TABLE 1.
Sample Characteristics (N = 717)
| Characteristic | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 400 | 56 |
| Female | 311 | 43 |
| Missing | 6 | 1 |
| Age (years) | ||
| 20–35 | 6 | 1 |
| 36–50 | 26 | 4 |
| 51–65 | 159 | 22 |
| 66–80 | 313 | 44 |
| 81–95 | 204 | 28 |
| Missing | 9 | 1 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Caucasian | 690 | 96 |
| African American | 11 | 2 |
| Hispanic | 7 | 1 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 1 | < 1 |
| Missing | 5 | 1 |
| Other | 3 | < 1 |
| Education level (years) | ||
| 0–12 | 416 | 58 |
| 13–16 | 239 | 33 |
| 17–28 | 52 | 7 |
| Missing | 10 | 1 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 451 | 63 |
| Widowed | 131 | 18 |
| Divorced | 82 | 11 |
| Never married | 37 | 5 |
| Separated | 8 | 1 |
| Missing | 8 | 1 |
| Religion | ||
| Christian (not Catholic) | 408 | 57 |
| Catholic | 204 | 28 |
| Agnostic | 2 | < 1 |
| Buddhist | 1 | < 1 |
| Shamanism | 1 | < 1 |
| Spiritual | 1 | < 1 |
| None | 93 | 13 |
| Missing | 7 | 1 |
| Cancer type | ||
| Lung | 241 | 34 |
| Abdomen (pancreas, stomach, liver, gallbladder, appendix) | 112 | 16 |
| Genitourinary (prostate, kidney, bladder, duodenal, intestinal) | 80 | 11 |
| Colon, rectal, anal | 53 | 7 |
| Gynecologic (cervical, ovarian, uterine, endometrial, vulvar) | 40 | 6 |
| Breast | 40 | 6 |
| Head, heck and throat (larynx, trachea) | 26 | 4 |
| Lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, mycosis fungoides | 23 | 3 |
| Skin (basal cell carcinoma, melanoma) | 18 | 3 |
| Acute myeloid leukemia, leukemia, myelodysplasia | 13 | 2 |
| Nervous system, brain | 13 | 2 |
| Other | 42 | 6 |
| Unknown | 7 | < 1 |
| Missing | 9 | 1 |
Note. Because of rounding, not all percentages total 100.