Table 1.

Characteristics of AYAs with a history of cancer, Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, 2008–2017 (n=598)

	n	weighted %
Sociodemographics
Age in first survey year
18–24	79	14.3
25–29	130	20.8
30–34	171	26.8
35–39	218	38.1
Sex
Female	479	76.2
Male	119	23.8
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	165	15.5
Non-Hispanic Black	77	7.1
Non-Hispanic White	321	72.1
Other Non-Hispanic	35	5.3
Marital status
Married	246	45.8
Not married	352	54.2
Education
Less than high school	108	13.5
High school degree	170	24.7
Some college	165	26.9
College degree or higher	155	34.9
Poverty status
Poor (<100% FPL)	167	19.0
Near poor and low income (100–199% FPL)	153	21.6
Middle income (200%-399% FPL)	168	32.2
High income (≥400% FPL)	110	27.2
Insurance
Private	297	61.1
Medicaid/other public	188	23.7
Uninsured (only)	113	15.2
Usual source of care
No	177	27.1
Yes	416	71.8
Unknown	5	1.1
Clinical factors
Cancer type
Breast	42	6.6
Cervix	207	34.7
Melanoma	47	10.6
Lymphoma	28	4.4
Uterinea	45	5.3
Otherb	239	39.9
Health indicators
Arthritisc	111	18.0
Asthma	110	18.5
Diabetes	31	3.9
Emphysema	8	1.2
Heart diseased	67	13.2
Hypercholesterolemia	91	15.3
Hypertension	118	18.2
Stroke	23	2.8
Number of chronic conditions
0	293	49.0
1	161	27.1
2+	144	23.9
Disabilitye
No	411	72.6
Yes	180	26.5
Unknown	7	0.9
Polypharmacyf
No	296	47.7
Yes	302	52.3

NOTE: To account for the complex survey design, we used survey weights, sampling strata, and primary sampling units when calculating standard errors for weighted survey estimates

^aUterine cancers reported in the year 2012 were grouped as “Other” because they appeared on National Institutes of Health’s list of rare diseases. Weighted percent based on n=530 for whom uterine cancer data are available.

^b“Other” cancers include bladder, blood, brain, colon, esophageal, kidney, larynx, leukemia, liver, lung, mouth/tongue/lip, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, rectal, soft tissue, stomach, testicular, thyroid

^cIncludes arthritis, gout, lupus, and fibromyalgia

^dIncludes angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, or other heart disease

^eIncludes any reported limitation in activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, work, seeing and/or hearing

^f≥3 unique prescription medications