Marital Status and Survival in Patients Diagnosed with Melanoma

Table 1

Characteristics of Florida melanoma patients between 2001 and 2009 by marital status.

		Total; N = 36,578; (100%)	Marital status				value
			Single; N = 5,037 (13.8%)	Married; N = 25,438 (69.5%)	Divorced; N = 2,443 (6.7%)	Widowed; N = 3,660 (10.0%)
Age at diagnosis	Mean (SD)	62.5 (16.2)	51.0 (19.2)	62.9 (14.5)	59.0 (13.1)	78.0 (9.9)	<0.001
Sex	Male	58.7	57.1	64.0	45.4	32.7	<0.001
	Female	41.3	42.9	36.0	54.6	67.3
Insurance status	No insurance	3.4	8.9	2.4	6.4	1.3	<0.001
	Insurance	96.6	91.1	97.6	93.6	98.7
Race	White	98.9	98.3	99.1	99.2	99.0	<0.001
	Black	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.8
	Other	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	96.6	95.8	96.9	95.0	96.9	<0.001
	Hispanic	3.4	4.2	3.1	5.0	3.1
Geographic area	Northwest	4.9	4.8	4.9	5.8	3.9	<0.001
	Northeast	6.5	6.0	6.6	7.2	5.5
	North central	3.6	3.8	3.6	4.6	3.1
	Central west	20.9	22.7	20.5	20.1	21.8
	Central	18	15.0	19.3	15.5	14.7
	Central east	10	8.6	10.0	11.0	11.1
	Southeast	27.7	32.4	26.0	29.5	31.8
	Southwest	8.5	6.7	9.2	6.3	8.2
Tobacco use	Never	61.8	63.3	61.9	54.6	63.6	<0.001
	Current	13.6	21.2	11.8	22.9	9.3
	Former	24.6	15.5	26.3	22.5	27.1
Histology	Acral lentiginous	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.1	<0.001
	Lentigo maligna	6.5	4.1	6.6	5.6	9.3
	Superficial spreading	12.1	13.6	12.3	12.0	9.2
	Nodular melanoma	5.3	6.9	4.9	5.7	6.0
	Other	75.3	74.6	75.6	75.7	74.4
Staging	Early	88.5	84.3	89.9	85.0	86.0	<0.001
	Late	11.5	15.7	10.1	15.0	14.0
Primary site	Face	15.0	11.7	15.0	12.0	21.2	<0.001
	External ear	3.1	2.5	3.3	2.3	3.3
	Scalp and neck	7.9	7.5	8.3	5.8	6.9
	Trunk	31.5	35.2	32.0	33.2	21.7
	Upper limb and shoulder	25.9	24.8	25.8	27.6	27.0
	Lower limb and hip	16.7	18.4	15.6	19.2	19.9

SD = standard deviation; results are presented as % using the survey design unless otherwise specified. ANOVA; all others, chi-square test. The races grouped under “others” consist of Micronesian, Chamorro/Chamoru, American Indian, Aleutia, Alaskan Native or Eskimo (includes all indigenous populations of the Western hemisphere), Chinese, Polynesian, Japanese, Tahitian, Filipino, Samoan, Hawaiian, Tongan, Korean, Melanesian, Vietnamese, New Guinean, Laotian, other Asian, including Asian, not otherwise specified, Hmong, Pacific Islander, Kampuchean, Thai, Asian Indian or Pakistani, Asian Indian, Pakistani, Guamanian, Fiji Islanders, and Oriental, not otherwise specified, as well as unknown races. The histological categories grouped under “others” consist of Malignant Melanoma NOS, Balloon Cell Melanoma, Regressing Melanoma, Meningeal Melanomatosis, Amelanotic Melanoma, Melan Junction Nevus, Melan in Precanc Melanoma, Desmoplastic Melanoma, Mucosal Lentiginous Melan, Melan Giant Pig Nevus, Epithelioid/Spindle Cell Melan, Epithel Cell Melanoma, Spindle Cell Melanoma NOS, Spindle Cell Melanoma type A, Spindle Cell Melanoma type B, and Blue Nevus Malignant.