Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of CAHPS respondents residing in SEER Areas by Program Type: 1998–2010
| Cancer (n = 150,750) | Non-cancer (n = 571,318) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | Total | MA | FFS | Total | MA | FFS | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| 99,462 | 66.0 | 51,288 | 34.0 | 364,999 | 63.9 | 206,319 | 36.1 | |||
| Age | ||||||||||
| Under 65 | 6972 | 3801 | 3.8 | 3171 | 6.2 | 59,212 | 29,641 | 8.1 | 29,571 | 14.3 |
| 65–74 | 67,607 | 46,300 | 46.6 | 21,307 | 41.5 | 277,612 | 183,967 | 50.4 | 93,645 | 45.4 |
| 75–84 | 59,121 | 38,888 | 39.1 | 20,233 | 39.4 | 181,451 | 119,028 | 32.6 | 62,423 | 30.3 |
| 85+ | 17,050 | 10,473 | 10.5 | 6577 | 12.8 | 53,043 | 32,363 | 8.9 | 20,680 | 10.0 |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 74,358 | 49,511 | 49.8 | 24,847 | 48.4 | 232,183 | 148,006 | 40.5 | 84,177 | 40.8 |
| Female | 76,392 | 49,951 | 50.2 | 26,441 | 51.6 | 339,135 | 216,993 | 59.5 | 122,142 | 59.2 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| White | 115,086 | 74,532 | 74.9 | 40,554 | 79.1 | 394,900 | 247,190 | 67.7 | 147,710 | 71.6 |
| Black | 8554 | 5852 | 5.9 | 2702 | 5.3 | 38,203 | 24,492 | 6.7 | 13,711 | 6.6 |
| Other | 1012 | 789 | 0.8 | 223 | 0.4 | 4024 | 2966 | 0.8 | 1058 | 0.5 |
| Asian | 6115 | 4395 | 4.4 | 1720 | 3.4 | 32,620 | 22,304 | 6.1 | 10,316 | 5.0 |
| Hispanic | 9063 | 6772 | 6.8 | 2291 | 4.5 | 53,374 | 37,721 | 10.3 | 15,653 | 7.6 |
| North American Native | 494 | 308 | 0.3 | 186 | 0.4 | 2587 | 1357 | 0.4 | 1230 | 0.6 |
| Mixed, non-Hispanic | 2175 | 1370 | 1.4 | 805 | 1.6 | 10,132 | 6033 | 1.7 | 4099 | 2.0 |
| Unknown | 8251 | 5444 | 5.5 | 2807 | 5.5 | 35,478 | 22,936 | 6.3 | 12,542 | 6.1 |
| Education | ||||||||||
| Did Not Complete High School | 32,673 | 22,414 | 22.5 | 10,259 | 20.0 | 135,624 | 87,765 | 24.0 | 47,859 | 23.2 |
| High School Graduate or GED | 45,398 | 30,004 | 30.2 | 15,394 | 30.0 | 171,448 | 109,591 | 30.0 | 61,857 | 30.0 |
| Some College/2-years Degree | 33,859 | 22,835 | 23.0 | 11,024 | 21.5 | 127,106 | 83,048 | 22.8 | 44,058 | 21.4 |
| 4-years College Graduate | 13,551 | 8405 | 8.5 | 5146 | 10.0 | 45,153 | 27,713 | 7.6 | 17,440 | 8.5 |
| More than 4-years College Degree | 16,019 | 9657 | 9.7 | 6362 | 12.4 | 53,830 | 31,988 | 8.8 | 21,842 | 10.6 |
| Unknown | 9250 | 6147 | 6.2 | 3103 | 6.1 | 38,157 | 24,894 | 6.8 | 13,263 | 6.4 |
| Dual medicare-medicaid eligible | ||||||||||
| No | 138,284 | 93,419 | 93.9 | 44,865 | 87.5 | 488,722 | 326,382 | 89.4 | 162,340 | 78.7 |
| Yes | 12,466 | 6043 | 6.1 | 6423 | 12.5 | 82,596 | 38,617 | 10.6 | 43,979 | 21.3 |
| Health characteristics-smoking | ||||||||||
| Non Smoker or Former Smoker | 127,301 | 83,632 | 84.1 | 43,669 | 85.1 | 478,481 | 307,811 | 84.3 | 170,670 | 82.7 |
| Current Smoker | 14,999 | 10,282 | 10.3 | 4717 | 9.2 | 59,326 | 35,700 | 9.8 | 23,626 | 11.5 |
| Unknown | 8450 | 5548 | 5.6 | 2902 | 5.7 | 33,511 | 21,488 | 5.9 | 12,023 | 5.8 |
| Spanish survey | ||||||||||
| No | 135,877 | 90,226 | 90.7 | 45,651 | 89.0 | 524,663 | 336,860 | 92.3 | 187,803 | 91.0 |
| Yes | 976 | 652 | 0.7 | 324 | 0.6 | 8565 | 5488 | 1.5 | 3077 | 1.5 |
| Unknown | 13,897 | 8584 | 8.6 | 5313 | 10.4 | 38,090 | 22,651 | 6.2 | 15,439 | 7.5 |
| Proxy status | ||||||||||
| Proxy Answered | 5799 | 3410 | 3.4 | 2389 | 4.7 | 23,007 | 13,059 | 3.6 | 9948 | 4.8 |
| Proxy Assistance | 11,840 | 7037 | 7.1 | 4803 | 9.4 | 50,903 | 29,181 | 8.0 | 21,722 | 10.5 |
| No Proxy | 133,111 | 89,015 | 89.5 | 44,096 | 86.0 | 497,408 | 322,759 | 88.4 | 174,649 | 84.6 |
| General health status | ||||||||||
| Excellent | 9548 | 6589 | 6.6 | 2959 | 5.8 | 46,963 | 31,776 | 8.7 | 15,187 | 7.4 |
| Very Good | 34,337 | 23,012 | 23.1 | 11,325 | 22.1 | 139,561 | 92,355 | 25.3 | 47,206 | 22.9 |
| Good | 54,986 | 37,170 | 37.4 | 17,816 | 34.7 | 196,252 | 129,325 | 35.4 | 66,927 | 32.4 |
| Fair | 36,588 | 23,648 | 23.8 | 12,940 | 25.2 | 129,440 | 79,313 | 21.7 | 50,127 | 24.3 |
| Poor | 10,207 | 5890 | 5.9 | 4317 | 8.4 | 38,168 | 19,590 | 5.4 | 18,578 | 9.0 |
| Unknown | 5084 | 3153 | 3.2 | 1931 | 3.8 | 20,934 | 12,640 | 3.5 | 8294 | 4.0 |