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Table 1.16
Patients with breast cancer who received recommended treatment: radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis for women under age 70 receiving breast-conserving surgery, United States, 1999 and 2004 |
| Population group |
2004a |
1999 |
| Percent |
Standard error |
Percent |
Standard error |
| Total |
|
73.7 |
0.3 |
73.7 |
0.2 |
| Age |
Under age 40 |
65.4 |
1.2 |
68.3 |
0.8 |
| 40-49 |
71.9 |
0.6 |
71.9 |
0.4 |
| 50-59 |
74.6 |
0.5 |
74.4 |
0.3 |
| 60-69 |
75.9 |
0.5 |
75.6 |
0.3 |
| Race |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
DSU |
DSU |
72.5 |
4.3 |
| Asian |
71.0 |
1.7 |
73.1 |
1.3 |
| Hawaiian Pacific Islander |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
| Black only |
66.2 |
0.9 |
68.9 |
0.7 |
| White only |
75.1 |
0.3 |
74.7 |
0.2 |
| Ethnicity |
Hispanic, all races |
61.0 |
1.4 |
65.4 |
1.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, other |
70.2 |
1.6 |
73.5 |
1.3 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black |
65.9 |
1.0 |
69.0 |
0.7 |
| Non-Hispanic, White |
75.8 |
0.3 |
75.1 |
0.2 |
| Health insurance, under age 65 |
Private |
74.4 |
0.4 |
75.4 |
0.3 |
| Public only |
72.1 |
0.6 |
73.0 |
0.5 |
| Uninsured/other |
73.5 |
0.6 |
72.3 |
0.3 |
| Health insurance, ages 65-70 |
Medicare only |
72.2 |
1.8 |
72.5 |
1.1 |
| Medicare and supplement |
78.6 |
1.0 |
76.3 |
0.7 |
| Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
DSU |
DSU |
69.7 |
3.4 |
| Near poor/low |
73.6 |
0.4 |
74.1 |
0.2 |
| Middle |
74.9 |
0.5 |
73.2 |
0.4 |
| High |
74.7 |
1.4 |
72.0 |
1.0 |
| Residence location |
Fringe metro, more than 1 million |
72.1 |
0.4 |
71.5 |
0.3 |
| Metro, 0.25-1 million |
75.7 |
0.6 |
76.4 |
0.4 |
| Metro, less than 0.25 million |
78.2 |
0.9 |
77.7 |
0.6 |
| Non-metro, urban |
76.5 |
0.8 |
75.6 |
0.6 |
| Completely rural |
76.7 |
2.3 |
74.9 |
1.6 |
| Residence location |
Metropolitan |
73.6 |
0.3 |
73.3 |
0.2 |
| Large metropolitan, more than 1 million |
72.1 |
0.4 |
71.5 |
0.3 |
| Small metropolitan, less than 1 million |
76.5 |
0.5 |
76.8 |
0.4 |
| Micropolitan |
77.3 |
1.0 |
75.7 |
0.7 |
| Noncore |
75.3 |
1.2 |
75.1 |
0.8 |
| Noncore, adjacent |
76.3 |
1.4 |
75.2 |
1.0 |
| Noncore, rural |
72.0 |
2.6 |
74.8 |
1.7 |
a Concordance computed for diagnosis months January - June 2004.
b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below $17,500; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Source: Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons and American Cancer Society, National Cancer Data Base.
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