Table 1.
Participant characteristics by race/ethnicity for surveyed women (n=500) a
| Characteristic | Overall N=500 |
Non-Hispanic N=364 |
Hispanic N=136 |
p-value b | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White N=222 |
Black N=142 |
English-speaking N=89 |
Spanish-speaking N=47 |
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| Age at diagnosis, N (%) | <.001 | |||||
| <50 | 129 (26) | 45 (20) | 32 (23) | 27 (30) | 25 (53) | |
| 50–59 | 153 (31) | 67 (30) | 48 (34) | 26 (29) | 12 (25) | |
| >60 | 218 (44) | 110 (50) | 62 (44) | 36 (40) | 10 (21) | |
| Marital status, N (%) | <.001 | |||||
| Married | 280 (56) | 149 (67) | 46 (32) | 51 (57) | 34 (72) | |
| Not married/unknown | 220 (44) | 73 (33) | 96 (68) | 38 (43) | 13 (28) | |
| Number of comorbid conditions, N (%)d | .94 | |||||
| 0 | 201 (40) | 89 (40) | 56 (39) | 39 (44) | 17 (36) | |
| 1 | 182 (36) | 84 (38) | 49 (35) | 30 (34) | 19 (40) | |
| 2+ | 117 (23) | 49 (22) | 37 (26) | 20 (22) | 11 (23) | |
| Educational attainment, N (%) | <.001 | |||||
| Some high school or less | 57 (11) | 6 (3) | 8 (6) | 13 (15) | 30 (64) | |
| High school diploma | 108 (22) | 45 (20) | 27 (19) | 27 (30) | 9 (19) | |
| Some college | 157 (31) | 70 (32) | 56 (39) | 28 (31) | 3 (6) | |
| College graduate | 178 (36) | 101 (46) | 51 (36) | 21 (24) | 5 (11) | |
| Insurance at diagnosis, N (%) | <.0001c | |||||
| None | 28 (6) | 3 (1) | 10 (7) | 3 (3) | 12 (26) | |
| Insured | 472 (94) | 219 (99) | 132 (93) | 86 (97) | 35 (75) | |
|
Mean health literacy score (lower=better literacy) (standard deviation) |
1.78 (1.04) | 1.48 (.77) | 1.65 (.95) | 1.94 (1.02) | 3.22 (1.22) | <.001 |
| Cancer stagee | .04 | |||||
| 0 | 86 (17) | 39 (18) | 14 (10) | 17 (19) | 16 (34) | |
| I | 199 (40) | 84 (38) | 61 (43) | 36 (40) | 18 (38) | |
| II | 166 (33) | 77 (35) | 50 (35) | 27 (30) | 12 (25) | |
| III | 49 (10) | 22 (10) | 17 (12) | 9 (10) | 1 (2) | |
a
Totals may not always equal 100% because of rounding
b
Using chi-square tests for categorical variables and the Kruskal-Wallis test for the health literacy score
c
Using the fisher’s exact test because some cell counts <5
d
Comorbidity was assessed by adding the number of self-reported medical conditions25,27 including other cancers, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, emphysema/chronic bronchitis/asthma/other chronic lung disease, kidney problems, and depression/other psychiatric illness.
e
Using cancer registry data; one case reported as stage IV was categorized as stage III