Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

Characteristic	All (N = 1,000)		Disease Free (n = 889)		Advanced Disease (n = 111)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age, years
Median	64		65		63
Range	52-82		52-82		52-82
Sex (male)	529	52.9	469	52.8	60	54.1
Race (white)	755	75.5	670	75.4	85	76.6
Education
High school or less	412	41.4	367	41.5	45	40.5
Some college	283	28.4	255	28.9	28	25.2
College degree	158	15.9	137	15.5	21	18.9
Graduate study	142	14.3	125	14.1	17	15.3
Income, yearly
< $20,000	180	21.4	159	21.3	21	22.1
$20,000-$40,000	227	27.0	203	27.2	24	25.3
$40,000-$60,000	173	20.6	163	21.9	10	10.5
$60,000-$80,000	88	10.5	74	9.9	14	14.7
$80,000-$100,000	70	8.3	62	8.3	8	8.4
$100,000-$120,000	33	3.9	25	3.4	8	8.4
> $120,000	70	8.3	60	8.0	10	10.5
Insurance status
Private	780	80.8	693	80.8	87	81.3
Medicare	485	50.3	433	50.5	52	48.6
Medicaid	39	4.0	33	3.9	6	5.6
VA/military	112	11.6	102	11.9	10	9.4
Other	19	2.0	18	2.1	1	0.9
Supplemental coverage
Medicare Part B only	111	11.1	103	11.6	8	7.2
Other supplement only	25	2.5	20	2.3	5	4.5
Medicare Part B and additional supplement	252	25.2	227	25.5	25	22.5
Neither	22	2.2	19	2.1	3	2.7
Missing	590	59	520	58.5	70	63.1
Working	255	25.5	233	26.2	22	20.2
Lives with partner	739	74.4	658	74.4	81	74.3
Stage at diagnosis
Local	664	67.0	613	69.3	51	47.7
Regional	274	27.7	242	27.4	32	29.9
Distant	53	5.4	29	3.3	24	22.4
ACE-27 score (comorbidity)
None	302	30.2	263	29.6	39	35.1
Mild	429	42.9	380	42.7	49	44.1
Moderate	174	17.4	161	18.1	13	11.7
Severe	95	9.5	85	9.6	10	9.0
Cancer diagnosis
Lung	269	26.9	226	25.4	43	38.7
Colorectal	731	73.1	663	74.6	68	61.3
Respondent
Patient	942	94.2	841	94.6	101	91.0
Surrogate	58	5.8	48	5.4	10	9.0
Perceived quality of care
Excellent	396	41.0	347	40.5	49	45.4
Very good	334	34.6	301	35.1	33	30.6
Good	166	17.2	146	17.0	20	18.5
Fair	58	6.0	53	6.2	5	4.6
Poor	11	1.1	10	1.2	1	0.9

NOTE. Summary statistics provided are frequency and percent for categorical and ordinal characteristics, and median and range for age. Missing data occurred as follows: education n = 5, income n = 159, private insurance n = 35, Medicare n = 35, Medicaid n = 35, VA/military insurance n = 35, other insurance n = 35, Medicare Part B n = 589, Medicare Part B and additional supplemental insurance n = 561, employment status n = 2, lives with partner n = 6, stage at diagnosis n = 9, perceived quality of care n = 35.

Abbreviations: ACE-27, Adult Comorbidity Evaluation-27; VA, Veterans Affairs.