Table 2.

Characteristics of Cancer Survivors and Individuals without a Cancer History, 2008–2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

	18–64 years					65+ years
	Cancer survivor		No cancer history			Cancer survivor		No cancer history
	n	Wtd %	n	Wtd %	Chi-square p-value	n	Wtd %	n	Wtd %	Chi-square p-value
Age group (years)
18–44	884	23.7	46,046	59.7	<.001
45–49	400	11.3	8,422	11.0
50–54	555	17.2	8,121	11.6
55–59	677	21.2	6,922	9.7
60–64	824	26.6	5,403	8.0
65–69						826	23.6	3,931	33.0	<.001
70–74						719	22.2	2,699	23.1
75–79						703	19.6	2,059	18.1
80+						1,111	34.6	2,809	25.8
Sex
Male	1,005	34.4	35,603	50.2	<.001	1,638	48.7	4,756	41.9	<.001
Female	2,335	65.6	39,311	49.8		1,721	51.3	6,742	58.1
Race / ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white only	2,203	81.4	31,827	64.5	<.001	2,575	88.0	6,628	76.6	<.001
Non-Hispanic black only	506	7.9	14,620	12.3		443	6.0	2,165	9.4
Hispanic	466	7.1	21,172	16.0		202	3.6	1,648	8.4
Non-Hispanic other / multiple	165	3.5	7,295	7.3		139	2.4	1,057	5.6
Marital status
Married	1,864	61.4	37,853	52.5	<.001	1,793	54.5	5,993	54.6	0.950
Not married	1,476	38.6	37,061	47.5		1,566	45.5	5,505	45.4
Education when first entered MEPS
Less than high school grad	573	12.0	17,009	15.7	<.001	807	18.2	3,621	22.9	<.001
High school graduate	1,044	28.9	23,202	29.1		1,126	35.2	3,743	34.7
Some college or more	1,723	59.1	34,703	55.2		1,426	46.7	4,134	42.5
Employed at any time in past 12 months
No	1,152	30.4	16,663	18.6	<0.001	2,712	79.3	8,835	74.8	<0.001
Yes	2,138	68.1	57,567	80.6		512	16.5	2,329	21.9
Health insurance
Age <65, any private	2,179	75.0	45,465	70.8	<0.001
Age <65, public only	715	14.7	10,969	10.4
Age <65, uninsured	446	10.3	18,480	18.8
Age 65+, Medicare only						1,250	35.7	4,338	38.0	<.001
Age 65+, Medicare and private						1,684	55.2	5,011	50.0
Age 65+, Medicare and public						396	8.2	1,920	10.6
Number of known MEPS priority conditions
0	884	26.8	40,930	53.1	<.001	198	6.2	997	8.4	<.001
1	789	25.0	17,021	23.7		450	14.0	1,837	15.9
2	692	20.9	8,795	12.4		743	21.6	2,671	24.4
3+	975	27.3	8,168	10.8		1,968	58.2	5,993	51.2
Years since first cancer diagnosis (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer)
Missing	193	5.0				396	12.2
<2	452	13.7				298	8.9
2–5	942	28.5				662	19.2
6–10	675	19.3				676	20.3
>10	1,078	33.4				1,327	39.4