Table 1:
Characteristics of young adult survivors by gender
| Female | Male | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 635 | 237 | |||
| Age at Diagnosis (mean (sd)) | 32.3 (5.62) | 29.8 (6.09) | |||
| Age Category at Diagnosis (n (%)) | |||||
| 18–24 | 84 (13.2) | 55 (23.2) | |||
| 25–34 | 306 (48.2) | 122 (51.5) | |||
| 35–39 | 245 (38.6) | 60 (25.3) | |||
| Years from Diagnosis (mean (sd)) | 3.53 (1.49) | 3.40 (1.29) | |||
| EthnicityDesc (%) | |||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 577 (90.9) | 212 (89.5) | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 (7.7) | 23 (9.7) | |||
| Declined/Unknown | 9 (1.4) | 2 (0.8) | |||
| Race (%) | |||||
| White | 504 (79.4) | 199 (84.0) | |||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 57 (9.0) | 21 (8.9) | |||
| Black | 43 (6.8) | 6 (2.5) | |||
| Deferred/NA | 31 (4.9) | 11 (4.6) | |||
| Education (%) | |||||
| High School or Less | 41 (6.5) | 17 (7.2) | |||
| Some College/Associates Degree | 126 (19.8) | 59 (24.9) | |||
| College Graduate | 231 (36.4) | 89 (37.6) | |||
| Postgraduate Work | 215 (33.9) | 64 (27.7) | |||
| Insurance Coverage (%) | 605 (95.3) | 219 (92.4) | |||
| Diagnosis (%) | |||||
| Breast | 240 (37.8) | 1 (0.4) | |||
| Leukemia & Lymphoma | 83 (13.1) | 80 (33.8) | |||
| Endocrine system † | 108 (17.0) | 20 (8.4) | |||
| Skin | 60 (9.4) | 21 (8.9) | |||
| Genital system - Female ‡ | 49 (7.7) | 0 (0) | |||
| Genital system - Male § | 0 (0.0) | 46 (19.4) | |||
| Brain & other nervous system | 24 (3.8) | 17 (7.2) | |||
| Bones & Soft Tissue | 17 (2.7) | 19 (8.0) | |||
| Digestive system ¶ | 24 (3.8) | 11 (4.6) | |||
| Oral cavity & pharynx | 13 (2.0) | 12 (5.1) | |||
| Urinary system †† | 8 (1.3) | 6 (2.5) | |||
| Other | 10 (1.6) | 3 (1.3) | |||
†
Endocrine system = thyroid, adrenal, other endocrine.
‡
Genital system - Female = uterine cervix, uterine corpus, vagina, vulva, other female.
§
Genital system - Male = prostate, testis, penis, other male genital.
¶
Digestive system = esophagus, small intestine, colon, rectum, anus, anal canal, analrectum, liver, intrahepatic biliary duct, hepatoblastoma, gallbladder, biliary system, pancreas, other digestive organs.
††
Urinary system = Urinary bladder, kidney, renal pelvis, ureter, wilms tumor, other urinary organs