Table 16b 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, by ethnicity, United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
73.7 |
0.3 |
74.4 |
0.3 |
75.8 |
0.3 |
65.9 |
1.0 |
61.0 |
1.4 |
Age |
Under age 40 |
65.4 |
1.2 |
67.5 |
1.3 |
69.9 |
1.5 |
59.1 |
3.0 |
51.8 |
4.3 |
40-49 |
71.9 |
0.6 |
73.0 |
0.6 |
74.4 |
0.7 |
65.6 |
1.8 |
56.7 |
2.5 |
50-59 |
74.6 |
0.5 |
75.2 |
0.5 |
76.6 |
0.5 |
66.0 |
1.7 |
64.9 |
2.3 |
60-69 |
75.9 |
0.5 |
76.1 |
0.5 |
77.0 |
0.6 |
69.2 |
1.9 |
65.7 |
3.0 |
Health insurance, ages 0-64 |
Private |
74.4 |
0.4 |
74.9 |
0.4 |
75.9 |
0.4 |
66.8 |
1.4 |
65.5 |
2.0 |
Public |
72.1 |
0.6 |
72.7 |
0.7 |
75.0 |
0.8 |
62.6 |
2.0 |
58.4 |
2.6 |
Not insured and other |
73.5 |
0.6 |
74.8 |
0.6 |
76.2 |
0.6 |
67.5 |
1.9 |
54.7 |
3.0 |
Health insurance, ages 65-70 |
Medicare only |
72.2 |
1.8 |
73.5 |
2.0 |
74.7 |
2.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and supplement |
78.6 |
1.0 |
77.9 |
1.0 |
78.0 |
1.1 |
77.2 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
73.6 |
0.4 |
74.5 |
0.4 |
76.3 |
0.4 |
65.1 |
1.1 |
59.4 |
1.7 |
Middle |
74.9 |
0.5 |
75.0 |
0.6 |
75.6 |
0.6 |
68.7 |
2.5 |
68.5 |
3.0 |
High |
74.7 |
1.4 |
75.7 |
1.5 |
76.3 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence location |
Fringe metro, more than 1 million |
72.1 |
0.4 |
72.8 |
0.4 |
74.7 |
0.5 |
63.8 |
1.2 |
58.2 |
1.8 |
Metro, 0.25-1 million |
75.7 |
0.6 |
76.3 |
0.7 |
76.4 |
0.7 |
74.4 |
2.2 |
63.5 |
3.6 |
Metro, less than 0.25 million |
78.2 |
0.9 |
78.9 |
1.0 |
79.8 |
1.0 |
69.5 |
4.0 |
* |
* |
Non-metro, urban |
76.5 |
0.8 |
77.1 |
0.9 |
77.9 |
0.9 |
64.9 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
Completely rural |
76.7 |
2.3 |
76.0 |
2.6 |
76.6 |
2.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence location |
Metropolitan |
73.6 |
0.3 |
74.4 |
0.3 |
75.8 |
0.4 |
66.3 |
1.1 |
59.6 |
1.6 |
Large metropolitan, more than 1 million |
72.1 |
0.4 |
72.8 |
0.4 |
74.7 |
0.5 |
63.8 |
1.2 |
58.2 |
1.8 |
Small metropolitan, less than 1 million |
76.5 |
0.5 |
77.1 |
0.6 |
77.5 |
0.6 |
73.2 |
1.9 |
64.4 |
3.1 |
Micropolitan |
77.3 |
1.0 |
77.9 |
1.1 |
78.9 |
1.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore |
75.3 |
1.2 |
75.8 |
1.3 |
76.2 |
1.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore, adjacent |
76.3 |
1.4 |
76.9 |
1.5 |
77.3 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore, rural |
72.0 |
2.6 |
72.0 |
2.9 |
72.3 |
3.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
a 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.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons and American Cancer Society, National Cancer Data Base.