Table 1.
Characteristics of Cancer Patients by Whether or Not They Received Fertility Counseling
| Received Fertility Counseling | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n=660) |
No (n=456) |
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| No. (%) | No. (%) | p value | |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | |||
| 20–24 | 96 (58.9) | 67 (41.1) | 0.99 |
| 25–29 | 209 (58.9) | 146 (41.1) | |
| 30–35 | 355 (59.4) | 243 (40.6) | |
| Race | |||
| White | 463 (59.4) | 317 (40.6) | 0.81 |
| Black | 165 (58.1) | 119 (41.9) | |
| Other race | 32 (62.8) | 19 (37.3) | |
| Missing | 1 | ||
| Educationa | |||
| High school or less | 26 (37.1) | 44 (62.9) | <0.01 |
| Some college | 175 (61.0) | 112 (39.0) | |
| College graduate | 247 (59.5) | 168 (40.5) | |
| At least some graduate school | 212 (61.8) | 131 (38.2) | |
| Missing | 1 | ||
| Incomeb | |||
| Less than or equal to $50k | 208 (55.2) | 169 (44.8) | 0.13 |
| $50k – 100k | 242 (61.7) | 150 (38.3) | |
| $100k+ | 199 (61.0) | 127 (39.0) | |
| Missing | 11 | 10 | |
| Insurancec | |||
| Private | 528 (61.5) | 331 (38.5) | 0.01 |
| Self | 35 (61.4) | 22 (38.6) | |
| Public | 47 (50.5) | 46 (49.5) | |
| None | 49 (46.7) | 56 (53.3) | |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | |
| Married or cohabitating at time of diagnosis | |||
| Yes | 463 (62.2) | 282 (37.9) | <0.01 |
| No | 197 (53.1) | 174 (46.9) | |
| Type of place of residence at diagnosisd | |||
| Urbanized | 100 (55.3) | 81 (44.8) | 0.07 |
| Suburban | 367 (57.3) | 273 (42.7) | |
| Small metropolitan | 131 (66.2) | 67 (33.8) | |
| Small town/rural | 62 (63.9) | 35 (36.1) | |
| Given birth to at least one child at diagnosis | |||
| Yes | 286 (53.6) | 248 (46.4) | <0.01 |
| No | 374 (64.3) | 208 (35.7) | |
| Year of diagnosis | |||
| 1990–94 | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | 0.16 |
| 1995–99 | 67 (51.9) | 62 (48.1) | |
| 2000–04 | 228 (57.4) | 169 (42.6) | |
| 2005–09 | 355 (61.7) | 220 (38.3) | |
| Chemotherapye | |||
| Yes | 466 (72.9) | 173 (27.1) | <0.01 |
| No | 194 (40.7) | 283 (59.3) | |
| Radiatione | |||
| Yes | 345 (67.4) | 167 (32.6) | <0.01 |
| No | 315 (52.2) | 289 (47.9) | |
| Cancer types | |||
| Reproductive (cervix, ovary, uterus) | 51 (81.0) | 12 (19.1) | |
| Breast | 274 (69.7) | 119 (30.3) | |
| Brain | 16 (57.1) | 12 (42.9) | |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 97 (82.9) | 20 (17.1) | |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 34 (61.8) | 21 (38.2) | |
| Thyroid | 66 (54.1) | 56 (45.9) | |
| Other cancer type | 122 (36.1) | 216 (63.9) | |
a
Current education at the time of the interview.
b
Current income at the time of the interview.
c
Private insurance includes employer, school, military or VA insurance; self includes COBRA, public includes Medicare and Medicaid.
d
Type of place of residence based on a modified version of the NCHS urban rural categories.
e
Ever use (yes/no).