Table 1. Descriptive Statistics for Nonsmoking US Women in the Sample and the Population From the National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2000a .
| Variable | Breast Cancer |
No Cancer |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | N (SE) | n | N (SE) | n | N (SE) | |
| Total | 771 | 1,058,767 (43,768) | 35,082 | 50,801,376 (459,460) | 35,853 | 51,860,143 (465,260) |
| All-cause death | 208 | 260,108 (20,253) | 2,438 | 2,844,044 (76,011) | 2,646 | 3,104,152 (795,920) |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 661 | 924,138 (41,498) | 25,941 | 39,459,691 (389,888) | 26,602 | 40,383,829 (394,164) |
| Black | 76 | 84,151 (9,755) | 6,060 | 7,219,083 (202,540) | 6,136 | 7,303,234 (205,566) |
| Other | 34 | 50,478 (109,29) | 3,081 | 4,122,602 (128,190) | 3,115 | 41,73,080 (128,575) |
| BMI groupb | ||||||
| Normal weight | 315 | 433,178 (26,915) | 16,859 | 25,531,527 (289,971) | 17,174 | 25,964,705 (291,154) |
| Overweight | 269 | 379,179 (28,156) | 10,235 | 14,356,072 (196,833) | 10,504 | 14,735,251 (201,082) |
| Class I obese | 136 | 175,026 (16,906) | 5,043 | 6,881,706 (124,430) | 5,179 | 7,056,731 (125,298) |
| Class II obese | 34 | 53,465 (9,871) | 1,800 | 2,471,069 (73,607) | 1,834 | 2,524,534 (73,495) |
| Class III obese | 17 | 17,920 (4,738) | 1,145 | 1,561,003 (57,872) | 1,162 | 1,578,922 (58,002) |
| Age group, y | ||||||
| <30 | 7 | 11,715 (5,337) | 7,664 | 12,188,840 (207,881) | 7,671 | 12,200,555 (208,345) |
| 30–39 | 19 | 26,668 (6,681) | 7,850 | 10,964,477 (160,630) | 7,869 | 10,991,145 (160,655) |
| 40–49 | 65 | 100,383 (14,445) | 6,437 | 10,061,258 (176,813) | 6,502 | 10,161,641 (177,674) |
| 50–59 | 113 | 168,871 (19,351) | 4,248 | 6,461,688 (122,378) | 4,361 | 6,630,559 (123,705) |
| 60–69 | 153 | 221,380 (18,495) | 3,342 | 4,567,730 (99,367) | 3,495 | 4,789,110 (103,801) |
| ≥70 | 414 | 529,750 (28,844) | 5,541 | 6,557,384 (129,219) | 5,955 | 7,087,134 (136,195) |
| Educationc | ||||||
| ≥ High school graduate | 585 | 821,615 (38,200) | 27,156 | 41,660,054 (412,085) | 27,741 | 42,481,669 (417,161) |
| < High school graduate | 186 | 237,152 (20,158) | 7,926 | 9,141,323 (174,170) | 8,112 | 9,378,475 (174,589) |
| Alcohol used | ||||||
| ≤12 drinks | 143 | 190,923 (17,843) | 4,245 | 5,928,126 (118,714) | 4,388 | 6,119,050 (119,701) |
| >12 drinks | 628 | 867,844 (40,341) | 30,837 | 44,873,250 (427,473) | 31,465 | 45,741,094 (433,428) |
| Physical activitye | ||||||
| Yes | 303 | 451,699 (29,693) | 16,760 | 26,152,738 (318,522) | 17,063 | 26,604,438 (321,812) |
| No | 468 | 607,068 (31,665) | 18,322 | 24,648,638 (277,708) | 18,790 | 25,255,706 (279,927) |
Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; SE: standard error.
a
Data sources: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 1997–2000 and the NHIS Linked Mortality Public-Use Files.
b
Normal weight: BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2; overweight: BMI 25.0–29.9 kg/m2; class I obese: BMI 30.0–34.9 kg/m2; class II obese: BMI 35.0–39.9 kg/m2; class III obese: BMI ≥40 kg/m2.
c
Whether an individual was a high school graduate.
d
Whether a person had had no more than 12 drinks of any type of alcoholic beverage in the person’s entire life at time of survey.
e
Whether an individual engaged in light/modest or vigorous physical activity for at least 10 min more than once per week.