Characteristic Total Insured Medicaid Uninsured P-value
n = 2,628 n = 1,915 n = 561 n =152
Sex, n (%)
Male 1,670 (63.55) 1,196 (62.45) 368 (65.60) 106 (69.74) 0.03
Female 958 (36.45) 719 (37.55) 193 (34.40) 46 (30.26)
Age, n (%)
18-29 12 (0.47) 8 (0.43) 2 (0.36) 2 (1.32) <0.0001
30-59 889 (34.63) 483 (26.00) 294 (52.78) 112 (73.68)
60-79 1,241 (48.34) 997 (53.66) 206 (36.98) 38 (25.00)
>80 425 (16.56) 370 (19.91) 55 (9.87) -
Age Mean, (SD) 66 (13.59) 68.39 (13.34) 61.27 (12.54) 53.39 (7.69)
Year of diagnosis
2007 179 (6.81) 131 (6.84) 35 (6.24) 13 (8.55) 0.06
2008 231 (8.79) 161 (8.41) 57 (10.16) 13 (8.55)
2009 270 (10.27) 199 (10.39) 54 (9.63) 17 (11.18)
2010 280 (10.65) 208 (10.86) 49 (8.73) 23 (15.13)
2011 322 (12.25) 225 (11.75) 76 (13.55) 21 (13.82)
2012 303 (11.53) 224 (11.70) 55 (9.80) 24 (15.79)
2013 360 (13.70) 266 (13.89) 77 (13.73) 17 (11.18)
Table 1 Continued.
2014 348 (13.24) 244 (12.74) 92 (16.40) 12 (7.89)
2015 335 (12.75) 257 (13.42) 66 (11.76) 12 (7.89)
Marital status, n (%)
Married 1,145 (43.57) 937 (48.93) 162 (28.88) 46 (30.26) <0.0001
Unmarried 541 (20.59) 279 (14.57) 198 (35.29) 64 (42.11)
Separated, Divorced, or Widowed 799 (30.40) 596 (31.12) 166 (29.59) 37 (24.34)
Unknown 143 (5.44) 103 (5.38) 35 (6.24) 5 (3.29)
Race, n (%)
White 2,090 (79.53) 1,593 (83.19) 392 (69.88) 105 (69.08) <0.0001
Black 317 (12.06) 176 (9.19) 102 (18.18) 39 (25.66)
American Indian, Native American, or Hawaiian 34 (1.29) 19 (0.99) 15 (2.67) -
Chinese 23 (0.88) 14 (0.73) 9 (1.60) -
Japanese 27 (1.03) 26 (1.36) 1 (0.18) -
Filipino 20 (0.76) 16 (0.84) 3 (0.53) 1 (0.66)
Asian Indian or Pakistani 64 (2.44) 41 (2.14) 20 (3.57) 3 (1.97)
Other 51 (1.94) 28 (1.46) 19 (3.39) 4 (2.63)
Unknown 2 (0.08) 2 (0.10) - -
Primary site, n (%)
Mucosal lips 18 (0.68) 14 (0.73) 4 (0.71) - <0.0001
Oral tongue 763 (29.03) 522 (27.26) 182 (32.44) 59 (38.82)
Table 1 Continued.
Alveolar ridge 634 (24.12) 527 (27.52) 89 (15.86) 18 (11.84)
Floor of mouth 604 (22.98) 392 (20.47) 166 (29.59) 46 (30.26)
Palate 195 (7.42) 161 (8.41) 29 (5.17) 5 (3.29)
Buccal mucosa 226 (8.60) 154 (8.04) 57 (10.16) 15 (9.87)
Overlapping or NOS 188 (7.15) 145 (7.57) 34 (6.06) 9 (5.92)
T Stage
T4a 2,365 (88.88) 1,709 (89.24) 496 (88.41) 131 (86.18) <0.0001
T4b 227 (8.53) 152 (7.94) 53 (9.45) 19 (12.50)
T4 NOS 69 (2.59) 54 (2.82) 12 (2.14) 2 (1.32)
Treatment
Definitive† 1,015 (38.62) 772 (40.31) 191 (34.05) 52 (34.21) 0.014
Non-definitive‡ 1,613 (61.38) 1,143 (59.69) 370 (65.95) 100 (65.79)