Research Article

Breast Cancer in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Overview

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of breast cancer patients diagnosed between 2004 and 2016.

Variable# (%)

Age (median, range)61, 51-71
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White1,986,450 (75%)
 Non-Hispanic Black286,716 (11%)
 Hispanic White124,877 (4.7%)
 Hispanic Black2,977 (0.1%)
 Asian90,484 (3.4%)
 Other162,516 (6.1%)
 Unknown17,529
Insurance status
 Uninsured52,816 (2.0%)
 Private insurance1,407,397 (54%)
 Medicaid/other governmental insurance178,762 (6.8%)
 Medicare982,281 (37%)
 Unknown50,293
Facility type
 Community cancer program243,300 (9.5%)
 Comprehensive community cancer program1,154,278 (45%)
 Academic cancer program776,409 (30%)
 Integrated network cancer program376,928 (15%)
 Unknown120,634
Great circle distance
 ≤101,488,936 (56%)
 >10-20584,871 (22%)
 >20-30228,374 (8.6%)
 >30-40112,542 (4.2%)
 >40-5063,913 (2.4%)
 >50182,487 (6.9%)
 Unknown10,426
Setting
 Metro2,228,924 (86%)
 Urban328,184 (13%)
 Rural42,825 (1.6%)
 Unknown71,616