TABLE I.

Baseline characteristics of cancer survivors and non-cancer patients^a

Characteristic	Participant group								p Value
	Non-cancer patients		Cancer survivors
			<5 Years		5–10 Years		>10 Years
	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)
Participants (n)	5951		179		242		412
Mean age (years)	53		61		64		70		0.00
Sex									0.01
Women		60		47		52		68
Men		40		53		48		32
Race									0.56
White	4786	75	141	64	197	71	328	73
Non-white	927	19	27	26	32	20	68	21
Unreported	238	6	11	9	13	9	16	6
Marital status									0.65
Single	804	22	23	29	25	20	55	19
Married	3594	60	106	51	162	65	254	63
Divorced or separated	1528	17	48	19	53	15	103	18
Unreported	25	0	2	1	2	1	0	0
Education									0.35
College or greater	3981	62	120	58	158	53	285	60
High school diploma	1431	25	49	35	59	33	96	27
Less than high school	519	13	9	6	23	13	31	14
Unreported	20	0	1	1	2	1	0	0
Income									0.28
<$20,000	892	17	23	15	35	22	60	15
$20,000–$75,000	2592	45	69	39	97	36	178	45
>$75,000	1683	27	59	33	75	31	124	26
Unreported	784	12	28	13	35	11	50	15
Smoking status									0.02
Yes	2799	47	93	54	129	61	195	52
No	3088	52	86	46	111	38	211	46
Unreported	64	1	0	0	2	1	6	2
General health									0.19
Excellent	708	11	26	19	19	5	45	10
Very good	2209	36	71	28	92	34	147	37
Good	2095	37	59	38	87	36	156	40
Fair	749	14	17	13	31	19	57	11
Poor	175	2	6	2	11	5	7	2
Unreported	15	0	0	0	2	1	0	0

^aFrom the U.S. Health Information National Trends Survey (hints), 2009.