reconstruction or removal of the contralateral breast | 885 (24) | 418 (19) |
| Facility characteristics | ||
| Annual patient discharge | ||
| High | 3266 (86) | 1524 (69) |
| Low | 521 (14) | 700 (31) |
| Medical school affiliation | ||
| Yes | 779 (21) | 810 (37) |
| No | 3008 (79) | 1401 (63) |
| Facility type | ||
| Non-profit | 2882 (76) | 1507 (68) |
| For-profit | 454 (12) | 394 (18) |
| Government | 451 (12) | 310 (14) |
| Unknown | 13 (0.6) | |
| Accreditations or affiliations | ||
| COC-accredited | ||
| Yes | 2572 (68) | 1108 (50) |
| No | 1215 (32) | 1116 (50) |
| NSABP affiliation | ||
| Yes | 3091 (82) | 1553 (70) |
| No | 696 (18) | 671 (30) |
NHW, non-Hispanic White; NHB, non-Hispanic Black; SD, standard deviation; COC, Commission on Cancer; NSABP, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project