Table 2.
Characteristics of cancer survivor stories (n = 1670)
| Characteristic | Percenta | ||||
| Overall | White | Black | Asianb | Hispanic | |
| Survivor/storyteller | |||||
| Primary storyteller | |||||
| Survivor (n = 1052) | 63.0 | 62.8 | 68.0 | 61.3 | 61.8 |
| Third person narrator (n = 390) | 23.4 | 23.0 | 26.8 | 25.8 | 22.1 |
| Family, friend, or caregiver (n = 206) | 12.3 | 12.8 | 3.1 | 12.9 | 13.2 |
| Could not be determined (n = 22) | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0 | 2.9 |
| Gender of survivor | |||||
| Female (n = 1073) | 64.3 | 63.8 | 72.2 | 64.5 | 69.1 |
| Male (n = 597) | 35.7 | 36.2 | 27.8 | 35.5 | 30.9 |
| Other characteristics | |||||
| Age in years at first cancer diagnosis (n = 1008), mean (SD) |
35.0 (19.2) | 35.1 (19.2) | 38.0 (18.0) | 29.0 (19.6) | 35.4 (20.4) |
| Survivor living at time of story (n = 1670) | 93.1 | 92.9 | 94.8 | 93.5 | 91.2 |
| Form of communication | |||||
| Story content | |||||
| Text only (n = 1332) | 79.8 | 80.4 | 82.5 | 64.5 | 79.4 |
| Text and audio (n = 324) | 19.4 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 35.5 | 20.6 |
| Audio only (n = 13) | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Type of image present | |||||
| Still image only (n = 1330) | 79.6 | 79.9 | 81.4 | 75.8 | 88.2 |
| Still image, video image, and link to photo (n = 172) |
10.3 | 9.6 | 13.4 | 17.7 | 5.9 |
| Still image and link to photo (n = 75) | 4.5 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| Still image and video image (n = 66) | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
| Video image only (n = 21) | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Video image and link to photo (n = 5) | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Link to photo only (n = 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Image quality | |||||
| Professional (n = 936) | 56.0 | 55.9 | 57.7 | 53.2 | 45.6 |
| Lay (n = 703) | 42.1 | 42.2 | 41.2 | 46.8 | 48.5 |
| Could not be determined (n = 31) | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0 | 5.9 |
| Cancer type and stage | |||||
| Most common cancer typesc | |||||
| Breast (n = 440) | 26.3 | 25.3 | 44.3 | 25.8 | 36.8 |
| Leukemia (n = 282) | 16.9 | 17.0 | 8.2 | 25.8 | 11.8 |
| Lymphoma (n = 165) | 9.9 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 17.7 | 8.8 |
| Prostate (n = 142) | 8.5 | 8.5 | 13.4 | 1.6 | 7.4 |
| Skin (n = 69) | 4.1 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 4.4 |
| Brain and other nervous system (n = 66) | 4.0 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| Ovary (n = 59) | 3.5 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Colon (n = 58) | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 2.9 |
| Other (n = 363) | 21.7 | 22.4 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 20.6 |
| Unknown (n = 26) | 1.6 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| Stage at diagnosis (when reported; n = 318) | |||||
| Stage 0 (n = 6) | 1.9 | 1.7 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Stage 1 (n = 82) | 25.8 | 27.0 | 14.3 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Stage 2 (n = 57) | 17.9 | 17.7 | 14.3 | 22.2 | 11.1 |
| Stage 3 (n = 85) | 26.7 | 26.7 | 28.6 | 22.2 | 22.2 |
| Stage 4 (n = 88) | 27.7 | 27.0 | 28.6 | 55.6 | 27.8 |
| Race/ethnicity of survivors | |||||
| Race | |||||
| White or White American (n = 1503) | 90.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Black or African American (n = 97) | 5.8 | - | - | - | - |
| Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (n = 62) |
3.7 | - | - | - | - |
| American Indian and Alaskan Native (n = 5) | 0.3 | - | - | - | - |
| Could not be determined (n = 3) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - |
| Ethnicityd | |||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino (n = 1524) | 91.3 | 93.7 | 82.5 | 51.6 | - |
| Hispanic or Latino (n = 68) | 4.1 | 3.5 | 14.4 | 1.6 | - |
| Could not be determined (n = 78) | 4.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 46.8 | - |
a Values are percentages unless otherwise noted.
b Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander.
c P < .01.
d P < .001.