Table 2.
Sociodemographic parental prevalence characteristics (as of January 2008) for children with and children without parents with cancer
| Variable | Cancer in mother | Cancer in father | ||
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| Minor childrena [% cancer (% GP)] | YA childrenb [% cancer (% GP)] | Minor children [% cancer (% GP)] | YA children [% cancer (% GP)] | |
| Year of diagnosis | ||||
| Before 1980 | 2.3 (N/A) | 2.3 (N/A) | 3.4 (N/A) | 3.2 (N/A) |
| 1980–1989 | 7.1 (N/A) | 9.2 (N/A) | 9.3 (N/A) | 10.5 (N/A) |
| 1990–1999 | 27.5 (N/A) | 33.0 (N/A) | 31.1 (N/A) | 28.9 (N/A) |
| 2000–2007 | 63.1 (N/A) | 55.5 (N/A) | 56.2 (N/A) | 57.4 (N/A) |
| Age at diagnosis | ||||
| <30 y | 24.6 (N/A) | 8.2 (N/A) | 25.5 (N/A) | 7.4 (N/A) |
| 30–39 y | 40.3 (N/A) | 23.7 (N/A) | 33.3 (N/A) | 16.5 (N/A) |
| 40–49 y | 30.9 (N/A) | 45.9 (N/A) | 27.4 (N/A) | 32.9 (N/A) |
| 50–59 y | 4.2 (N/A) | 20.9 (N/A) | 12.9 (N/A) | 34.2 (N/A) |
| >59 y | 0.0 (N/A) | 1.3 (N/A) | 0.9 (N/A) | 9.0 (N/A) |
| Vital status | ||||
| Alive | 86.7 (99.8) | 77.9 (99.2) | 82.7 (99.2) | 68.7 (97.4) |
| Dead | 13.3 (0.2) | 22.1 (0.8) | 17.3 (0.8) | 31.3 (2.6) |
| Agec | ||||
| <45 y | 63.9 (84.1) | 19.2 (28.7) | 52.0 (71.0) | 11.3 (15.3) |
| 45–49 y | 22.9 (11.7) | 28.7 (34.2) | 22.0 (17.5) | 19.9 (28.9) |
| 50–54 y | 11.2 (3.6) | 31.0 (25.3) | 14.9 (8.1) | 27.5 (31.5) |
| 55–59 y | 1.9 (0.5) | 15.7 (9.4) | 8.0 (2.7) | 22.5 (16.7) |
| 60–64 y | 0.2 (0.1) | 4.9 (2.2) | 3.2 (0.7) | 13.5 (6.1) |
| >64 y | N/A | 0.5 (0.2) | N/A | 5.2 (1.5) |
| Education levelc | ||||
| Up to elementary school | 20.5 (25.2) | 23.6 (29.3) | 20.6 (23.8) | 22.5 (25.2) |
| High school | 9.9 (7.1) | 19.8 (14.8) | 10.3 (7.4) | 19.5 (15.6) |
| <3 y of college | 25.5 (27.0) | 19.9 (23.4) | 29.4 (32.9) | 23.9 (27.4) |
| 3–4 y of college | 36.6 (33.7) | 31.5 (28.3) | 27.7 (25.6) | 23.6 (22.4) |
| ≥5 y of college | 7.5 (7.0) | 5.1 (4.2) | 12.1 (10.3) | 10.6 (9.4) |
| Annual earningsc | ||||
| $0–$9999 | 17.3 (16.8) | 24.0 (16.8) | 12.6 (8.6) | 22.2 (15.4) |
| $10,000–$19,999 | 6.8 (5.2) | 7.4 (3.9) | 3.5 (1.9) | 5.7 (2.0) |
| $20,000–$39,999 | 27.3 (24.4) | 23.2 (20.5) | 9.9 (6.5) | 12.3 (5.9) |
| $40,000–$59,999 | 30.0 (32.7) | 27.0 (33.3) | 22.7 (20.5) | 18.6 (17.4) |
| $60,000–$79,999 | 12.4 (14.3) | 13.4 (18.5) | 23.8 (28.7) | 19.0 (25.7) |
| $80,000–$99,999 | 3.2 (3.6) | 2.6 (4.2) | 11.9 (14.9) | 8.9 (14.3) |
| ≥$100,000 | 3.1 (3.0) | 2.5 (2.8) | 15.5 (18.9) | 13.3 (19.3) |
| Marital statusc | ||||
| Married | 64.4 (59.4) | 68.7 (66.8) | 65.2 (61.1) | 72.5 (69.8) |
| Not married | 35.6 (40.6) | 31.3 (33.2) | 34.8 (38.9) | 27.5 (30.2) |
| Children (n)c | ||||
| 1 | 13.4 (18.9) | 8.7 (7.2) | 13.9 (19.3) | 7.7 (7.3) |
| 2 | 41.9 (40.5) | 39.2 (37) | 38.3 (38.9) | 34.0 (35.2) |
| ≥3 | 44.7 (40.6) | 52.0 (55.8) | 47.8 (41.8) | 58.3 (57.5) |
Notes:
a
Minor children are those aged between 0 and 18 y;
b
YA children are those aged between 19 and 25 y;
c
as of January 2008 for those alive and at time of death for those deceased.
Abbreviations: GP, general population; N/A, not applicable; y, years; YA, young adult.