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Table 1 Distribution of initial treatment by sociodemographic and economic characteristics of the patient.

From: Factors associated with initial treatment and survival for clinically localized prostate cancer: results from the CDC-NPCR Patterns of Care Study (PoC1)

     

Percent receiving each therapy

 

Characteristic

Number1

(%)

Number2

(%)

Radical

prostatectomy

Radiation

therapy

Hormonal

therapy

Watchful

waiting

P3

Total

3,328

(100)

3,300

(100)

39.70

31.42

10.27

18.61

 

Age at diagnosis

         

   <60

602

(18)

601

(18)

72.88

15.14

3.00

8.99

<0.0001

   60-64

568

(17)

565

(17)

61.42

21.06

5.13

12.39

 

   65-69

736

(22)

730

(22)

48.36

31.92

7.26

12.47

 

   70-74

709

(21)

703

(21)

20.91

47.08

10.81

21.19

 

   75-79

456

(14)

453

(14)

4.42

49.23

17.88

28.48

 

   >= 80

257

(8)

248

(8)

2.02

16.13

33.06

48.79

 

Race/ethnicity

         

   Non-Hispanic White

2,671

(80)

2,649

(80)

40.43

32.58

9.82

17.18

0.0011

   Non-Hispanic Black

465

(14)

460

(14)

36.74

26.09

13.26

23.91

 

   Non-Hispanic Other

56

(2)

56

(2)

32.14

33.93

8.93

25.00

 

   Hispanic

114

(3)

113

(3)

41.59

23.01

8.85

26.55

 

   Unknown

22

(1)

22

(1)

22.73

40.91

13.64

22.73

 

Marital status

         

   Married

2,508

(75)

2,489

(75)

43.51

31.90

9.04

15.55

<0.0001

   Single

232

(7)

229

(7)

34.06

27.07

10.04

28.82

 

   Separated/divorced

174

(5)

173

(5)

39.88

26.01

10.40

23.70

 

   Widowed

234

(7)

230

(7)

16.96

31.74

19.13

32.17

 

   Unknown

180

(5)

179

(5)

22.91

35.20

16.20

25.70

 

Insurance

         

   None

26

(1)

26

(1)

42.31

26.92

11.54

19.23

<0.0001

   Private

2,384

(72)

2,365

(72)

42.79

31.63

9.56

16.03

 

   Public

570

(17)

564

(17)

31.56

28.90

13.12

26.42

 

   Other

94

(3)

94

(3)

53.19

24.47

7.45

14.89

 

   Unknown

254

(8)

251

(8)

23.51

38.25

11.55

26.69

 

Education4

         

   Educated

2,431

(73)

2,409

(73)

41.22

31.51

9.46

17.81

0.0062

   Not educated

880

(26)

874

(26)

35.81

30.78

12.59

20.82

 

Poverty4

         

   Not in poverty

2,546

(77)

2,529

(77)

40.45

31.99

9.65

17.91

0.0275

   In poverty

765

(23)

754

(23)

37.53

29.05

12.47

20.95

 

Working class status4

         

   Non-working class

1,738

(52)

1,724

(52)

40.14

33.29

9.40

17.17

0.0165

   Working class

1,573

(47)

1,559

(47)

39.38

29.12

11.29

20.21

 

Urban-rural residence4

         

   100% urban

2,196

(66)

2,174

(66)

39.93

31.05

9.84

19.18

0.4804

   Urban-rural mix

853

(26)

848

(26)

40.57

31.13

10.85

17.45

 

   100% rural

262

(8)

261

(8)

36.02

34.10

12.26

17.62

 

Registry

         

   California

507

(15)

503

(15)

43.74

25.25

12.52

18.49

<0.0001

   Colorado

509

(15)

507

(15)

44.18

28.60

10.45

16.77

 

   Illinois

522

(16)

521

(16)

36.28

31.48

10.36

21.88

 

   Louisiana

530

(16)

529

(16)

42.53

26.47

11.53

19.47

 

   New York

445

(13)

435

(13)

34.94

40.69

9.43

14.94

 

   Rhode Island

464

(14)

459

(14)

36.17

35.29

8.71

19.83

 

   South Carolina

351

(11)

346

(10)

38.73

35.26

7.80

18.21

 
  1. 1: Sample size for analysis of conservative versus definite therapy.
  2. 2: Sample size for dividing conservative treatment into hormone therapy and watchful waiting (excludes 28 observations missing dates for hormone therapy). Used for calculating proportions in this table.
  3. 3: Probability from a two-sided X2 test comparing the distribution of treatments across levels of the variable.
  4. 4: Information missing for 17 individuals.