Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics, stratified by housing status

Housed
n=4062
Formerly unhoused
n=623
Unhoused
n=438
P value
Age at diagnosis, median (IQR)61 (52, 68)60 (55, 66)58 (51, 64)<0.001
Sex<0.001
 Male49.8 (2024)71.6 (446)76.7 (336)
 Female49.9 (2026)27.1 (169)22.4 (98)
Race<0.001
 White49.0 (1992)47.5 (296)50.9 (223)
 Black11.2 (453)45.6 (284)42.0 (184)
 Asian or Pacific Islander38.3 (1555)5.5 (34)5.9 (26)
 Other1.5 (62)1.4 (9)1.1 (5)
Marital status<0.001
 Married or domestic partner34.7 (1408)7.5 (47)5.5 (24)
 Single, separated, divorced, widowed56.6 (2301)82.5 (514)81.5 (357)
Elixhauser score, median (IQR)9 (0, 19)15 (4, 24)9 (0, 21)<0.001
Smoking status<0.001
 None68.5 (2783)40.1 (250)43.2 (189)
 Current use15.7 (639)45.3 (282)46.3 (203)
 Previous use14.1 (573)13.6 (85)8.7 (38)
Alcohol use<0.001
 None76.6 (3112)59.9 (373)64.6 (283)
 Current use12.0 (488)23.3 (145)20.5 (90)
 Previous use5.4 (220)10.6 (66)8.9 (39)
Site<0.001
 Lung12.1 (493)17.2 (107)17.1 (75)
 Breast12.8 (520)4.8 (30)5.9 (26)
 Colorectal9.3 (379)7.4 (46)6.4 (28)
 Liver and biliary tract7.2 (292)14.4 (90)13.0 (57)
 Kidneys, ureter, bladder and other urinary tract6.9 (279)8.5 (53)9.6 (42)
 Female reproductive tract7.7 (311)3.7 (23)3.0 (13)
 Prostate5.4 (219)7.1 (44)8.2 (36)
 Head and neck4.9 (198)10.3 (64)6.4 (28)
 Nervous system, including brain5.0 (205)3.4 (21)3.2 (14)
 Blood or bone marrow4.2 (171)3.5 (22)4.6 (20)
 Lymph nodes3.2 (129)3.0 (19)3.7 (16)
 Skin3.1 (125)1.9 (12)4.3 (19)
 Thyroid3.2 (130)0.3 (2)2.5 (11)
 Stomach3.0 (120)1.9 (12)2.1 (9)
 Pancreas2.4 (98)3.0 (19)0.5 (2)
 Other9.7 (393)9.5 (59)9.6 (42)
Stage at diagnosis<0.001
 Stage 0–378.0 (3168)73.4 (457)71.7 (314)
 Stage 422.0 (894)26.6 (166)28.3 (124)
  • Numbers may not sum to 100% due to missing data.