Table 2.
Estimated (weighted) prevalence of healthy behaviors among breast cancer survivors and respondents without cancer, by Race, National Health Interview Survey 2005 (estimates percentage and 95% Confidence Intervals)
| Healthy Behavior/Screening practice | Caucasian Women | African American Women | Hispanic Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast cancer survivors (weighted N 2,148,453) | Respondents with no cancer (weighted N=45,120,664) | Breast cancer survivors (weighted N=150,762) | Respondents with no cancer (weighted N=7,104,744) | Breast cancer survivors (weighted N=127,860) | Respondents with no cancer (weighted N=5,752,635) | |
| BMI | ||||||
| 0-24.9 | 43.9 (37.7-50.2) | 44.6 (43.1-46.1) | 22.7 (11.0-41.2) | 25.1 (22.5-28.0) | 48.8 (24.5-73.8) | 29.8 (26.5-33.3) |
| 25-29.9 | 35.7 (30.2-41.5) | 30.4 (29.1-31.7) | 15.2 (6.7-30.7) | 35.1 (32.1-38.3) | 31.8 (13.5-58.1) | 33.6 (30.5-36.9) |
| 30-34.9 | 13.0 (9.3-18.0) | 15.3 (14.3-16.4) | 21.6 (9.2-42.9) | 21.1 (18.7-23.8) | 16.2 (6.5-35.1) | 21.5 (18.4-25.1) |
| >35 | 7.4 (4.8-11.2) | 9.7 (8.9-10.6) | 40.5 (24.2-59.2) | 18.7 (16.4-21.2) | 3.2 (0.4-20.1) | 15.1 (12.8-17.7) |
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Never smoked | 60.1 (54.2-65.6)a | 58.0 (56.7-59.2) | 57.4 (38.7-74.3) | 63.8 (60.6-66.9) | 77.2 (54.7-90.5) | 77.3 (74.2-80.1) |
| Former smoker | 31.6 (26.4-37.3) | 25.2 (24.1-26.3) | 27.8 (14.1-47.6) | 17.4 (15.2-19.8) | 15.1 (5.2-36.4) | 11.2 (9.4-13.4) |
| Current smoker | 8.3 (5.8-11.8) | 16.9 (15.9-17.9) | 14.8 (6.3-30.9) | 18.8 (16.7-21.1) | 7.7 (2.2-23.9) | 11.5 (9.5-13.9) |
| Alcohol | ||||||
| Never used | 25.6 (20.9-30.9) | 25.0 (23.7-26.4) | 41.0 (25.4-58.7) | 43.4 (40.0-46.9) | 48.9 (24.0-74.4) | 47.3 (43.6-50.9) |
| Former user | 21.9 (17.9-26.5) | 17.0 (15.9-18.1) | 28.7 (16.0-46.0) | 21.8 (19.3-24.6) | 7.0 (1.7-24.3) | 14.2 (11.9-16.9) |
| Current user <7 drinks/week | 48.2 (43.0-53.5) | 53.0 (51.6-54.5) | 29.5 (16.4-47.2) | 32.5 (29.6-35.6) | 39.6 (15.5-70.0) | 37.8 (34.1-41.4) |
| Current user >7 drinks/week | 4.4 (2.4-7.8) | 5.0 (4.4-5.6) | 0.8 (0.1-5.7) | 2.3 (1.5-3.5) | 4.5 (1.0-18.5) | 0.8 (0.4-1.7) |
| Physical Activity | ||||||
| None | 46.1 (40.0-52.2) | 40.2 (38.6-41.9) | 66.6 (46.9-81.8) | 60.3 (57.1-63.5) | 69.0 (43.3-88.1) | 61.8 (58.1-65.3) |
| Moderate | 20.8 (16.5-25.9) | 21.5 (20.3-22.8) | 23.8 (11.2-43.6) | 18.6 (16.3-21.1) | 5.1 (1.2-18.9) | 16.9 (14.7-19.4) |
| Active | 33.1 (27.9-38.8) | 28.3 (36.8-39.8) | 9.6 (3.4-24.4) | 21.1 (18.7-23.8) | 25.8 (5.6-56.3) | 21.4 (18.7-24.2) |
| Sunscreen use | ||||||
| Always/most of the time | 50.5 (44.0-57.0) | 45.7 (44.1-47.2) | 9.9 (2.5-31.8) | 12.9 (10.7-15.5) | 18.4 (6.5-42.5) | 31.0 (27.9-34.2) |
| Sometimes/ rarely | 25.7 (20.3-31.9) | 28.9 (27.5-30.3) | 17.3 (6.5-38.8) | 18.0 (15.1-21.4) | 15.6 (6.3-33.9) | 19.8 (16.8-23.3) |
| Never | 23.8 (18.6-30.1) | 25.4 (24.2-26.8) | 72.8 (50.6-87.4) | 69.0 (65.1-72.7) | 66.0 (40.5-84.7) | 49.2 (45.6-52.8) |
| Adequate fruit/vegetable intakec | ||||||
| Yes (≥4.5 cups/day) | 5.0 (3.0-8.1) | 5.9 (5.3-6.6) | 5.9 (0.8-31.8) | 4.8 (3.4-6.6) | 5.2 (1.1-20.5) | 5.2 (3.9-6.9) |
| No (<4.5 cups/day) | 95.0 (91.9-97.0) | 94.1 (93.4-94.7) | 94.1 (68.2-99.2) | 95.3 (93.5-96.6) | 94.8 (79.5-98.9) | 94.8 (93.1-96.1) |
| Colorectal cancer screening | ||||||
| within past 5 years | 61.4 (48.5-72.8) | 61.3 (58.0-64.1) | 76.8 (47.8-92.3) | 73.6 (64.7-80.9) | 100 | 73.0 (64.4-80.1) |
| within past 6-10 | 27.8 (18.6-39.5) | 24.5 (21.9-27.2) | 20.3 (6.1-49.9) | 17.5 (11.2-26.2) | 0 | 11.5 (6.5-19.4) |
| within >10 years | 10.8 (5.3-20.8) | 14.4 (12.4-16.7) | 3.0 (0.4-19.4) | 9.0 (4.7-16.4) | 0 | 15.5 (10.2-22.9) |
| Breast cancer screening (mammogram) | ||||||
| within past 2 years | 51.5 (38.6-64.1)b | 36.9 (34.3-39.5) | 37.2 (16.9-63.4) | 49.0 (43.1-54.9) | 62.9 (25.5-89.3) | 45.3 (38.3-52.6) |
| within past 3-5 | 17.7 (10.1-29.1) | 36.1 (33.4-38.9) | 16.3 (4.0-48.1) | 32.4 (27.2-38.2) | 23.1 (3.5-71.3) | 34.3 (28.4-40.6) |
| within >5 years | 30.9 (20.4-43.8) | 27.0 (24.6-29.5) | 46.5 (18.9-76.3) | 18.6 (14.7-23.4) | 14.0 (3.1-45.3) | 20.4 (16.0-25.8) |
| Cervical cancer screening (pap-smear) | ||||||
| within past 2 years | 27.6 (19.9-36.9)b | 27.1 (25.0-29.2) | 17.3 (2.5-62.3) | 37.4 (32.1-42.9) | 30.5 (6.9-72.4) | 27.5 (32.7-42.6) |
| within past 3-5 | 18.1 (12.1-26.3) | 31.2 (29.2-33.3) | 28.2 (9.3-60.1) | 30.2 (25.9-34.9) | 61.2 (18.6-91.6) | 33.9 (28.3-39.9) |
| within >5 years | 54.3 (44.8-63.5) | 41.7 (39.5-44.0) | 54.6 (24.7-81.6) | 32.5 (27.4-37.9) | 8.3 (1.3-37.8) | 28.6 (23.9-33.9) |
Note: estimated percentages are calculated from non-missing data
a
difference between cancer survivors and respondents without cancer within the race is significant at 0.0001 level
b
difference between cancer survivors and respondents without cancer within the race is significant at 0.05 level
c
According to 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans