Table 1 Distribution of baseline characteristics by race among colorectal cancer patients, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2007-2011
| Â | Race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Study Characteristics N (%)/ Mean (SD) | White (N = 91344) | Black (N = 14500) | Hispanic (N = 8930) | Other (N = 7857) |
Sex | ||||
 Female | 45203 (49.5) | 7542 (52.0) | 4074 (45.6) | 3816 (48.6) |
 Male | 46136 (50.5) | 6958 (48.0) | 4856 (54.4) | 4039 (51.4) |
Age at admission (years) | 68.8 (13.8) | 63.8 (13.6) | 63.5 (14.6) | 65.4 (14.3) |
Length of Stay (days) | 8.2 (7.2) | 9.4 (9.2) | 8.5 (7.8) | 8.2 (8.1) |
Number of Comorbidities | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.3 (0.7) | 0.3 (0.6) |
Residential income | ||||
 First Quartile-Lowest | 19691 (22.0) | 7090 (50.4) | 3121 (36.1) | 1482 (19.7) |
 Second Quartile | 19691 (22.0) | 3026 (21.5) | 1975 (22.8) | 1637 (21.8) |
 Third Quartile | 22656 (25.3) | 2264 (16.1) | 2148 (24.8) | 1919 (25.5) |
 Fourth Quartile-Highest | 23834 (26.6) | 1680 (12.0) | 1413 (16.3) | 2484 (33.0) |
Insurance Type | ||||
 Medicare | 54489 (59.7) | 6779 (46.8) | 3865 (43.3) | 3511 (44.7) |
 Medicaid | 3663 (4.0) | 1917 (13.2) | 1430 (16.0) | 1028 (13.1) |
 Private | 28720 (31.4) | 4351 (30.0) | 2593 (29.0) | 2658 (33.8) |
 Other | 4472 (4.9) | 1453 (10.0) | 1042 (11.7) | 660 (8.4) |
Residential Region | ||||
 Large Metro | 43411 (54.1) | 9507 (70.3) | 6514 (77.1) | 5537 (75.4) |
 Small Metro | 25867 (32.2) | 2927 (21.6) | 1521 (18.0) | 1320 (18.0) |
 Micropolitan | 11027 (13.7) | 1099 (8.1) | 418 (5.0) | 490 (6.7) |
Stage at presentation | ||||
 Non-Metastatic | 59539 (65.2) | 8586 (59.2) | 5757 (64.5) | 4967 (63.2) |
 Metastatic | 31805 (34.8) | 5914 (40.8) | 3173 (35.5) | 2890 (36.8) |
Surgery | ||||
 Laparoscopic | 13285 (14.5) | 1766 (12.2) | 1231 (13.8) | 1045 (13.3) |
 Open | 53844 (59.0) | 7459 (51.4) | 4669 (52.3) | 4356 (55.4) |
 No surgery | 24215 (26.5) | 5275 (36.4) | 3030 (33.9) | 2456 (31.3) |
Complications | ||||
 0 | 61525 (67.4) | 10096 (69.6) | 6630 (74.2) | 5918 (75.3) |
 1 | 21678 (23.7) | 3254 (22.4) | 1700 (19.0) | 1459 (18.6) |
  > =2 | 8141 (8.9) | 1150 (7.9) | 600 (6.7) | 480 (6.1) |
Died during Hospitalization | ||||
 No | 87932 (96.3) | 13843 (95.5) | 8623 (96.7) | 7563 (96.3) |
 Yes | 3342 (3.7) | 649 (4.5) | 299 (3.4) | 291 (3.7) |