Table 1.
Characteristics of cancer survivors and non-cancer controls, Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, 2008– 2014 (n=24,804)
| Cancer Survivor (n=5,216) |
Non-Cancer Control (n=19,588) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | weighted % | n | weighted % | |
| Sociodemographics | ||||
| Age | ||||
| 18–39 | 572 | 8.8 | 2288 | 9.3 |
| 40–49 | 623 | 10.4 | 2455 | 11.0 |
| 50–59 | 1017 | 19.3 | 4045 | 20.6 |
| 60–69 | 1292 | 25.0 | 5128 | 27.0 |
| 70–79 | 1005 | 21.1 | 3540 | 19.7 |
| ≥80 | 707 | 15.3 | 2132 | 12.5 |
| Female sex | 3230 | 59.4 | 12652 | 62.9 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 3360 | 82.3 | 9626 | 71.9 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 910 | 8.2 | 3913 | 10.4 |
| Hispanic | 677 | 6.3 | 4131 | 10.9 |
| Other Non-Hispanic | 269 | 3.2 | 1918 | 6.8 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 2706 | 56.5 | 10354 | 57.3 |
| Not married | 2510 | 43.5 | 9212 | 42.6 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.1 |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 1135 | 15.5 | 5034 | 17.6 |
| High school or GED | 2108 | 41.2 | 7464 | 39.7 |
| Some college, Associates, or Other | 734 | 14.6 | 2606 | 15.2 |
| College degree | 742 | 16.9 | 2550 | 15.5 |
| Advanced or professional degree | 456 | 11.4 | 1575 | 11.0 |
| Unknown | 41 | 0.5 | 359 | 1.1 |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 1907 | 37.9 | 8362 | 44.5 |
| Unemployed | 3298 | 61.9 | 11018 | 54.9 |
| Unknown | 11 | 0.2 | 208 | 0.6 |
| Insurance | ||||
| Medicaid (any) | 1052 | 13.5 | 3467 | 11.7 |
| Private (any) | 2756 | 60.5 | 9908 | 59.4 |
| Other public (any) | 223 | 4.4 | 666 | 3.6 |
| Medicare (only) | 880 | 17.2 | 3267 | 17.8 |
| Uninsured (only) | 305 | 4.4 | 2280 | 7.4 |
| Comorbid conditions | ||||
| Hypertension | 3039 | 57.9 | 10301 | 52.7 |
| Coronary heart disease | 776 | 15.4 | 2285 | 12.5 |
| Angina | 369 | 7.1 | 994 | 5.3 |
| Myocardial infarction | 542 | 10.6 | 1470 | 8.0 |
| Other heart disease | 1197 | 24.5 | 3312 | 19.9 |
| Stroke | 586 | 10.8 | 1567 | 8.2 |
| Emphysema | 394 | 7.6 | 770 | 4.6 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 2745 | 54.5 | 9092 | 48.7 |
| Diabetes | 1084 | 18.7 | 3639 | 16.5 |
| Arthritis | 2734 | 52.8 | 8193 | 44.2 |
| Asthma | 735 | 13.1 | 1948 | 10.0 |
| Health indicators | ||||
| Comorbidity Count | ||||
| 0 | 784 | 14.5 | 4733 | 21.6 |
| 1 | 879 | 16.8 | 3646 | 18.8 |
| 2+ | 3553 | 68.8 | 11209 | 59.6 |
| Physical limitations | ||||
| Yes | 1574 | 29.0 | 3992 | 21.6 |
| No | 3633 | 70.8 | 15347 | 77.4 |
| Unknown | 9 | 0.1 | 249 | 1.0 |
| Health status | ||||
| Excellent | 699 | 15.8 | 4003 | 23.4 |
| Very good | 1162 | 24.1 | 5421 | 30.1 |
| Good | 1586 | 30.5 | 5686 | 27.2 |
| Fair | 1137 | 19.6 | 3212 | 13.5 |
| Poor | 632 | 10.1 | 1079 | 4.9 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 187 | 0.9 |
NOTE: To account for the complex survey design, we used survey weights, sampling strata, and primary sampling units when calculating standard errors for weighted survey estimates.