Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of survey respondents (N=1036), separated by patient endorsement of cannabis use since cancer diagnosis (available cannabis use data for n=1033).
| All Participants (N=1036) |
Cannabis Use Since Dx (n=293) |
No Cannabis Use Since Dx (n=740) |
p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | ||
| Age | 18–44 | 123 | 10.3 (9.9 – 10.8) | 57 | 17.8 (16.8 – 18.9) | 65 | 7.6 (7.2 – 8.1) | <.001 |
| 45–54 | 147 | 11.5 (11.2 – 11.9) | 44 | 12.6 (11.7 – 13.5) | 102 | 11.0 (10.5 – 11.5) | ||
| 55–64 | 242 | 22.8 (22.1 – 23.4) | 85 | 30.5 (29.2 – 31.9) | 157 | 20.1 (19.4 – 20.8) | ||
| 65–74 | 374 | 33.0 (32.2 – 33.7) | 94 | 32.2 (30.9 – 33.6) | 279 | 33.3 (32.5 – 34.1) | ||
| 75+ | 150 | 22.5 (21.7 – 23.2) | 13 | 6.8 (6.1 – 7.7) | 137 | 28.0 (27.1 – 28.9) | ||
| Sex at birth | Female | 617 | 53.8 (53.0 – 54.5) | 173 | 52.7 (51.3 – 54.2) | 442 | 54.1 (53.2 – 55.0) | .694 |
| Male | 419 | 46.2 (45.5 – 47.0) | 120 | 47.3 (45.9 – 48.7) | 298 | 45.9 (45.0 – 46.8) | ||
| Race | White | 880 | 74.8 (74.0 – 75.5) | 255 | 76.7 (75.2 – 78.1) | 622 | 74.0 (73.1 – 74.9) | .654 |
| Black | 126 | 20.8 (20.1 – 21.5) | 32 | 20.2 (18.8 – 21.6) | 94 | 21.1 (20.2 – 22.0) | ||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 5 | 0.7 (0.6 – 0.9) | 1 | 0.5 (0.3 – 0.8) | 4 | 0.8 (0.6 – 1.0) | ||
| Other/Unknown | 25 | 3.7 (3.4 – 4.1) | 5 | 2.6 (2.1 – 3.2) | 20 | 4.1 (3.7 – 4.6) | ||
| Ethnicity | Hispanic | 13 | 1.8 (1.6 – 2.1) | 4 | 2.1 (1.7 – 2.7) | 9 | 1.7 (1.5 – 2.0) | .654 |
| Non-Hispanic/Unknown | 1,023 | 98.2 (97.9 – 98.4) | 289 | 97.9 (97.3 – 98.3) | 731 | 98.3 (98.0 – 98.6) | ||
| Education‡ | Some high school | 26 | 3.7 (3.3 – 4.1) | 12 | 5.7 (5.0 – 6.5) | 14 | 3.0 (2.6 – 3.4) | .094 |
| High school diploma | 99 | 10.6 (10.1 – 11.1) | 23 | 8.6 (7.8 – 9.5) | 76 | 11.3 (10.7 – 12.0) | ||
| Vocational/technical | 63 | 6.3 (5.9 – 6.7) | 23 | 8.3 (7.5 – 9.1) | 40 | 5.6 (5.2 – 6.1) | ||
| Some college | 212 | 20.4 (19.8 – 21.0) | 53 | 19.1 (17.9 – 20.3) | 159 | 20.9 (20.2 – 21.7) | ||
| College degree | 322 | 29.6 (28.9 – 30.3) | 93 | 29.4 (28.2 – 30.7) | 229 | 29.7 (28.9 – 30.6) | ||
| Postgraduate training | 287 | 26.9 (26.3 – 27.6) | 80 | 25.4 (24.2 – 26.6) | 207 | 27.6 (26.8 – 28.4) | ||
| Missing/Refused | 27 | 2.5 (2.3 – 2.7) | 9 | 3.6 (3.0 – 4.2) | 15 | 1.9 (1.6 – 2.1) | ||
| Employment‡ | Employed | 350 | 30.5 (29.9 – 31.2) | 118 | 37.2 (35.8 – 38.6) | 232 | 28.3 (27.5 – 29.1) | <.001 |
| Retired | 501 | 51.5 (50.7 – 52.3) | 107 | 38.1 (36.7 – 39.5) | 394 | 56.3 (55.4 – 57.2) | ||
| Unemployed | 35 | 3.9 (3.5 – 4.2) | 12 | 4.2 (3.7 – 4.9) | 23 | 3.7 (3.4 – 4.2) | ||
| Disabled | 83 | 8.5 (8.1 – 9.0) | 37 | 14.3 (13.2 – 15.4) | 46 | 6.5 (6.1 −7.0) | ||
| Other | 43 | 3.6 (3.3 – 3.9) | 10 | 3.1 (2.6 – 3.6) | 33 | 3.8 (3.5 – 4.1) | ||
| Missing | 24 | 2.0 (1.8 – 2.2) | 9 | 3.2 (2.7 – 3.7) | 12 | 1.4 (1.2 – 1.6) | ||
| Residence‡ | SC at time of diagnosis | 979 | 95.0 (94.7 – 95.3) | 279 | 95.2 (94.6 – 95.8) | 697 | 94.9 (94.6 – 95.3) | .361 |
| SC currently | 960 | 93.0 (92.6 – 93.4) | 265 | 90.7 (89.9 – 91.5) | 692 | 93.8 (93.3 – 94.2) | .586 | |
Notes: Three respondents (out of 1,036) did not provide any information about their cannabis use and are not included in cannabis use results (n=1033 with available cannabis use data). Demographics were patient-reported in the survey (optional) and obtained from the EMR to account for non-response. Aged used here is from patient-reported date of birth and age at the time of the survey. Dx=cancer diagnosis.
‡ =
patient report demographics. SC=South Carolina. p-values are from weight-adjusted Chi-square tests.