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. 2015 Jan 14;30(5):641–650. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-3162-9

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