Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities Are More Pronounced in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Than Other Breast Cancers
Table 2
Contextual characteristics of patients with inflammatory breast cancer compared with locally advanced and all other breast cancer patients, Patterns of Care Study, 2004–2012.
Characteristic
IBC
LABC (IIIB, C)
IBC versus LABC
All else
IBC versus all else
Number
Number
Number
Total
170
375
7079
Poverty (census tract)
<20% below poverty
108
73.8
257
78.1
0.33
5280
82.3
0.01
≥20% below poverty
60
25.6
117
21.4
1779
17.4
Education (census tract)
<25% no high school degree
83
60.2
200
63.1
0.61
4297
68.5
0.07
≥25% no high school degree
85
39.2
174
36.3
2762
31.2
Urbanicity
Urban
94
53.8
185
47.8
0.14
3585
51.3
0.43
Rural
23
9.2
63
17.0
1014
13.4
Urban/rural mix
51
36.5
126
34.7
2461
35.0
Unknown
2
0.5
1
0.5
19
0.3
Hospital teaching status
Teaching
73
45.8
136
37.0
0.06
2807
39.2
0.10
Other
66
38.2
202
52.1
3330
47.5
Unknown
31
15.9
37
10.9
942
13.3
Hospital size (number of beds)
<200
32
15.1
96
23.3
0.05
1671
21.2
0.17
200–299
20
12.4
77
23.0
1234
18.1
300–399
21
14.7
38
11.4
842
13.2
≥400
66
41.8
127
31.4
2390
34.1
Unknown
31
15.9
37
10.9
942
13.3
Hospital Commission on Cancer Accreditation
No
59
29.3
152
40.0
0.06
2654
38.1
0.05
Yes
87
57.8
191
50.1
3558
49.1
Unknown
24
12.9
32
9.9
867
12.7
weighted based on sampling design. values from chi-square tests.
