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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 1_1_3.2c
Women with clinical Stage I-IIb breast cancer who received axillary node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy),a by family income,b United States, 2006
    Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   87.8 0.2 88.7 2.4 87.5 0.2 88.2 0.3 88.6 0.8
Age Under age 40 91.1 0.6 DSU DSU 91.6 0.8 89.8 1.2 DSU DSU
40–49 91.5 0.3 DSU DSU 91.6 0.4 91.6 0.6 91.4 1.5
50–59 91.5 0.3 DSU DSU 91.2 0.4 92.1 0.5 91.7 1.4
60–69 91.4 0.3 DSU DSU 91.2 0.4 91.9 0.6 92.0 1.6
70–79 87.5 0.4 DSU DSU 87.3 0.5 87.1 0.9 92.0 1.9
80 and over 60.8 0.8 DSU DSU 61.7 1.0 60.6 1.6 53.6 4.8
Health insurance, under age 65 Private 91.2 0.2 DSU DSU 90.7 0.3 91.7 0.4 92.3 0.9
Public only 82.9 0.3 DSU DSU 83.3 0.4 81.8 0.7 80.1 2.0
Uninsured/other 90.0 0.4 DSU DSU 90.4 0.4 89.2 0.8 88.8 2.4
Health insurance, ages 65–70 Medicare only 80.6 0.9 DSU DSU 81.4 1.0 78.0 1.9 DSU DSU
Medicare and supplement 80.9 0.4 DSU DSU 80.9 0.5 81.1 0.8 79.1 2.3
Residence location Metropolitan 87.8 0.2 89.7 2.5 87.5 0.2 88.2 0.3 88.4 0.9
  Large metropolitan, more than 1 million 87.3 0.2 DSU DSU 86.7 0.3 87.9 0.4 88.1 0.9
  Small metropolitan, less than 1 million 88.6 0.3 DSU DSU 88.4 0.3 89.2 0.7 92.2 2.5
Micropolitan 86.1 0.6 DSU DSU 86.2 0.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore 90.2 0.6 DSU DSU 90.1 0.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore, adjacent 89.9 0.7 DSU DSU 90.0 0.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore, rural 90.9 1.3 DSU DSU 90.6 1.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU

a There is not full agreement regarding the appropriate population (denominator) for this measure, addressing lymph node surgery in women with breast cancer. In the most current draft form during production of the Reports, the measure specification from the National Quality Forum included only women with stage I/II cancer. Women classified as having stage III disease during lymph node surgery (based on 4 or more positive nodes) will be excluded if their stage prior to surgery (i.e., clinical stage) was not recorded. This may artificially lower the rates for this measure.

b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over. Family income is based on median ZIP Code income as of Census 2000.

DSU - 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.

 

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