Table 1: Demographics
of subjects who did not receive treatment
|
No
Surgery, n = 29,470 |
No
Chemotherapy, n = 49,705 |
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|
NHW (n = 25,805, 87.6%) |
NHB (n = 3665, 12.4%) |
NHW (n = 45,139, 90.8%) |
NHB (n = 4566, 9.2%) |
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Age |
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Mean (median) |
73.72(76) |
68.83(70) |
|
65.60(67) |
63.62(65) |
|
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|
n |
% |
n |
% |
p value |
n |
% |
n |
% |
p value |
Facility Type |
|
|
|
< 0.01 |
|
|
|
|
< 0.01 |
|
Community Cancer Program |
3724 |
14.4 |
402 |
11.0 |
|
4537 |
10.1 |
451 |
9.9 |
|
Comprehensive Community Cancer Program |
15,540 |
60.2 |
1673 |
45.7 |
|
25,855 |
57.3 |
2069 |
45.3 |
|
Academic/Research Program |
6510 |
25.2 |
1589 |
43.4 |
|
14,712 |
32.6 |
2045 |
44.8 |
|
Other specified types of cancer programs |
31 |
0.03 |
1 |
0.0 |
|
35 |
0.1 |
1 |
0.0 |
|
Facility Location |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
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New England |
1777 |
6.9 |
75 |
2.1 |
|
2516 |
5.6 |
65 |
1.4 |
|
Middle Atlantic |
4123 |
16.0 |
610 |
16.6 |
|
6710 |
14.9 |
725 |
15.9 |
|
South Atlantic |
5265 |
20.4 |
1258 |
34.3 |
|
9756 |
21.6 |
1647 |
36.1 |
|
East North Central |
4632 |
18.0 |
603 |
16.5 |
|
7760 |
17.2 |
683 |
15.0 |
|
East South Central |
1785 |
6.9 |
376 |
10.3 |
|
3000 |
6.7 |
489 |
10.7 |
|
West North Central |
1664 |
6.5 |
82 |
2.2 |
|
2773 |
6.1 |
93 |
2.0 |
|
West South Central |
1839 |
7.1 |
422 |
11.5 |
|
3687 |
8.2 |
540 |
11.8 |
|
Mountain |
1197 |
4.6 |
22 |
0.6 |
|
3148 |
7.0 |
55 |
1.2 |
|
Pacific |
3523 |
13.7 |
217 |
5.9 |
|
5789 |
12.8 |
269 |
5.9 |
|
Primary Payor |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
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Not Insured |
693 |
2.8 |
236 |
6.7 |
|
1494 |
3.4 |
329 |
7.6 |
|
Private Insurance |
5448 |
21.7 |
779 |
22.0 |
|
18,210 |
42.0 |
1472 |
33.8 |
|
Medicaid |
838 |
3.3 |
384 |
10.9 |
|
1458 |
3.4 |
479 |
11.0 |
|
Medicare |
18,080 |
72.2 |
2141 |
60.5 |
|
22,208 |
51.2 |
2072 |
47.6 |
|
Zip Code Level Income* |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
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< $38,000 |
3979 |
16.0 |
1747 |
49.1 |
|
6454 |
14.8 |
2049 |
46.2 |
|
$38,000 - $47,999 |
6253 |
25.2 |
795 |
22.3 |
|
10,495 |
24.1 |
997 |
22.5 |
|
$48,000 - $67,999 |
6803 |
27.4 |
583 |
16.4 |
|
12,020 |
27.6 |
780 |
17.6 |
|
$63,000 + |
7787 |
31.4 |
435 |
12.2 |
|
14,657 |
33.6 |
608 |
13.7 |
|
Zip Code Level Education* |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
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> = 21% or without high-school diploma |
3504 |
14.1 |
1415 |
30.8 |
|
5906 |
13.5 |
1668 |
37.6 |
|
13-20% without high-school diploma |
6558 |
26.4 |
1334 |
37.5 |
|
10,957 |
25.1 |
1678 |
37.8 |
|
7-12.9% without high-school diploma |
8786 |
35.4 |
602 |
16.9 |
|
15,347 |
35.2 |
781 |
17.6 |
|
< 7% or less without
high-school diploma |
5980 |
24.1 |
209 |
5.9 |
|
11,435 |
26.2 |
308 |
6.9 |
|
Charlson-Deyo
Score |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
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0 |
12,699 |
70.0 |
1742 |
65.4 |
|
23,229 |
76.8 |
2331 |
72.1 |
|
1 |
3708 |
20.5 |
651 |
24.4 |
|
5183 |
17.1 |
671 |
20.7 |
|
2 |
1728 |
9.5 |
272 |
10.2 |
|
1834 |
6.1 |
233 |
7.2 |
|
Urban/Rural |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
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Urban |
23,052 |
94.4 |
3433 |
97.0 |
|
40,369 |
94.4 |
4276 |
97.4 |
|
Rural |
1357 |
5.6 |
108 |
3.1 |
|
2376 |
5.0 |
115 |
2.6 |
|
Year of diagnosis |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
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2008 - 2012 |
9819 |
38.1 |
1536 |
41.9 |
|
14,905 |
33.0 |
1669 |
36.6 |
|
1998 - 2002 |
7670 |
29.7 |
1000 |
27.3 |
|
14,893 |
33.0 |
1331 |
29.2 |
|
2003 - 2007 |
8316 |
32.3 |
1129 |
30.8 |
|
15,341 |
34.0 |
1566 |
34.3 |
|
Reason for no treatment |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
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Not part of planned first course treatment |
20,924 |
81.1 |
2879 |
78.6 |
39,468 |
87.4 |
3836 |
84.0 |
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Contraindicated due to patient risk factors |
2561 |
9.9 |
352 |
9.6 |
|
1560 |
3.5 |
232 |
5.1 |
|
Patient died prior to treatment |
309 |
1.2 |
58 |
1.6 |
|
623 |
1.4 |
104 |
2.3 |
|
Recommended but not performed; no reason recorded |
712 |
2.8 |
98 |
2.7 |
|
419 |
0.9 |
71 |
1.6 |
|
Refused by patient, family or guardian |
1299 |
5.0 |
278 |
7.6 |
|
3069 |
6.8 |
323 |
7.1 |
|
*Measure
estimated by matching the zip code of patient record at time of diagnosis
against files derived from 2000 U.S census data.