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Table 1 Characteristics of breast cancer patients (N = 59,287)

From: Assessing health disparities in breast cancer incidence burden in Tennessee: geospatial analysis

 

Mean

SD

 

Age at diagnosis (Range: 18, 105)

61.5

13.7

 
 

Number

Percent (%)

P-value

Stage at diagnosis

   

Early (in situ and localized)

41,267

69.6

 

Late (regional and distant)

18,011

30.4

 

Race

  

0.9797

White (ref)

50,716

85.5

 

Black

8571

14.5

 

Age at diagnosis

  

0.9912

 < 50

11,334

19.1

 

50–59

14,393

24.3

 

60–69

14,975

25.3

 

 ≥ 70 (ref)

18,585

31.3

 

Marital status*

  

 < 0.0001

Single/never married (ref)

6859

13.0

 

Married/common law

30,947

58.6

 

Divorced/separated

6216

11.8

 

Widowed

8814

16.6

 

Type of health insurance*

  

 < 0.0001

Self-pay/uninsured (ref)

690

1.35

 

Public

27,630

54.2

 

Private

22,648

44.4

 

County of residence

  

0.8076

Non-Appalachian (ref)

31,096

52.4

 

Appalachian

28,191

47.6

 
  1. Bold implies marital status and type of insurance coverage are statistically significantly associated among women diagnosed with breast cancer in Tennessee
  2. Public Insurance (Indian Health Service, Medicaid, Medicare, and Veterans’ Affairs including TRICARE)
  3. Private Insurance (fee for service, HMO, Managed Care, and PPO)
  4. R, Range; SD, Standard deviation
  5. *Total values not equal to full sample due to missing data
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