Disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer among patients with disabilities

Table 2 Distribution of cancer stage by disability, n (%)

	All	By cancer stage				P value
		Localized	Locoregional	Distant	Unknown
No. of patients	100733	37256 (37.0)	42621 (42.3)	11871 (11.8)	8985 (8.9)
People without disabilities	81069	29934 (36.9)	34636 (42.7)	9387 (11.6)	7112 (8.8)	< 0.0001
People with disability	19664	7322 (37.2)	7985 (40.6)	2484 (12.6)	1873 (9.5)
By disability grades
Severe (Grades 1-3)	6517	2283 (35.0)	2617 (40.2)	889 (13.6)	728 (11.2)	< 0.0001
Mild (Grades 4-6)	13147	5039 (38.3)	5368 (40.8)	1595 (12.1)	1145 (8.7)	< 0.0001
Grade 1	986	309 (31.3)	365 (37.0)	170 (17.2)	142 (14.4)
Grade 2	2402	872 (36.3)	953 (39.7)	299 (12.4)	278 (11.6)
Grade 3	3129	1102 (35.2)	1299 (41.5)	420 (13.4)	308 (9.8)
Grade 4	3531	1276 (36.1)	1447 (41.0)	470 (13.3)	338 (9.6)
Grade 5	4695	1812 (38.6)	1888 (40.2)	573 (12.2)	422 (9.0)
Grade 6	4921	1951 (39.6)	2033 (41.3)	552 (11.2)	385 (7.8)
By disability types
Physical
Grades 1-3	2306	853 (37.0)	937 (40.6)	293 (12.7)	223 (9.7)
Grades 4-6	8421	3348 (39.8)	3382 (40.2)	986 (11.7)	705 (8.4)
Communication
Grades 1-3	1423	464 (32.6)	596 (41.9)	192 (13.5)	171 (12.0)
Grades 4-6	3844	1365 (35.5)	1647 (42.8)	489 (12.7)	343 (8.9)
Brain
Grades 1-3	1400	438 (31.3)	572 (40.9)	219 (15.6)	171 (12.2)
Grades 4-6	613	226 (36.9)	260 (42.4)	79 (12.9)	48 (7.8)
Mental
Grades 1-3	463	123 (26.6)	193 (41.7)	88 (19.0)	59 (12.7)
Grades 4-6	-	-	-	-
Cardiopulmonary
Grades 1-3	385	149 (38.7)	142 (36.9)	50 (13.0)	44 (11.4)
Grades 4-6	1	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Others
Grades 1-3	540	256 (47.4)	177 (32.8)	47 (8.7)	60 (11.1)
Grades 4-6	268	99 (36.9)	79 (29.5)	41 (15.3)	49 (18.3)