Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| Mean (SD) | 65.4 (8.3) |
| <60 | 567 (24.7) |
| 60–64 | 459 (20.0) |
| 65–69 | 570 (24.9) |
| 70–74 | 363 (15.8) |
| ≥75 | 318 (13.9) |
| Missing | 17 (0.7) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 1804 (78.6) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 351 (15.3) |
| Hispanic | 41 (1.8) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 26 (1.1) |
| Missing | 72 (3.1) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 157 (6.8) |
| High school graduate | 529 (23.1) |
| Some college | 463 (20.2) |
| College graduate | 349 (15.2) |
| More than college | 620 (27.0) |
| Missing | 176 (7.7) |
| Insurance | |
| Private | 1271 (55.4) |
| Medicaid | 67 (2.9) |
| Medicare | 921 (40.1) |
| None | 10 (0.4) |
| Missing | 25 (1.1) |
| Employment | |
| Unemployed/other | 242 (10.6) |
| Employed | 902 (39.3) |
| Retired | 972 (42.4) |
| Missing | 178 (7.8) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 425 (18.5) |
| Married | 1836 (80.0) |
| Missing | 33 (1.4) |
| 10-Year risk of mortality | |
| <25% | 622 (27.1) |
| 25- 50% | 747 (32.6) |
| 50–75% | 548 (23.9) |
| ≥75% | 225 (9.8) |
| Missing | 152 (6.6) |
| Gleason score | 6.8 (0.89) |
| <7 | 909 (39.6) |
| 7 | 920 (40.1) |
| >7 | 400 (17.4) |
| Missing | 65 (2.8) |
| Clinical tumor stage | |
| 1 | 1642 (71.6) |
| 2 | 558 (24.3) |
| 3 | 51 (2.2) |
| Missing | 43 (1.9) |
| Definitive treatment | |
| Yes | 1825 (79.6) |
| No | 364 (15.8) |
| Missing | 105 (4.6) |
| Treatment | |
| Surgery | 1175 (51.2) |
| Radiation therapy | 680 (29.6) |
| Hormone therapy | 309 (13.5) |
Data are n (%) of patients unless otherwise indicated.
SD, standard deviation.