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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2013 Feb 16;7(2):253–261. doi: 10.1007/s11764-013-0267-9

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics for Long-term Adult Cancer Survivors (N= 1582)

N (Weighted %)
Cancer Site
 Breast 394 (24.1)
 Prostate 393 (38.3)
 Colorectal 393 (21.4)
 Gynecologic 402 (16.1)
Sex
 Male 592 (49.6)
 Female 990 (50.4)
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic, white 597 (50.4)
 Hispanic, white 221 (16.6)
 Black or African-American 378 (18.0)
 Asian/Pacific Islander 357 (13.6)
Educational Attainment
 High school or less 419 (23.9)
 Some college or technical school 569 (36.2)
 College graduate or more 571 (38.2)
Age at Survey
 29–64 511 (33.0)
 65–79 745 (46.8)
 80+ 326 (20.2)
Time Since Diagnosis
 4–9 years 830 (52.6)
 10–15 years 752 (47.4)
AJCC Stage (non-prostate)
 0/I 604 (51.8)
 II 319 (28.3)
 III 207 (15.3)
 IV 28 (1.5)
 Unknown/Unstaged 31 (3.0)
SEER Historic Stage (prostate)
 Local/Reg for Prostate 376 (95.7)
 Distant 5 (0.9)
 Unstaged 12 (3.4)
Cancer Treatment (% Received)*
 Surgery 1364 (84.0)
 Chemotherapy 595 (30.6)
 Radiation 535 (36.1)
 Maintenance Hormonal Therapy 336 (19.4)
Number of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
 0 265 (19.3)
 1 458 (29.6)
 2 494 (30.8)
 3 287 (15.8)
 4 75 (4.3)
 5 3 (0.2)
*

Survivors often reported more than one treatment modality so the column percentages do not sum to 100%;

Cardiovascular risk factors included current cigarette smoking, no moderate or vigorous physical activity in the past month, overweight or obese body mass index, ever diagnosis with hypertension, and ever diagnosis with diabetes.