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Table 1_1_3.2c
Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis, by family income,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		74.0	0.3	*	*	74.0	0.4	75.2	0.5	72.2	1.4
Age	Under 40	66.4	1.2	*	*	66.9	1.5	64.1	2.4	*	*
	40–49	72.1	0.6	*	*	72.3	0.7	72.8	1.0	70.3	2.9
	50–59	75.0	0.4	*	*	74.9	0.6	76.6	0.8	72.7	2.2
	60–69	75.9	0.5	*	*	75.6	0.6	77.9	0.9	74.0	2.6
Health insurance, ages 0–64	Private	74.7	0.4	*	*	74.4	0.5	76.0	0.6	74.3	1.7
	Public	73.7	0.6	*	*	73.7	0.7	76.0	1.3	*	*
	Uninsured/other	72.8	0.5	*	*	73.6	0.7	72.4	1.1	65.1	3.5
Health insurance, ages 65–70	Medicare only	71.0	1.9	*	*	70.1	2.3	76.1	3.6	*	*
Health insurance, ages 65–70	Medicare and supplement	78.0	0.9	*	*	78.7	1.1	78.4	1.8	*	*
Residence location	Metropolitan	73.9	0.3	*	*	73.4	0.4	75.3	0.5	72.2	1.4
	Large metropolitan, more than 1 million	72.3	0.4	*	*	70.6	0.6	74.7	0.6	71.9	1.5
	Small metropolitan, less than 1 million	76.6	0.5	*	*	76.5	0.6	77.8	1.1	75.0	4.2
	Micropolitan	77.2	0.9	*	*	77.5	1.0	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	75.9	1.1	*	*	76.3	1.1	*	*	*	*
	Noncore, adjacent	76.7	1.2	*	*	76.5	1.3	*	*	*	*
	Noncore, rural	73.1	2.5	*	*	75.2	2.5	*	*	*	*

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below $17,500; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons and American Cancer Society, National Cancer Data Base.