Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients undergoing screening or diagnostic procedures for cancer in 2018–2020.
| Year of Procedure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 1,618,014 (80.1%) | 400,729 (19.9%) | |
| Age, years, median (IQR) | 67 (59, 72) | 66 (56, 72) | < 0.001 |
| Age (category) | < 0.001 | ||
| <40 | 49,727 (3.1%) | 19,289 (4.8%) | |
| 40–49 | 66,806 (4.1%) | 23,398 (5.8%) | |
| 50–59 | 320,447 (19.8%) | 87,451 (21.8%) | |
| 60–69 | 578,090 (35.7%) | 117,444 (29.3%) | |
| ≥70 | 602,944 (37.3%) | 153,147 (38.2%) | |
| Sex | < 0.001 | ||
| Female | 120,946 (7.5%) | 36,399 (9.1%) | |
| Male | 1,497,068 (92.5%) | 364,330 (90.9%) | |
| Race | < 0.001 | ||
| White | 1,160,450 (77.1%) | 276,782 (74.6%) | |
| Black | 323,822 (21.5%) | 84,555 (22.8%) | |
| Other | 20,312 (1.4%) | 9,905 (2.7%) | |
| Ethnicity -Latino | 93,555 (6%) | 25,037 (6.5%) | < 0.001 |
| Location | < 0.001 | ||
| Inpatient | 10,510 (0.6%) | 3,346 (0.8%) | |
| Outpatient | 1,607,504 (99.4%) | 397,383 (99.2%) | |
| Procedure | < 0.001 | ||
| Prostate biopsy | 31,242 (1.9%) | 8,670 (2.2%) | |
| Chest CT scan | 579,748 (35.8%) | 138,139 (34.5%) | |
| Cystoscopy | 83,437 (5.2%) | 22,058 (5.5%) | |
| Colonoscopy | 923,587 (57.1%) | 231,862 (57.9%) | |
Numbers represent frequency (%) unless otherwise specified. Other race represents Asian, American Indian, Pacific Islander, or Unknown. IQR-interquartile range, CT-computed tomography.