Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants with a Cancer Diagnosis History Stratified by Age Grouping

Sample Characteristics	Age 18-59 Years N=356		Age ≥60 Years N=346		p valuea
	%	SE	%	SE
12-Month Anxiety Disorderb					<0.001
Yes	23.8	2.9	3.7	0.9
No	76.2	2.9	96.3	0.9
12-Month Depressive Disorderb					<0.001
Yes	16.0	2.7	1.9	0.7
No	84.0	2.7	98.1	0.7
Any 12-Month Anxiety or Depressive Disorderb					<0.001
Yes	31.8	3.5	5.0	1.2
No	68.2	3.5	95.0	1.2
Comorbid 12-Month Anxiety and Depressive Disorderb					<0.001
Yes	8.1	1.8	0.6	0.4
No	91.9	1.8	99.4	0.4
Gender					0.005
Female	68.5	4.0	54.0	3.3
Male	31.5	4.0	46.0	3.3
Race and Ethnicity					0.023
African American	5.6	0.9	4.9	0.8
Asian	1.2	0.4	0.9	0.4
Latino	3.8	0.9	3.2	1.0
non-Latino White	84.8	1.9	89.8	1.7
Other	4.7	1.2	1.2	0.6
Education, Years					0.005
0-11	13.4	2.3	24.9	3.4
12	27.3	3.6	38.4	4.5
13-15	29.5	3.8	16.4	3.4
≥16	29.8	4.1	20.4	3.7
Marital Status					<0.001
Married/Cohabiting	65.1	4.1	63.2	4.1
Divorced/Separated/Widowed	26.3	3.8	35.6	4.0
Never Married	8.6	2.0	1.2	0.5
Income to Needs Ratio					0.003
<25 Percentile	15.0	2.8	22.3	2.9
25-50 Percentile	27.1	3.5	36.5	5.0
50-75 Percentile	19.3	3.0	23.3	3.8
75-100 Percentile	38.6	4.4	17.9	4.3
Chronic Illnessc					<0.001
0	33.1	3.8	7.0	1.9
1	35.8	3.9	35.0	5.4
≥2	31.1	3.0	58.1	5.2
Insured					<0.001
Yes	90.0	1.7	99.1	0.4
No	10.0	1.7	0.9	0.4
Cancer Status (NCS-R, NSAAL)d					0.921
In Treatment	12.5	3.2	13.4	2.7
In Remission	15.7	3.0	17.0	3.8
Cured	71.7	4.3	69.6	4.6
Years Since First Cancer Diagnosis (NCS-R, NSAAL)e					0.124
<5 Years	36.8	4.3	28.7	3.9
5 -<10 Years	22.0	3.7	25.4	4.1
10 -<20 Years	24.8	3.3	18.2	3.0
≥20 Years	16.5	4.1	27.7	5.0
Cancer Site (NCS-R)f					<0.001
Breast	12.3	2.4	22.8	5.1
Cervical	18.6	3.9	3.1	1.3
Prostate	6.0	2.9	10.3	3.0
Skin/Melanoma	19.5	3.3	20.1	4.3
Uterine or Ovarian	9.5	2.5	3.6	1.5
Other	31.3	3.7	32.5	5.6
≥2 Sites	2.8	0.7	7.6	2.6
Cancer Impact (NSAL)g					0.021
Great Deal	14.7	6.3	13.8	3.2
Only a Little	5.8	1.8	20.5	4.5
Not at All	79.5	7.2	65.7	4.5

Notes: SE: standard error; NCS-R: National Comorbidity Survey-Replication; NLAAS: National Latino and Asian American Study; NSAL: National Survey of American Life.

^ap values determined by the Rao-Scott chi-square test; degrees of freedom equal number of categories minus one.

There are missing data with the number of participants equaling:

^b701

^c696

^d454

^e460

^f381

^g238