Table 1.
Characteristics of sample population
| Cancer survivor (n = 1603) |
No history of cancer(n = 34 915) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. (weighted %) | No. (weighted %) | Chi-square P | |
| Age, y | |||
| 18–34 | 192 (10.6) | 13 513 (38.2) | <.01 |
| 35–44 | 241 (14.3) | 7772 (21.4) | <.01 |
| 45–54 | 457 (27.8) | 7796 (22.6) | <.01 |
| 55–64 | 713 (47.3) | 5834 (17.8) | <.01 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 482 (34.1) | 1 612 (50.2) | <.01 |
| Female | 1121 (65.9) | 18 303 (49.8) | <.01 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 1055 (80.6) | 15 153 (64.4) | <.01 |
| Black, Hispanic, other | 548 (19.4) | 19 762 (35.6) | <.01 |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 882 (59.5) | 17 759 (52.5) | <.01 |
| Not married | 721 (40.5) | 17 156 (47.5) | <.01 |
| Education* | |||
| Less than high school | 280 (11.9) | 8492 (17.2) | <.01 |
| High school grad/college | 1319 (88.1) | 26 264 (82.8) | <.01 |
| Family size | |||
| Single | 292 (20.2) | 4847 (17.1) | <.01 |
| Dyad | 579 (38.9) | 7956 (26.6) | <.01 |
| 3+ | 732 (40.9) | 22 112 (56.2) | <.01 |
| Family income, % FPL | |||
| <399 | 1017 (53.5) | 24 293 (59.1) | <.01 |
| 400+ | 586 (46.5) | 10 604 (40.9) | <.01 |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed | 956 (64.2) | 25 165 (76.1) | <.01 |
| Retired/not employed/other | 647 (35.8) | 9750 (23.9) | <.01 |
| Health insurance | |||
| Private | 1029 (73.8) | 21 266 (70.7) | <.01 |
| Public only | 357 (15.7) | 5155 (10.5) | <.01 |
| Uninsured | 217 (10.5) | 8494 (18.8) | <.01 |
| No. of comorbid conditions | |||
| 0 | 409 (25.9) | 18 743 (52.6) | <.01 |
| 1 | 364 (24.2) | 7946 (23.5) | .96 |
| 2+ | 830 (49.9) | 8226 (23.9) | <.01 |
| Year | |||
| 2008 | 343 (20.6) | 7030 (20.9) | .22 |
| 2009 | 466 (29.2) | 10 360 (27.9) | .61 |
| 2010 | 427 (27) | 9276 (27.7) | .95 |
| 2011 | 367 (23.2) | 8249 (23.4) | .5 |
| Years since first cancer diagnosis | |||
| ≤1 | 206 (13.1) | N/A | |
| 2–5 | 459 (28.8) | ||
| 6–9 | 267 (16.1) | ||
| 10–19 | 358 (22.7) | ||
| ≥20 | 213 (14) | ||
| Missing | 100 (5.3) | ||
| In treatment† | |||
| Yes | 274 (18.2) | ||
| No | 1329 (81.8) | ||
*
Out of 1603 cancer survivors, four had missing values for educational attainment. Out of 34 915 individuals without a history of cancer, 159 had missing values. FPL = federal poverty level.
†
In treatment was defined as receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy for a cancer condition in either an outpatient or office-based setting or having a prescription for an antineoplastic medication.