Table 1.18 Patients with colon cancer who received recommended treatment: resected colon specimen had at least 12 regional lymph nodes pathologically examined, United States, 2003 and 2004 |
Population group |
2004 |
2003 |
Percent |
Standard error |
Percent |
Standard error |
Total |
|
55.0 |
0.3 |
51.6 |
0.3 |
Anatomic Location |
Right |
63.5 |
0.4 |
60.4 |
0.4 |
Transverse |
52.5 |
0.9 |
47.3 |
0.9 |
Sigmoid |
44.5 |
0.4 |
41.0 |
0.4 |
Age |
Under age 40 |
73.3 |
1.8 |
70.3 |
1.9 |
40-49 |
66.5 |
1.0 |
64.2 |
1.1 |
50-59 |
57.4 |
0.7 |
55.1 |
0.7 |
60-69 |
54.5 |
0.6 |
51.1 |
0.6 |
70-79 |
53.6 |
0.5 |
49.9 |
0.5 |
80 and over |
51.6 |
0.6 |
48.2 |
0.5 |
Race |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
Asian |
59.8 |
1.7 |
56.7 |
1.7 |
Hawaiian Pacific Islander |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
Black only |
53.8 |
0.8 |
52.2 |
0.8 |
White only |
54.9 |
0.3 |
51.3 |
0.3 |
Ethnicity |
Hispanic, all races |
56.2 |
1.3 |
52.8 |
1.3 |
Non-Hispanic, other |
59.6 |
1.6 |
56.2 |
1.7 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
53.8 |
0.8 |
51.9 |
0.8 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
54.8 |
0.3 |
51.1 |
0.3 |
Health insurance, under age 65 |
Private |
57.8 |
0.5 |
56.0 |
0.6 |
Public only |
53.1 |
0.3 |
49.4 |
0.3 |
Uninsured/other |
59.1 |
0.7 |
54.4 |
0.7 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
52.1 |
0.7 |
48.2 |
0.7 |
Medicare and supplement |
53.2 |
0.4 |
49.3 |
0.4 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
54.6 |
3.5 |
58.3 |
3.3 |
Near poor/low |
53.4 |
0.3 |
50.4 |
0.3 |
Middle |
59.1 |
0.5 |
54.9 |
0.6 |
High |
62.1 |
1.7 |
55.7 |
1.7 |
Residence location |
Fringe metro, more than 1 million |
57.2 |
0.4 |
53.6 |
0.4 |
Metro, 0.25-1 million |
56.4 |
0.6 |
53.6 |
0.6 |
Metro, less than 0.25 million |
49.5 |
0.8 |
46.8 |
0.8 |
Non-metro, urban |
49.3 |
0.7 |
45.9 |
0.7 |
Completely rural |
55.6 |
1.9 |
49.0 |
2.0 |
Residence location |
Metropolitan |
56.0 |
0.3 |
52.7 |
0.3 |
Large metropolitan, more than 1 million |
57.2 |
0.4 |
53.6 |
0.4 |
Small metropolitan, less than 1 million |
54.0 |
0.5 |
51.2 |
0.5 |
Micropolitan |
47.7 |
0.9 |
44.1 |
0.9 |
Noncore |
53.2 |
1.0 |
49.1 |
1.0 |
Noncore, adjacent |
52.5 |
1.2 |
49.3 |
1.2 |
Noncore, rural |
55.8 |
2.2 |
48.1 |
2.3 |
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.
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.