Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics of Rural and Urban Cancer Survivors in the National Health Interview Survey (2006–2010)

		Rural n=1642 (Weighted %, SE)		Urban n=6162 (Weighted % ,SE)
Age, years	<50	20.8	1.1	21.2	0.6
	50–64	31.7	1.4	30.4	0.6
	65–79	34.2	1.3	32.4	0.7
	80+	13.2	1.0	15.9	0.6
Sex	Male	38.9	1.4	39.6	0.7
	Female	61.1	1.4	60.4	0.7
Marital Status	Married or Living with Partner	63.5	1.4	62.8	0.8
	Not Married	36.5	1.4	37.2	0.8
Race/Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, White	90.6	0.9	81.9	0.6
	Hispanic	2.7	0.6	6.5	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	4.5	0.6	8.4	0.5
	Asian Pacific Islander	0.4	0.2	2.4	0.2
	Other	1.8	0.4	0.8	0.1
Education	< High School	23.4	1.3	14.5	0.6
	High School or GED	34.5	1.5	28.5	0.7
	Some College	42.2	1.7	57.0	0.8
Poverty Status, % of Federal Poverty Level (FPL)	<100	11.0	1.0	6.7	0.4
	100–199	17.1	1.0	11.5	0.5
	200–399	23.5	1.5	20.2	0.7
	400+	17.9	1.3	30.6	0.8
	Unknown	30.5	1.6	31.0	1.0
Health Insurance	None	10.1	1.0	5.7	0.4
	Public only	33.3	1.5	27.4	0.7
	Private	56.6	1.8	66.9	0.8
Cancer Type(s)	Breast (n=1879)	20.5	1.1	22.5	0.6
	Gynecologic (n=1520)	21.9	1.2	17.6	0.6
	Prostate (n=1182)	14.8	1.0	16.4	0.6
	Colorectal (n=728)	8.5	0.8	9.0	0.5
	Lung (n=326)	3.9	0.5	4.0	0.3
	Melanoma (n=669)	9.3	0.9	10.4	0.5
	Hematologic (n=461)	6.4	0.7	6.3	0.4
	Other (n=1720)	23.6	1.4	22.7	0.7
Number of Cancers	1	89.9	0.9	90.7	0.5
	>1	10.1	0.9	9.3	0.5
Time since First Cancer Diagnosis, years	<2	14.2	1.0	14.8	0.6
	2–5	25.3	1.4	27.5	0.7
	6–9	16.5	1.1	16.0	0.6
	10+	44.1	1.4	41.7	0.8

All rural-urban comparisons are statistically significant, p<.0001. Cancer types do not sum to 7,804 because some survivors reported multiple cancers. Gynecologic cancers include cervix, uterus, and ovary. FPL= federal poverty level; in 2009/2010 FPL was $22,050 for a family of 4. SE= standard error