Table 1.
Demographic characteristics
| Characteristics | Breast cancer (n = 22) | Deaf/hard of hearing (n = 23) | Cystic fibrosis (n = 21) | Sickle cell disease (n = 22) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Female | 22 | 17 | 14 | 13 |
| Race/ethnicitya | ||||
| African-American | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Hispanic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| White | 22 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| Mixed race | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Education | ||||
| ≤High school | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Some college | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| College graduate | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Graduate degree | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Missing data | 1 | |||
| Condition’s cause | ||||
| Genetic (hereditary) | 8 | 12 | 21 | 22 |
| Nongenetic | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Age range (y), mean | 37–79, 57 | 24–65, 40 | 18–47, 34 | 18–53, 36 |
a
Race/ethnicity was assigned on the basis of subject self-description, except for those listed here as “mixed race.” Their self-descriptions included German/Jamaican, German/Japanese, and Dominican/White.