The Relationship between Neighborhood Immigrant Composition, Limited English Proficiency, and Late-Stage Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis in California

Table 1

Characteristics of colorectal cancer cases (ages 50+) diagnosed in California, 2005–2007.

		%	% late stage	value
Age (years)
50–75	22320	62.0	56.7	ns
75+	13710	38.0	57.0
Race/ethnicity
White	23612	65.5	56.0	<.0001
Hispanic/Latino	5340	14.8	58.6
African-American	2582	7.2	60.6
Asian	4178	11.6	58.7
Other	318	0.9	34.0
Gender
Male	18239	50.6	55.6	<.0001
Female	17791	49.4	58.1
Marital status
Married	19892	55.2	55.5	<.0001
Not married	16138	44.8	58.5
Health insurance
Uninsured	545	1.5	66.8	<.0001
Private	16564	46.0	55.2
Medicaid	1993	5.5	66.5
Medicare	16139	44.8	56.8
Military/veterans	236	0.7	52.5
Unknown	553	1.5	62.8
% limited English proficiency
Q1 (low)	9007	25.0	56.2	.0003
Q2	9014	25.0	55.5
Q3	8994	25.0	57.0
Q4 (high)	9014	25.0	58.5
% recent immigrants
Q1 (low)	9009	25.0	55.5	<.0001
Q2	9006	25.0	56.5
Q3	9008	25.0	56.3
Q4 (high)	9006	25.0	59.0
Median household income
Q1 (low)	9004	25.0	59.4	<.0001
Q2	9010	25.0	56.8
Q3	9006	25.0	56.2
Q4 (high)	9010	25.0	54.8
Neighborhood deprivation
Q1 (low)	9006	25.0	55.2	<.0001
Q2	9004	25.0	56.7
Q3	8997	25.0	56.3
Q4 (high)	9010	25.0	59.0