Table 3.
Prevalence estimates of health status and selected health behaviors among female respondents with or without previous diagnoses of breast cancer, by race/ethnicity (percent)—BRFSS, 2009
| Breast cancer survivors (median age=68; n=10,035) |
Women without previous diagnoses of breast cancer (median age=55; n=234,385) |
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| % | 95 % CI | p | % | 95 % CI | p | |
| Fair/poor self-rated health | 0.249 | <0.001 | ||||
| White | 25.4 | (23.9–27.0) | 14.1 | (13.8–14.4) | ||
| Black | 26.9 | (21.1–33.6) | 17.1 | (16.2–18.0) | ||
| Hispanic | 32.7 | (25.3–41.1) | 23.0 | (21.9–24.2) | ||
| Other | 28.5 | (19.6–39.4) | 17.9 | (16.3–19.7) | ||
| Heavy alcohol drinker | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| White, | 4.3 | (3.7– 5.0) | 5.4 | (5.2– 5.7) | ||
| Black | 0.9 | (0.4– 1.9) | 2.4 | (2.0–3.0) | ||
| Hispanic | 1.0 | (0.4– 2.8) | 2.9 | (2.4– 3.6) | ||
| Other | 1.6 | (0.4– 5.6) | 2.5 | (1.8– 3.4) | ||
| Current smokera | 0.403 | <0.001 | ||||
| White | 11.1 | (10.0–12.4) | 19.1 | (18.7–19.6) | ||
| Black | 9.1 | (5.2–15.7) | 13.5 | (12.7–14.4) | ||
| Hispanic | 8.7 | (4.3–16.8) | 7.4 | (6.6–8.2) | ||
| Other | 12.2 | (6.9–20.5) | 14.3 | (12.9–15.8) | ||
| Former smokera | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| White | 33.7 | (32.0–35.4) | 23.7 | (23.3–24.0) | ||
| Black | 24.5 | (18.5–31.6) | 15.8 | (14.9–16.9) | ||
| Hispanic | 16.2 | (9.1–27.2) | 15.5 | (14.4–16.7) | ||
| Other | 20.5 | (12.7–31.4) | 12.5 | (11.3–13.7) | ||
| ≥5 servings of fruits/vegetables | 0.955 | <0.001 | ||||
| White | 33.8 | (32.1–35.5) | 27.8 | (27.4–28.2) | ||
| Black | 33.4 | (26.3–41.4) | 26.7 | (25.3–28.0) | ||
| Hispanic | 33.7 | (22.7–46.7) | 28.8 | (27.3–30.3) | ||
| Other | 30.1 | (19.5–43.4) | 32.3 | (30.1–34.6) | ||
| Physical activity | 0.334 | <0.001 | ||||
| White | 53.7 | (51.8–55.5) | 49.5 | (49.0–50.0) | ||
| Black | 48.9 | (40.7–57.1) | 39.9 | (38.3–41.4) | ||
| Hispanic | 46.1 | (33.5–59.2) | 44.2 | (42.5–45.9) | ||
| Other | 59.7 | (47.1–71.1) | 41.0 | (38.7–43.4) | ||
| Obese (≥30.0 kg/m2) | 0.007 | <0.001 | ||||
| White | 23.7 | (22.2–25.4) | 25.1 | (24.7–25.5) | ||
| Black | 32.3 | (26.3–38.8) | 38.1 | (36.6–39.5) | ||
| Hispanic | 27.6 | (19.6–37.3) | 31.2 | (29.7–32.8) | ||
| Other | 16.5 | (10.3–25.2) | 19.0 | (17.5–20.6) | ||
Prevalence estimates are calculated as predictive margins from logistic regression models and have been adjusted for age, marital status, education, employment status, arthritis, asthma, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, healthcare coverage, usual provider, time since last checkup, MSA status, and inability to see doctor due to cost. White, Black and “Other” respondents are of non-Hispanic ethnicity. “Other” includes respondents who self-identified as Asian, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, American Indian, Alaska Native or other. Breast cancer survivors consist of all female respondents who reported a previous diagnosis of breast cancer
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Predictive margins for smoking calculated from generalized logits model with three categories (current, former, never)