Table 1:

Sociodemographic characteristics of Deaf vaccine age-eligible participants by HPV awareness

		Deaf Young Adults
		Heard of HPV n=138		Had not heard of HPV n=98
		Mean (SD)		Mean (SD)		p-value
Age		23 (2.2)		22 (2.4)		<.01
BMIa		26 (6.6)		26 (6.8)		.42
PCCb		62 (23.7)		59 (26.7)		.19
	Subgroups	n	%	n	%	p-value
Gender						<.01
	Male	49	35.5%	53	54.1%
	Female	89	64.5%	45	45.9%
	Missing	0		0
Race						.96
	White	76	55.1%	56	57.1%
	Black	17	12.3%	14	14.3%
	Asian	4	2.9%	2	2.0%
	Hispanic	30	21.7%	20	20.4%
	Other	11	8.0%	6	6.1%
	Missing	0		0
Occupation						<.05
	Employed	55	40.1%	29	29.6%
	Unemployed	12	8.8%	18	18.4%
	Student	69	50.4%	47	48.0%
	Other	1	0.7%	4	4.1%
	Missing	1		0
Education						<.01
	High school	17	12.5%	30	31.3%
	Some college	59	43.4%	40	41.7%
	College	60	44.1%	26	27.1%
	Missing	2		2
Health Status						.24
	Poor/Fair	17	12.3%	14	14.3%
	Good	40	29.0%	19	19.4%
	Very Good/Excellent	81	58.7%	65	66.3%
	Missing	0		0
Family history of cancer						.1.72
	None	28	20.7%	23	23.5%
	Have history	93	68.9%	60	61.2%
	Not sure	14	10.4%	15	15.3%
	Missing	3		0
Personal history of cancer						.15
	None	132	97.8%	97	99.0%
	Have or had cancer	3	2.2%	1	1.0%
	Missing	3		0
Parent Hearing Status						.31
	Deaf	64	47.4%	39	40.6%
	Hearing	71	52.6%	57	59.4%
	Missing	0		2
Health insurance						.06
	Yes	130	94.9%	88	89.8%
	No/Not Sure	7	5.1%	10	10.2%
	Missing	1		1
Regular Provider						.72
	Yes	70	50.7%	47	48.0%
	No	68	49.3%	51	52.0%
	Missing	0		0
Communication modality with healthcare provider						.68
	ASL (direct or interpreter)	74	56.1%	45	48.4%
	English (written/lipreading/other)	58	43.9%	48	51.6%
	Missing	6		5

^aBMI=Body Mass Index

^bPCC=Patient Centered Communication