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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2012 Dec 18;7(1):155–163. doi: 10.1007/s11764-012-0259-1

Table 1.

Sociodemographics, medical history, and access and utilization of follow-up cancer care of breast and CRC survivors listed in an academic medical center cancer registry and survey respondents.

Breast Registry Sample (n=1,441) CRC Registry Sample (n=239) Comparison
Breast & CRC
Respondents
Respondents Non-respondents p-valuea Respondents Non-respondents p-valueb p-valuec
Variables ne % ne % ne % ne %
Overall 452 31.4 989 68.6 53 22.2 186 77.8
Sociodemographics
  Age (y) 0.004 0.896 0.252
 ≤49   63 13.9 210 21.2   5   9.4   16   8.6
 50–64 228 50.4 443 44.8 22 41.5   72 38.7
 65+ 161 35.6 336 34.0 26 49.1   98 52.7
  Female sex 31 58.5   92 49.5 0.246
  Race/ethnicity 0.000 0.001 0.924
 NH White 336 74.3 555 56.1 40 75.5   82 44.1
 NH Black   65 14.4 223 22.5   8 15.1   45 24.2
 Hispanic   37   8.2 150 15.2   3   5.7   39 21.0
 Other/unknown   14   3.1   61   6.2   2   3.8   20 10.8
  Incentive 0.002 0.145 0.140
 $10 145 32.1 329 33.3 12 22.6   68 36.6
 $20 176 38.9 298 30.1 19 35.8   60 32.3
 $100 lottery 131 29.0 362 36.6 22 41.5   58 31.2
  Marital statusd 0.006
 Married/living with partner 300 67.1 25 48.1
 Other 147 32.9 27 51.9
  Educationd 0.121
 <HS/HS diploma/GED   78 17.4 14 29.8
 Some college/tech degree 140 31.3 16 34.0
 Bachelor’s degree 138 30.8   9 19.2
 Graduate degree   92 20.5   8 17.0
Medical history
  Tumor stagee 0.016 0.298 0.000
 0   81 22.2 147 18.3   0   0.0   6   3.4
 I 137 37.5 271 33.7 11 20.8   46 26.3
 II 114 31.2 265 32.9 26 49.1   66 37.7
 III   33   9.0 122 15.2 16 30.2   57 32.6
Years since dx 0.000 0.632 0.300
 <5 y 313 69.2 580 58.6 33 62.3 109 58.6
 5+ y 139 30.8 409 41.4 20 37.7   77 41.4
Family cancer historyd 132 29.2 14 28.0 0.859
Saw genetic counselord 139 31.7   7 14.9 0.017
Access & utilization
  Insurance statusd 0.010
 Private/VA 298 67.0 21 44.7
 Medicare/Medigap/Medicaid 108 24.3 19 40.4
 County/none   39   8.8   7 14.9
Received care in 2010–2011d 403 89.2 39 73.6 0.001
  Provider seend 0.000
 No one   48 10.6 14 26.4
 PCP   12   2.7   8 15.1
 Oncologist 313 69.3 25 47.2
 Both PCP & oncologist   79 17.5   6 11.3
  Overall healthd 0.000
 Excellent   61 13.7   5   9.8
 Very good 167 37.6   8 15.7
 Good 159 35.8 19 37.3
 Fair/poor   57 12.8 19 37.3

CRC, colorectal; y, years; NH, non-Hispanic; HS, high school; GED, general equivalency diploma; tech, technical; VA, Veterans Affairs; PCP, primary care provider

a

P-value reflects comparisons between breast respondents and non-respondents and variables of interest.

b

P-value reflects comparisons between CRC respondents and non-respondents and variables of interest.

c

P-value reflects comparisons between breast and CRC respondents and variables of interest.

d

These variables were ascertained by the survey; thus, data are only available for survey respondents.

e

Missing values ranged from 0 for most variables to 184 for tumor stage of breast non-respondents. Tumor stage was only collected consistently beginning in 2006.