Table 1 Patient Characteristics
From: Temporal and geographic variation in the systemic treatment of advanced prostate cancer
n = 4275 | N = 295,525 | |
|---|---|---|
Variable | Mean ± SD/Count (%) | Mean ± SD/Count (%) |
Age | 73.7 ± 9.2 | 71.1 ± 9.8 |
Race | ||
White | 3001 (70.2) | 208,702 (70.6) |
Black | 553 (12.9) | 33,282 (11.3) |
Hispanic | 324 (7.6) | 23,328 (7.9) |
Asian | 84 (2.0) | 6144 (2.1) |
Unknown | 313 (7.3) | 24,069 (8.1) |
Education level | ||
Less than 12th grade | 32 (0.7) | 1681 (0.6) |
High school diploma | 1223 (28.6) | 82,070 (27.8) |
Less than bachelor degree | 2238 (52.4) | 153,094 (51.8) |
Bachelor degree plus | 599 (14.0) | 42,997 (14.5) |
Unknown | 183 (4.3) | 15,683 (5.3) |
Household income range | ||
< 50 k | 1544 (36.1) | 93,629 (31.7) |
50 k-99 k | 1312 (30.7) | 90,934 (30.8) |
> 100 k | 837 (19.6) | 70,373 (23.8) |
Unknown | 582 (13.6) | 40,589 (13.7) |
Geographic Region* | ||
New England | 203 (4.7) | 15,488 (5.2) |
Middle Atlantic | 299 (7.0) | 25,371 (8.6) |
South Atlantic | 950 (22.2) | 71,420 (24.2) |
East North Central | 567 (13.3) | 38,633 (13.1) |
East South Central | 131 (3.1) | 9677 (3.3) |
West North Central | 448 (10.5) | 27,567 (9.3) |
West South Central | 421 (9.8) | 27,438 (9.3) |
Mountain | 441 (10.3) | 27,673 (9.4) |
Pacific | 628 (14.7) | 35,722 (12.1) |
Unknown | 187 (4.4) | 16,536 (5.6) |
Product | ||
HMO | 2079 (48.6) | 121,353 (41.1) |
PPO | 547 (12.8) | 39,180 (13.3) |
Other | 1649 (38.6) | 134,955 (45.7) |
Unknown | 0 (0.0) | 37 (0.0) |
Metastatic | ||
Yes | 3446 (80.6) | 17,802 (6.0) |
No | 829 (19.4) | 277,723 (94.0) |