Table 1.
Distribution of individual-level characteristics of older adults with cancer.
| Individual-level characteristics | Older adults with cancer | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robust | Pre-frail | Frail | ||
| N = 1,583 | N = 1,421 | N = 915 | ||
| % | % | % | ||
| Age, years | <0.001 | |||
| 65–74 | 60.1 | 47.0 | 39.3 | |
| 75+ | 39.9 | 53.0 | 60.7 | |
| Sex | <0.001 | |||
| Male | 52.7 | 49.2 | 41.5 | |
| Female | 47.3 | 50.8 | 58.5 | |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.053 | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 86.4 | 86.8 | 81.7 | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | |
| Hispanic | 4.4 | 4.8 | 6.6 | |
| Other | 3.4 | 1.8 | 4.9 | |
| Education | <0.001 | |||
| <High school | 9.5 | 13.4 | 26.5 | |
| High school graduate | 22.4 | 29.1 | 27.3 | |
| ≥Some college | 68.1 | 57.5 | 46.2 | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | |||
| Married | 69.3 | 60.3 | 50.9 | |
| Not married or missinga | 30.7 | 39.7 | 49.1 | |
| Health insurance | <0.001 | |||
| Medicare and private | 48.6 | 45.6 | 35.0 | |
| Medicare and other public | 11.3 | 15.5 | 21.7 | |
| Medicare only | 30.9 | 28.9 | 31.0 | |
| Other, uninsured, or missing | 9.2 | 10.0 | 12.3 | |
| Family income level as a % of FPL | <0.001 | |||
| <200% | 16.9 | 25.0 | 43.9 | |
| 200%–399% | 29.9 | 35.0 | 32.6 | |
| ≥400% | 53.2 | 40.0 | 23.5 | |
| Region | 0.414 | |||
| Northeast | 17.7 | 18.6 | 17.6 | |
| Midwest | 24.3 | 22.8 | 20.2 | |
| South | 36.4 | 38.9 | 41.1 | |
| West | 21.6 | 19.6 | 21.1 | |
| Time since cancer diagnosis | <0.001 | |||
| <2 years | 12.8 | 11.8 | 13.9 | |
| ≥2 years | 85.0 | 83.9 | 77.4 | |
| Missing | 2.2 | 4.3 | 8.7 | |
| Number of cancer diagnoses | <0.001 | |||
| 1 | 81.5 | 77.7 | 73.2 | |
| ≥2 | 18.5 | 22.3 | 26.8 | |
FPL, federal poverty level.
a Not married includes widowed, divorced, separated, or never married.