Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics, Cancer Site, and Knowledge of Cancer Diagnosis, n(%)a
| All Cancer Patients n=434 |
Correct Knowledge of Diagnosis n=364(84) |
Incorrect Knowledge of Diagnosis n=70(16) |
P valueb | |
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| Gender | ||||
| Male | 137(32) | 253(70) | 44(63) | |
| Female | 297(68) | 111(30) | 26(37) | 0.274 |
| Age | ||||
| 20–39 | 60(14) | 50(14) | 10(14) | |
| 40–49 | 78(18) | 68(19) | 10(14) | |
| 50–59 | 145(34) | 123(34) | 22(31) | |
| 60–69 | 106(24) | 89(25) | 17(24) | |
| 70–99 | 44(10) | 33(9) | 11(16) | 0.522 |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Country/territory of birth | ||||
| Latin America/Puerto Ricoc | 252(58) | 205(56) | 47(68) | |
| Caribbeand | 22(5) | 20(5) | 2(3) | |
| Asiae | 132(31) | 116(32) | 16(23) | |
| Other Countriesf | 27(6) | 23(6) | 4(6) | 0.315 |
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Years in the U.S. | ||||
| Less than 1 year | 20(5) | 17(5) | 3(5) | |
| 1–5 years | 75(18) | 59(16) | 16(24) | |
| 6–9 years | 80(19) | 65(18) | 15(23) | |
| 10–15 years | 85(20) | 74(21) | 11(17) | |
| 16–20 years | 70(16) | 63(18) | 7(11) | |
| >20 years | 95(22) | 81(23) | 14(21) | 0.471 |
| Missing | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| Preferred language | ||||
| English | 55(13) | 51(14) | 4(6) | |
| Non-English languages | 378(87) | 313(86) | 65(94) | 0.065 |
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Education | ||||
| Kindergarten – 5th Grade | 73(17) | 58(16) | 15(23) | |
| 6th – 8th Grade | 129(31) | 105(30) | 24(36) | |
| Some High School (9th – 11th Grade) | 48(11) | 40(11) | 8(12) | |
| 12th Grade/HS Graduate | 101(24) | 91(26) | 10(15) | |
| Some college | 28(7) | 24(7) | 4(6) | |
| College graduate (16 or more years) | 26(6) | 22(6) | 4(6) | |
| None | 15(4) | 14(4) | 1(2) | 0.233 |
| Missing | 14 | 10 | 4 | |
| Health insurance status | ||||
| Insured | 320(74) | 271(75) | 49(71) | |
| Uninsured | 111(26) | 91(25) | 20(29) | 0.503 |
| Missing | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Type of health insurance | n=320 | n=271 | n=49 | |
| Medicaid | 152(48) | 122(45) | 30(61) | |
| Emergency Medicaid | 136(43) | 119(44) | 17(35) | |
| Medicare | 14(4) | 13(5) | 1(2) | |
| Medicaid and Medicare | 5(2) | 4(1) | 1(2) | |
| Private | 8(3) | 8(3) | 0(0) | 0.310 |
| Insured – Not Otherwise Specified | 5(2) | 5(2) | 0(0) | |
| Do you currently have a primary care provider? | ||||
| Yes | 163(39) | 140(40) | 23(33) | |
| No | 260(61) | 214(60) | 46(67) | 0.333 |
| Missing | 11 | 10 | 1 | |
| Social worker | ||||
| Yes | 67(16) | 53(15) | 14(20) | |
| No | 365(84) | 309(85) | 56(80) | |
| Don’t Know | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.259 |
| Cancer ’below the belt’ | ||||
| Yesg | 121(28) | 89(24) | 32(46) | |
| No | 313(72) | 275(76) | 38(54) | <0.001 |
Percentages calculated excluding Missing and ‘Don’t Know’ values.
P values calculated excluding Missing and ‘Don’t Know’ values.
Latin America/Puerto Rico includes Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.
The Caribbean includes Antigua, the Bahamas, Barbados, the Common Wealth of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad, and the Virgin Islands.
Asia includes China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Tibet, Thailand, and the Philippines.
Other countries include Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, England, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, India, Israel, the Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Tanzania, and West Africa.
Includes bladder, colorectal, gynecological, penile, prostate, and testicular cancers.