Table 1.

Characteristics of Rural and Urban Cancer Survivors from 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/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
Geographic Region	Northeast	10.9	2.1	21.1	1.1
	Midwest	30.3	2.6	22.5	1.0
	South	42.1	2.3	34.7	1.2
	West	15.8	2.1	21.8	0.8
Health Insurance	None	10.1	1.0	5.7	0.4
	Public only	33.3	1.5	27.4	0.7
	Private (with or without public)	56.6	1.8	66.9	0.8
Cancer Type (s)#	Breast only	17.1	1.0	19.8	0.6
	Gynecologic only	19.3	1.0	15.4	0.6
	Prostate only	13.0	0.9	14.5	0.5
	Colorectal only	6.9	0.9	6.9	0.4
	Melanoma only	7.4	0.8	8.8	0.5
	Hematologic only	5.4	0.6	5.3	0.4
	Short-survival	6.5	0.7	6.4	0.4
	Other single cancer	16.2	1.3	15.9	0.6
	Multiple cancers	8.2	0.7	7.1	0.4
Number of Cancers	1	89.9	0.9	90.7	0.5
	>1	10.1	0.9	9.3	0.5
Time since	<2	14.2	1.0	14.8	0.6
First Cancer	2–5	25.3	1.4	27.5	0.7
Diagnosis, years	6–9	16.5	1.1	16.0	0.6
	10+	44.1	1.4	41.7	0.8
Overall Health*	Excellent	9.2	0.7	13.9	0.6
	Very Good	21.8	1.0	26.0	0.6
	Good	32.3	1.3	33.5	0.7
	Fair	23.4	1.2	18.5	0.6
	Poor	13.3	1.0	8.1	0.4
Employment	Retired	38.9	1.8	42.8	0.9
	Employed	31.1	1.7	38.6	0.8
	Unemployed due to health	18.5	1.2	10.6	0.5
	Unemployed for another reason	11.5	1.0	7.9	0.4

^#Gynecologic cancers include cervix, uterus, and ovary. Short-survival cancers included esophagus, liver, lung, pancreas, or stomach.

^*Overall health was measured by a single item from the MOS SF-36. SE= standard error