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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 Sep 27;22(12):1399–1409. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.08.003

Table 2.

Characteristics by Cancer Diagnosis History Stratified by Age Grouping

Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years Adults Aged ≥60 Years

Sample Characteristics Cancer History N=356 No Cancer History N=13,256 p valuea Cancer History N=346 No Cancer History N=2,274 p valuea


% SE % SE % SE % SE
12-Month Anxiety Disorderb <0.001 0.042
    Yes 23.8 2.9 13.9 0.5 3.7 0.9 6.3 0.7
    No 76.2 2.9 86.1 0.5 96.3 0.9 93.7 0.7
12-Month Depressive Disorderc 0.005 0.026
    Yes 16.0 2.7 9.5 0.4 1.9 0.7 3.9 0.6
    No 84.0 2.7 90.5 0.4 98.1 0.7 96.1 0.6
Any 12-Month Anxiety or Depressive Disorderd <0.001 0.061
    Yes 31.8 3.5 18.5 0.6 5.0 1.2 7.9 0.8
    No 68.2 3.5 81.5 0.6 95.0 1.2 92.1 0.8
Comorbid 12-Month Anxiety and Depressive Disorderc 0.036 0.029
    Yes 8.1 1.8 4.9 0.3 0.6 0.4 2.3 0.4
    No 91.9 1.8 95.1 0.3 99.4 0.4 97.7 0.4
Gender <0.001 0.309
    Female 68.5 4.0 50.8 0.9 54.0 3.3 57.6 2.0
    Male 31.5 4.0 49.2 0.9 46.0 3.3 42.4 2.0
Race and Ethnicity <0.001 <0.001
    African American 5.6 0.9 11.1 0.6 4.9 0.8 8.5 0.8
    Asian 1.2 0.4 4.9 0.4 0.9 0.4 3.3 0.6
    Latino 3.8 0.9 13.7 1.1 3.2 1.0 6.5 0.8
    non-Latino White 84.8 1.9 67.7 1.7 89.8 1.7 79.9 1.8
    Other 4.7 1.2 2.6 0.3 1.2 0.6 1.7 0.6
Education, Years 0.594 0.232
    0-11 13.4 2.3 15.3 0.7 24.9 3.4 29.9 2.2
    12 27.3 3.6 30.4 1.3 38.4 4.5 33.1 2.0
    13-15 29.5 3.8 28.6 0.9 16.4 3.4 20.9 1.7
    ≥16 29.8 4.1 25.7 1.0 20.4 3.7 16.0 1.6
Marital Status <0.001 0.238
    Married/Cohabiting 65.1 4.1 58.0 1.1 63.2 4.1 57.5 1.9
    Divorced/Separated/Widowed 26.3 3.8 14.7 0.5 35.6 4.0 40.2 2.0
    Never Married 8.6 2.0 27.4 1.1 1.2 0.5 2.3 0.5
Income to Needs Ratio 0.010 0.609
    <25 Percentile 15.0 2.8 21.3 1.0 22.3 2.9 24.5 1.3
    25-50 Percentile 27.1 3.5 28.4 0.7 36.5 5.0 31.3 1.4
    50-75 Percentile 19.3 3.0 23.4 0.8 23.3 3.8 21.9 1.9
    75-100 Percentile 38.6 4.4 26.9 1.2 17.9 4.3 22.3 2.0
Chronic Illnessf <0.001 0.004
    0 33.1 3.8 57.8 0.8 7.0 1.9 19.5 1.6
    1 35.8 3.9 26.1 0.7 35.0 5.4 26.2 1.8
    ≥2 31.1 3.0 16.0 0.6 58.1 5.2 54.4 2.4
Insuredg <0.001 0.002
    Yes 90.0 1.7 83.3 0.7 99.1 0.4 96.5 0.5
    No 10.0 1.7 16.7 0.7 0.9 0.4 3.5 0.5

Notes: SE: standard error.

a

p 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:

b

356, 13,247, 345, 2,272

c

356, 13,251, 345, 2,273

d

356, 13,246, 345, 2,272

e

356, 13,252, 345, 2,273

f

354, 13,221, 342, 2,254

g

356, 13,166, 346, 2,267.