Table 2.
Outcomes by Sex, Race, and Age for Patients who Used Cannabis Since Cancer Diagnosis (n=352)
| Gender, % within category | Race, % within category | Age, % within category | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Male | Female | p-value | White | Black/African-American | p-value | < 65 | ≥ 65 | p-value |
| Medical certification (% yes) | 35.8 (27.2,45.4) | 45.6 (39.1, 52.4) | 0.09 | 46.0 (40.1, 51.9) | 28.2 (16.2, 44.4) | 0.04 | 41.6 (35.3, 48.1) | 42.3 (32.4, 52.7) | 0.91 |
| Source of obtaining cannabis | |||||||||
| Grow it | 2.5 (.7, 8.1) | .81 (.1, 5.5) | 0.3 | 1.3 (.3, 4.1) | 2.6 (.4, 16.8) | 0.52 | 0 | 4.2 (1.5, 11.2) | 0.01 |
| Internet | 2.0 (.62, 6.2) | 3.5 (1.6, 7.3) | 0.41 | 2.6 (1.3, 5.2) | 4.6 (1.1, 16.8) | 0.45 | 2.3 (.9, 5.7) | 3.9 (1.6, 9.4) | 0.40 |
| Friend/family | 44.9 (35.9, 54.9) | 34.5 (28.7, 41.7) | 0.08 | 36.2 (30.7, 42.1) | 51.5 (35.7, 67.0) | 0.07 | 40.0 (33.7, 46.6) | 37.1 (27.8, 47.4) | 0.63 |
| Unlicensed dealer/seller | 17.4 (10.9, 26.5) | 8.2 (5.0, 13.1) | 0.01 | 8.6 (5.7, 12.6) | 27.2 (15.0, 44.1) | 0.0009 | 11.8 (8.0, 17.1) | 11.6 (5.9, 21.6) | 0.97 |
| Dispensary (prescription) | 38.0 (29.3, 47.6) | 49.7 (43.0, 56.4) | 0.05 | 47.7 (41.9, 53.6) | 35.3 (21.8, 51.6) | 0.15 | 46.9 (40.4, 53.5) | 41.8 (32.2, 52.1) | 0.41 |
| Dispensary in another state (recreational) | 19.5 (13.1, 28.1) | 13.5 (9.3, 19.1) | 0.17 | 15.2 (11.4, 19.8) | 17.1 (7.9, 33.3) | 0.76 | 15.4 (11.1, 21.0) | 16.6 (10.4, 25.5) | 0.79 |
| Factors that influence purchase | |||||||||
| Price | 34.6 (26.1, 44.2) | 23.3 (17.9, 29.7) | 0.03 | 24.0 (19.3, 29.5) | 42.1 (27.5, 58.2) | 0.02 | 30.1 (24.4, 36.6) | 23.2 (15.3, 33.6) | 0.24 |
| Availability/Variety of products | 39.0 (30.4, 48.4) | 38.9 (32.4, 46.0) | 0.98 | 36.9 (31.4, 42.7) | 49.7 (34.2, 65.3) | 0.13 | 39.6 (33.3, 46.3) | 37.8 (28.4, 48.2) | 0.76 |
| Ease of access | 57.7 (48.1, 66.7) | 48.4 (41.7, 55.1) | 0.12 | 50.2 (44.4, 56.0) | 62.7 (46.8, 76.3) | 0.14 | 49.4 (42.6, 55.7) | 57.4 (47.4, 66.9) | 0.18 |
| Safety of product | 40.9 (32.0, 50.6) | 52.5 (45.6, 59.3) | 0.05 | 48.3 (42.4, 54.2) | 45.8 (30.8, 61.6) | 0.77 | 51.0 (44.4, 57.6) | 42.4 (32.8, 52.6) | 0.16 |
| Quality of product | 52.9 (43.4, 62.3) | 52.6 (45.7, 59.5) | 0.95 | 51.4 (45.4, 57.4) | 56.6 (40.5, 71.5) | 0.55 | 52.5 (45.8, 59.1) | 53.2 (43.0, 63.2) | 0.91 |
| Need for medical registry ID card | 13.9 (8.6, 21.8) | 29.8 (23.8, 36.5) | 0.002 | 23.2 (18.6, 28.5) | 25.9 (14.7, 41.3) | 0.71 | 23.8 (18.7, 29.9) | 23.1 (15.8, 32.5) | 0.89 |
| Method of payment | 4.8 (1.6, 13.4) | 2.7 (1.1, 6.9) | 0.18 | 2.1 (1.0, 4.4) | 10.2 (3.1, 28.8) | 0.01 | 4.0 (2.0, 8.1) | 2.6 (.4, 16.3) | 0.68 |
| More than 1 mode of cannabis (% Yes) | 55.9 (46.3, 65.1) | 58.3 (51.4, 64.9) | 0.68 | 55.3 (49.4, 61.0) | 66.6 (49.6, 80.1) | 0.21 | 61.4 (54.8, 67.6) | 49.9 (39.8, 60.1) | 0.06 |
| Most common mode of use | |||||||||
| Smoking | 31.4 (23.3, 40.7) | 16.3 (11.8, 22.0) | P<0.001 | 17.1 (13.1, 22.0) | 39.0 (22.5, 54.4) | 0.01 | 21.9 (16.8, 27.9) | 22.8 (15.0, 33.0) | 0.66 |
| Eating/ingesting | 41.8 (33.2, 50.9) | 52.8 (45.9, 59.7) | 53.2 (47.1, 59.1) | 32.9 (20.6, 48.0) | 49.1 (42.6, 55.6) | 47.5 (37.5, 57.7) | |||
| Vaping | 24.0 (16.8, 33.0) | 17.0 (12.4, 22.9) | 20.0 (15.6, 25.1) | 17.7 (8.3, 33.9) | 21.0 (16.0, 27.0) | 17.4 (10.9, 26.6) | |||
| Applying topically | 2.8 (.9, 8.5) | 13.9 (9.6, 19.7) | 9.7 (6.7, 13.9) | 10.4 (6.9, 13.9) | 8.1 (5.2, 12.4) | 12.3 (6.9, 21.1) | |||
Note. All values are weighted estimates and 95% Confidence Intervals.