Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the breast cancer and non-cancer patient cohorts
Breast cancer | Non-cancer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | patients | patients | |
N = 33,731 (%) | N = 101,649 (%) | ||
Age (years) a | ≤ 70 | 5,498 (16.3) | 27,783 (27.3) |
71-75 | 9,618 (28.5) | 29,883 (29.4) | |
76-80 | 8,903 (26.4) | 24,098 (23.7) | |
> 80 | 9,712 (28.8) | 19,885 (19.6) | |
Race/ethnicity | White | 29,487 (87.4) | 85,329 (83.9) |
Black | 2,173 (6.4) | 7,483 (7.4) | |
Asian/Other | 1,016 (3.0) | 6,317 (6.2) | |
Hispanic | 1,055 (3.1) | 2,520 (2.5) | |
SEER Region c | Georgia (Atlanta/Rural Georgia) | 1,009 (3.0) | 3,575 (3.5) |
California b | 10,533 (31.2) | 30,910 (30.4) | |
Connecticut | 2,121 (6.3) | 6,380 (6.3) | |
Hawaii | 442 (1.3) | 1,712 (1.7) | |
Iowa | 2,397 (7.1) | 7,172 (7.1) | |
Kentucky | 2,889 (8.6) | 8,680 (8.5) | |
Louisiana | 2,355 (7.0) | 6,920 (6.8) | |
Michigan (Detroit) | 2,638 (7.8) | 8,029 (7.9) | |
New Jersey | 5,950 (17.6) | 15,961 (15.7) | |
New Mexico | 717 (2.1) | 2,751 (2.7) | |
Utah | 851 (2.5) | 3,006 (3.0) | |
Washington (Seattle/Puget Sound) | 1,829 (5.4) | 4,665 (4.6) | |
NCI Comorbidity score d | 0 | 27,193 (80.6) | 76,804 (75.6) |
1 | 3,965 (11.8) | 18,087 (17.8) | |
≥2 | 2,573 (7.6) | 6,758 (6.6) | |
Year of diagnosis | 2000 | 11,433 (33.9) | N/A |
2001 | 11,432 (33.9) | ||
2002 | 10,866 (32.2) | ||