Table A5.

Distributions (%) of age and SES discrepancies for male cancer patients by cancer form.

	Hemapoietic & lymphoid cancers	Skin cancer	Colorectal cancer	Pancreatic cancer	Lung cancer	Renal & bladder cancer	Prostate cancer
Patient and spouse similar age (±5 yrs)	71	71	70	69	71	71	69
Patient >5 yrs older than spouse	28	27	28	29	27	27	29
Spouse>5 yrs older than patient	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Both spouses low education	76	72	80	80	86	82	78
Patient low/spouse high education	5	5	4	5	4	4	4
Patient high/spouse low education	11	14	11	10	8	10	11
Both spouses high education	8	9	5	5	3	5	7
Lowest income quintile	15	15	17	17	21	17	16
4th income quintile	14	14	15	17	16	15	15
3rd income quintile	20	19	19	20	19	19	19
2nd income quintile	24	22	23	22	22	23	23
Highest income quintile	27	30	26	24	22	26	27
Spouses earn a similar share (40–60%)	15	12	11	13	11	11	10
Patient earns a smaller share (<40%)	15	18	18	20	20	17	20
Patient earns a larger share (>60%)	53	54	52	48	47	52	48
Household income is 0 or missing	16	17	20	20	22	20	22