One in five hepatocellular carcinoma patients in the United States are Hispanic while less than 40% were eligible for liver transplantation

Table 1 Characteristics of the study cohort

	Hispanics		Asians		Non-Hispanic White
	Percent (%)	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)	Frequency (n)
Sex
Female	26.7	3584	29.5	3273	24.9	9273
Male	73.3	9856	70.6	7840	75.1	27940
Age
< 50 yr	10.7	1440	10.7	1191	6.1	2268
50-64 yr	47.1	6325	36.4	4045	45.6	16973
> 65 yr	42.2	5675	52.9	5877	48.3	17972
Insurance
Medicare or Commercial	60.9	5969	66.3	5177	80.2	21265
Medicaid	33.5	3280	29.5	2299	16.1	4257
Uninsured	5.6	549	4.3	335	3.7	983
Year of diagnosis
2004-2006	17.6	2722	17.6	2713	51.8	8009
2007-2008	17.4	2115	16.3	1985	52.5	6376
2009-2010	18.9	2550	15.4	2084	51.3	6927
2011-2012	20.1	2870	13.9	2133	51.9	7690
2013-2014	20.1	3183	13.9	2198	51.7	8211
HCC SEER summary stage
Localized	54	6091	51.8	2250	52.6	8644
Regional	29.5	3324	31	1345	31.2	5129
Distant	16.5	1858	15	747	16.2	2652
HCC within Milan criteria
No	62	8337	59.1	2832	55.4	10530
Yes	38	5103	40.9	1958	44.6	8465

HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.