Table 1 Study population.

From: An exploratory analysis of the impact of area-level exposome on geographic disparities in aggressive prostate cancer

 

Non-aggressive (N = 79,106)

Aggressive (N = 3474)

Overall (N = 82,580)

Age at diagnosis

 Mean (SD)

65.5 (8.98)

70.6 (10.90)

65.8 (9.13)

 Median [Min, Max]

65.0 [31.0, 105]

71.0 [38.0, 98.0]

65.0 [31.0, 105]

Race

 White

69,598 (88.0%)

2925 (84.2%)

72,523 (87.8%)

 Black

8908 (11.3%)

519 (14.9%)

9427 (11.4%)

 Native

31 (0.0%)

2 (0.1%)

33 (0.0%)

 Asian

569 (0.7%)

28 (0.8%)

597 (0.7%)

Health insurance type

 Not insured

72 (0.1%)

12 (0.3%)

84 (0.1%)

 Private

39,550 (50.0%)

1082 (31.1%)

40,632 (49.2%)

 Self-pay

282 (0.4%)

43 (1.2%)

325 (0.4%)

 Medicaid

1845 (2.3%)

203 (5.8%)

2048 (2.5%)

 Medicare

31,413 (39.7%)

1908 (54.9%)

33,321 (40.4%)

 Military

583 (0.7%)

24 (0.7%)

607 (0.7%)

 Unknown

5361 (6.8%)

202 (5.8%)

5563 (6.7%)

Tract-level percent population living below federal poverty level

  < 4.99%

24,654 (31.2%)

838 (24.1%)

25,492 (30.9%)

  < 9.99%

25,261 (31.9%)

1019 (29.3%)

26,280 (31.8%)

  < 19.99%

19,092 (24.1%)

984 (28.3%)

20,076 (24.3%)

  > 20%

10,099 (12.8%)

633 (18.2%)

10,732 (13.0%)

County-level water quality index (EQI)

 Very high

35,535 (44.9%)

1387 (39.9%)

36,922 (44.7%)

 High

12,784 (16.2%)

552 (15.9%)

13,336 (16.1%)

 Average

17,986 (22.7%)

875 (25.2%)

18,861 (22.8%)

 Low

8763 (11.1%)

490 (14.1%)

9253 (11.2%)

 Very low

4038 (5.1%)

170 (4.9%)

4208 (5.1%)

Tract-level percent of males aged >  = 35 working in protective service occupations such as fire-fighting, and law enforcement

 Mean (SD)

0.75 (1.06)

0.85 (1.19)

0.75 (1.06)

 Median [Min, Max]

0.44 [0, 11.4]

0.50 [0, 11.4]

0.44 [0, 11.4]