Table 1.
Demographics and Cancer-Related Characteristics of Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Siblings
| Characteristic | Survivors (n = 698) |
Siblings (n = 210) |
P† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Weighted %* | No. | Weighted %* | ||
| Age at survey, years | .06 | ||||
| 22-29 | 214 | 11.3 | 61 | 13.5 | |
| 30-39 | 228 | 42.3 | 68 | 33.6 | |
| 40-62 | 256 | 46.4 | 81 | 52.9 | |
| Sex | .11 | ||||
| Male | 314 | 45.5 | 82 | 38.9 | |
| Female | 384 | 54.5 | 128 | 61.1 | |
| Race/ethnicity | .96 | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 646 | 93.5 | 185 | 93.5 | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 14 | 1.7 | 4 | 1.9 | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 24 | 3.0 | 6 | 2.4 | |
| Other | 12 | 1.8 | 5 | 2.2 | |
| Education | .40 | ||||
| Less than high school through high school graduate | 98 | 14.1 | 19 | 11.7 | |
| Some postgraduate college | 179 | 26.8 | 51 | 23.3 | |
| Completed college | 352 | 59.1 | 122 | 65.0 | |
| Marital status | .002 | ||||
| Married, living as married | 393 | 61.3 | 141 | 73.6 | |
| Single, never married | 240 | 28.5 | 49 | 16.1 | |
| Divorced or separated | 59 | 10.2 | 19 | 10.3 | |
| Employment status | .002 | ||||
| Employed (full time or part time) | 510 | 74.7 | 163 | 80.3 | |
| Unemployed and looking for work | 44 | 6.1 | 8 | 3.0 | |
| Unable to work due to illness or disability | 66 | 9.3 | 4 | 2.2 | |
| Other | 69 | 9.9 | 32 | 14.5 | |
| Household income | .02 | ||||
| < $20,000 | 91 | 12.0 | 12 | 5.2 | |
| $20,000-$39,999 | 106 | 14.9 | 24 | 10.7 | |
| $40,000-$59,999 | 104 | 15.8 | 35 | 16.9 | |
| $60,000-$79,999 | 95 | 14.8 | 32 | 16.1 | |
| > $80,000 | 240 | 38.3 | 90 | 48.7 | |
| Don't know | 36 | 4.2 | 8 | 2.4 | |
| Cancer diagnosis | |||||
| Leukemia | 255 | 35.0 | |||
| CNS | 104 | 14.9 | |||
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 71 | 12.9 | |||
| Neuroblastoma | 67 | 6.1 | |||
| Wilms (kidney) tumor | 66 | 8.1 | |||
| Soft tissue sarcoma | 51 | 8.3 | |||
| Bone | 45 | 8.1 | |||
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 39 | 6.7 | |||
| Age at diagnosis, years | |||||
| 0-5 | 404 | 46.4 | |||
| 6-10 | 104 | 19.1 | |||
| 11-15 | 109 | 19.8 | |||
| 16-20 | 81 | 14.7 | |||
| Time since diagnosis, years | |||||
| Mean | 30.3 | ||||
| Standard deviation | 4.6 | ||||
| Recurrence of primary malignancy | 611 | 88.1 | |||
| No | 87 | 11.9 | |||
| Yes | |||||
| Subsequent cancer | 668 | 94.9 | |||
| No | 30 | 5.1 | |||
| Yes | |||||
| Prevalence of chronic health condition | < .001 | ||||
| None | 111 | 15.1 | 68 | 32.3 | |
| Mild to moderate | 319 | 45.1 | 114 | 52.0 | |
| Severe to life threatening | 268 | 39.8 | 28 | 15.7 | |
NOTE. The total numbers in the table might not add up to 698 for survivors or 210 for siblings because of missing data.
*
Percentages are weighted to reflect the population age distribution of the full Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort.
†
P value comparing survivors and siblings.