TABLE 1.
Characteristics of Survivors of Adult Cancers in the United States (n = 1770)
Variable | Level | No. | Weighted % | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age at last cancer diagnosis, y | <39 | 335 | 19.5 | 17.2–22.0 |
40–64 | 883 | 50.5 | 47.6–53.4 | |
≥65 | 552 | 29.9 | 27.4–32.6 | |
Sex | Male | 664 | 42.1 | 39.4–44.9 |
Female | 1106 | 57.9 | 55.1–60.6 | |
Race/ethnicity | Non-Hispanic white | 1297 | 83.0 | 81.2–84.6 |
Non-Hispanic black | 241 | 8.3 | 7.1–9.6 | |
Hispanic | 164 | 6.0 | 5.0–7.1 | |
Other | 68 | 2.8 | 2.1–3.8 | |
Marital status | Married/living as married | 858 | 63.5 | 60.9–65.9 |
Never married/widowed/divorced/separated | 911 | 36.5 | 34.1–39 | |
Data missing | 1 | 0 | 0–0.3 | |
Education | <High school | 296 | 13.5 | 11.8–15.5 |
High school/GED | 484 | 28.7 | 26.2–31.3 | |
Some college+ | 980 | 57.3 | 54.5–60.1 | |
Data missing | 10 | 0.4 | 0.2–0.9 | |
Current household income (% of federal poverty level)a | 100% | 217 | 8.0 | 6.8–9.5 |
100–199% | 326 | 16.3 | 14.4–18.4 | |
200–399% | 466 | 28.0 | 25.5–30.8 | |
≥400% | 512 | 33.2 | 30.6–35.9 | |
Data missing | 249 | 14.4 | 12.6–16.5 | |
Insurance paid for all or part of cancer treatment | Yes | 1365 | 77.8 | 75.4–80.0 |
No | 145 | 7.0 | 5.8–8.4 | |
Unknown/data missing | 260 | 15.2 | 13.2–17.4 | |
Region | Northeast | 299 | 18.4 | 16.0–21.0 |
Midwest | 436 | 25.4 | 23–27.9 | |
South | 637 | 35.7 | 32.9–38.6 | |
West | 398 | 20.5 | 18.2–23.1 | |
Most recent cancer site | Female breast | 398 | 19.9 | 17.8–22.2 |
Prostate | 260 | 15.5 | 13.8–17.4 | |
Melanoma | 147 | 10.1 | 8.6–11.8 | |
Colorectal | 142 | 7.6 | 6.3–9.2 | |
Hematologic | 99 | 6.1 | 4.9–7.7 | |
Short-survival cancersb | 102 | 5.6 | 4.6–7.0 | |
All other | 539 | 30.5 | 28.2–32.8 | |
Unknown | 83 | 4.6 | 3.6–5.9 | |
Recurrence/ multiple cancers | Yes | 309 | 18.2 | 16.4–20.2 |
No | 1461 | 81.8 | 79.8–83.6 | |
Recent treatment (past 12 mo) | Yes | 262 | 14.6 | 12.8, 16.7 |
No | 1362 | 76.8 | 74.3–79.0 | |
Data missing | 146 | 8.6 | 7.1–10.3 | |
Y since most recent diagnosis | <2 | 341 | 19.0 | 17.0–21.2 |
2–5 | 473 | 28.6 | 26.1–31.2 | |
6–9 | 270 | 15.1 | 13.0–17.5 | |
≥10 | 686 | 37.3 | 34.7–40 | |
Surgery | Yes | 1111 | 62.6 | 59.7–65.4 |
No | 489 | 27.3 | 24.9–29.9 | |
Data missing | 170 | 10.1 | 8.5–11.9 | |
Chemotherapy | Yes | 411 | 23.0 | 20.9–25.3 |
No | 1189 | 66.9 | 64.3–69.5 | |
Data missing | 170 | 10.1 | 8.5–11.9 | |
Radiation | Yes | 445 | 24.6 | 22.3–27.1 |
No | 1155 | 65.3 | 62.7–67.8 | |
Data missing | 170 | 10.1 | 8.5–11.9 | |
Noncancer comorbidities | 0 | 394 | 23.9 | 21.8–26.1 |
1 | 479 | 27.2 | 24.7–29.7 | |
≥2 | 881 | 48.0 | 45.3–50.8 | |
Data missing | 16 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.7 | |
Cancer-related financial problems | Yes | 574 | 31.8 | 29.3–34.5 |
No | 1024 | 57.9 | 55.1–60.7 | |
Data missing | 172 | 10.2 | 8.7–12.1 |
Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; GED, General Educational Development test; Y, years.
Current household income (percentage of the federal poverty level) was calculated by comparing reported household income with the 2010 federal poverty level (eg, $22,050 for a family of 4).21
Short-survival cancers included cancers with a relatively short survival time (esophagus, liver, lung, pancreas, and stomach).17