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Table 1 Provider Demographics

From: Patient and provider factors associated with colorectal cancer screening among average risk health plan enrollees in the US, 2015–2018

Demographics

Overall Primary

(n = 226,534)

Family (n = 88,600)

Internal Medicine (n = 86,164)

OB/Gyn (n = 23,097)

Advanced Practice (n = 28,035)

Geriatrician (n = 638)

Age, mean (SD)

54.4 (11.2)

55.2 (11.3)

54.4 (11.1)

56.1 (10.9)

49.1 (10.4)

54.1 (9.7)

Male gender, n (%)

111,360 (49.2)

45,524 (51.4)

50,342 (58.4)

9,230 (40.0)

5,945 (21.2)

319 (50.0)

Region, n (%)

      

 Northeast1

40,021 (17.7)

11,671 (13.2)

20,802 (24.1)

4,437 (19.2)

2,968 (10.6)

143 (22.4)

 Midwest2

61,636 (27.2)

26,121 (29.5)

20,195 (23.4)

5,429 (23.5)

9,738 (34.7)

153 (24.0)

 South3

87,052 (38.4)

34,526 (39.0)

31,570 (36.6)

9,786 (42.4)

10,910 (38.9)

260 (40.8)

 West4

37,825 (16.7)

16,282 (18.4)

13,597 (15.8)

3,445 (14.9)

4,419 (15.8)

82 (12.9)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

      

 White

21,304 (9.4)

8,906 (10.1)

7,181 (8.3)

3,320 (14.4)

1,867 (6.7)

30 (4.7)

 African American

494 (0.2)

160 (0.2)

234 (0.3)

73 (0.3)

26 (0.1)

1 (0.2)

 Asian

3,590 (1.6)

933 (1.1)

2,252 (2.6)

332 (1.4)

51 (0.2)

22 (3.5)

 Hispanic

1,728 (0.8)

651 (0.7)

727 (0.8)

254 (1.1)

88 (0.3)

8 (1.3)

 Other

1,033 (0.5)

296 (0.3)

617 (0.7)

91 (0.4)

26 (0.1)

3 (0.5)

 Missing

198,385 (87.6)

77,654 (87.7)

75,153 (87.2)

19,027 (82.4)

25,977 (92.7)

574 (90.0)

Practice type, n (%)

      

 Individual

217,700 (96.1)

83,639 (94.4)

83,355 (96.7)

22,568 (97.7)

27,560 (98.3)

578 (90.6)

 Hospital

81 (0.04)

38 (0.04)

38 (0.04)

3 (0.01)

2 (0.01)

0 (0.0)

 Group practice

7,730 (3.4)

4,266 (4.8)

2,499 (2.9)

488 (2.1)

419 (1.5)

58 (9.1)

 Other facility

786 (0.4)

563 (0.6)

173 (0.2)

17 (0.1)

33 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

 Unknown/missing

237 (0.1)

94 (0.1)

99 (0.1)

21 (0.1)

21 (0.1)

2 (0.3)

  1. 1Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
  2. 2Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota
  3. 3Washington DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
  4. 4Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington