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Table 2 Distribution of demographic and tumor characteristics of stages 1–3 first primary invasive breast cancer by socioeconomic status: California Cancer Registry 2000–2010*

From: Disparities in race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status: risk of mortality of breast cancer patients in the California Cancer Registry, 2000–2010

 

Socioeconomic status category

  

Lowest/least affluent

Intermediate

Highest/most affluent

Total

N (%)

 

49,868 (27.8%)

37,128 (20.7%)

92,147 (51.36%)

179,143

Year at diagnosis

     

    2000-2006

n

31,380

23,844

59,359

114,583

% within SES

62.9%

64.2%

64.4%

64.0%

    2007-2010

n

18,488

13,284

32,788

64,560

% within SES

37.1%

35.8%

35.6%

36.0%

Race/ethnicity

     

    White

n

25,016

25,283

70,136

120,435

% within SES

50.2%

68.1%

76.1%

67.2%

    Black

n

5,454

2,349

2,834

10,637

% within SES

10.9%

6.3%

3.1%

5.9%

    Hispanic

n

14,848

5,756

7,776

28,380

% within SES

29.8%

15.5%

8.4%

15.8%

    API

n

4,550

3,740

11,401

19,691

% within SES

9.1%

10.1%

12.4%

11.0%

Age (years) at diagnosis

     

    <35

n

1,347

713

1,628

3,688

% within SES

2.7%

1.9%

1.8%

2.1%

    35-69

n

35,557

25,924

66,589

128,070

% within SES

71.3%

69.8%

72.3%

71.5%

    70-79

n

8,414

6,708

15,388

30,510

% within SES

16.9%

18.1%

16.7%

17.0%

    80-89

n

4,022

3,349

7,565

14,936

% within SES

8.1%

9.0%

8.2%

8.3%

    90+

n

528

434

977

1,939

% within SES

1.1%

1.2%

1.1%

1.1%

AJCC stage

     

    Stage 1

n

21,814

18,066

47,655

87,535

% within SES

43.7%

48.7%

51.7%

48.9%

    Stage 2

n

21,082

14,776

35,550

71,408

% within SES

42.3%

39.8%

38.6%

39.9%

    Stage 3

n

6,972

4,286

8,942

20,200

% within SES

14.0%

11.5%

9.7%

11.3%

ER/PR/HER2 subtype

     

    ER+/PR+/HER2-

n

18,434

15,088

40,900

74,422

% within SES

52.6%

56.6%

59.8%

57.2%

    ER+/PR+/HER2+

n

3,521

2,519

6,204

12,244

% within SES

10.0%

9.5%

9.1%

9.4%

    ER+/PR-/HER2-

n

3,264

2,548

6,702

12,514

% within SES

9.3%

9.6%

9.8%

9.6%

    ER+/PR-/HER2+

n

1,180

856

2,082

4,118

% within SES

3.4%

3.2%

3.0%

3.2%

    ER-/PR+/HER2-

n

285

212

527

1,024

% within SES

0.8%

0.8%

0.8%

0.8%

    ER-/PR+/HER2+

n

167

120

226

513

% within SES

0.5%

0.5%

0.3%

0.4%

    ER-/PR-/HER2-

n

5,454

3,550

7,821

16,825

% within SES

15.6%

13.3%

11.4%

100.0%

    ER-/PR-/HER2+

n

2,744

1,753

3,941

12.9%

 

% within SES

7.8%

6.6%

5.8%

8,438

Tumor grade

n

9,276

7,998

22,058

39,332

    Grade I

% within SES

19.9%

22.9%

25.3%

23.3%

n

18,814

14,625

37,837

71,276

    Grade II

% within SES

40.3%

41.9%

43.4%

42.3%

n

17,586

11,572

25,888

55,046

    Grade III

% within SES

37.7%

33.2%

29.7%

32.6%

n

1,001

698

1,344

3,043

    Grade IV

% within SES

2.1%

2.0%

1.5%

1.8%

  1. *Excludes cases classified as American Indian and Hispanic + Other race.