Table 1.
Sample Descriptive Statistics
| Mean/% | Number of deaths |
N | Death rate (deaths/1,000 person-years) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | ||||
| Death (1=died) | 15.96 | 161 | 1,009 | 39.74 |
| Satisf. social support | ||||
| Poor | 3.67 | 10 | 37 | 59.39 |
| Fair | 8.92 | 18 | 90 | 55.19 |
| Good | 29.83 | 56 | 301 | 45.73 |
| Very good | 35.68 | 47 | 360 | 35.18 |
| Excellent | 21.90 | 25 | 221 | 28.61 |
| Level of social support | ||||
| Low | 60.57 | 90 | 590 | 32.11 |
| High | 39.43 | 61 | 384 | 62.11 |
| Age (baseline) | 60.21 | 1,009 | - | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 27.65 | 64 | 279 | 54.51 |
| Female | 72.35 | 92 | 730 | 33.44 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White | 79.88 | 133 | 806 | 42.25 |
| Non-white | 20.12 | 23 | 203 | 29.60 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Not married | 34.69 | 64 | 350 | 53.27 |
| Married | 65.31 | 92 | 659 | 33.78 |
| Smoking | ||||
| Non-smoker | 91.97 | 141 | 928 | 38.49 |
| Smoker | 8.03 | 15 | 81 | 57.40 |
| Physical activity level | ||||
| No physical activity | 23.89 | 53 | 241 | 65.33 |
| Low | 31.12 | 36 | 314 | 29.09 |
| Moderate | 24.78 | 40 | 250 | 39.59 |
| High | 20.22 | 27 | 204 | 31.18 |
| Alcohol use | ||||
| Non-drinker | 31.81 | 55 | 321 | 51.12 |
| Drinker | 68.19 | 101 | 688 | 35.45 |
| Education | ||||
| <HS | 6.44 | 13 | 65 | 61.02 |
| HS | 21.9 | 35 | 221 | 43.09 |
| Some college | 27.45 | 44 | 277 | 41.83 |
| BA+ | 44.2 | 64 | 446 | 34.63 |
| Stage | ||||
| 0, I, II | 68.48 | 68 | 691 | 24.58 |
| III | 22.79 | 59 | 230 | 68.96 |
| IV | 8.72 | 29 | 88 | 95.76 |
| Incident/Prevalent | ||||
| Prevalent | 51.44 | 92 | 519 | 31.60 |
| Incident | 48.56 | 64 | 490 | 63.11 |
| Cancer site | ||||
| Breast | 22.5 | 26 | 227 | 20.73 |
| Colon | 6.64 | 15 | 67 | 44.61 |
| Uterine | 21.41 | 17 | 216 | 37.27 |
| Prostate | 4.06 | 5 | 41 | 19.64 |
| Skin | 7.73 | 12 | 78 | 43.61 |
| Other | 37.66 | 81 | 380 | 60.04 |