Table 1.
Demographics of patients without a history of cancer and cancer survivors (all and by diagnosis)
| All patients | No cancer | All cancer survivors† | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 750 | 641 | 109 |
| Age (mean, SD) | 64.13 (9.99) | 63.35 (9.69) | 68.70 (10.55) |
| Gender (% male) | 295 (39%) | 250 (39%) | 45 (41%) |
| Marital status‡ | |||
| Married | 477 (64%) | 404 (64%) | 73 (67%) |
| Not married | 268 (36%) | 232 (36%) | 36 (33%) |
| Race/ethnicity‡ | |||
| White | 523 (70%) | 436 (68%) | 87 (80%) |
| Black | 128 (17%) | 114 (18%) | 14 (12%) |
| Hispanic | 61 (8%) | 57 (9%) | 4 (4%) |
| Other | 34 (5%) | 30 (5%) | 4 (4%) |
| Education*‡ | |||
| Less than high school | 88 (12%) | 81 (13%) | 7 (6%) |
| High school | 191 (26%) | 168 (26%) | 23 (21%) |
| Greater than high school | 466 (62%) | 387 (61%) | 79 (73%) |
| Health status‡ | |||
| Excellent | 61 (8%) | 55 (8%) | 6 (5%) |
| Very good | 407 (55%) 251 | 349 (55%) | 58 (54%) |
| Fair | (34%) | 210 (33%) | 41 (38%) |
| Poor | 26 (3%) | 23 (4%) | 3 (3%) |
| Health Insurance‡ | |||
| Medicare | 288 (43%) | 234 (41%) | 54 (52%) |
| Medicaid | 35 (5%) | 31 (6%) | 4 (4%) |
| Managed care | 305 (46%) | 265 (47%) | 40 (39%) |
| Fee-for-service | 40 (6%) | 35 (6%) | 5 (5%) |
| Co-morbidities | |||
| 0–2 | 238 (32%) | 203 (32%) | 35 (32%) |
| 3–5 | 335 (45%) | 289 (45%) | 46 (42%) |
| 6+ | 177 (23%) | 149 (23%) | 28 (26%) |
| Mean (SD) | 4.06 (2.31) | 4.07 (2.30) | 4.02 (2.39) |
| Length of time in practice | |||
| >=5 years | 419 (56%) | 360 (56%) | 59 (54%) |
| <5 years | 331 (44%) | 281 (44%) | 50 (46%) |
| Number of visits in the past 2 years | 7.67 (5.30) | 7.72 (5.40) | 7.37 (4.72) |
*P < 0.05
†Cancer types included bladder, breast, cervical, endometrial, kidney, leukemia, lung, lymphoma, melanoma, ovarian, prostate, throat, thyroid, tongue, uterine, and vaginal.
‡Numbers do not add up to the total because of missing data.