Table 2. Characteristics of Respondents, Stratified by Gender Identity.
| Characteristic | Individuals, % (95% CI) | P Valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisgender | Transgender | Gender-Nonconforming Individuals | ||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||
| Unweighted, No.b | 368 197 | 492 345 | 1214 | 1675 | 766 | NA |
| Weighted, No. | 76 276 501 | 83 960 441 | 274 578 | 355 057 | 168 428 | NA |
| Age, mean (95% CI), y | 47.3 (47.2-47.4) | 49.2 (49.1-49.3) | 43.0 (40.7-45.3) | 45.9 (44.2-47.6) | 40.2 (37.6-45.3) | NA |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 16.9 (16.7-17.0) | 17.2 (17.0-17.4) | 13.7 (10.5-16.9) | 16.5 (13.4-19.7) | 21.4 (16.1-26.7) | <.001 |
| South | 39.1 (38.8-39.4) | 39.9 (39.6-40.2) | 51.3 (45.1-57.6) | 46.6 (41.5-51.7) | 37.9 (30.5-45.3) | |
| Midwest | 21.2 (21-21.3) | 20.9 (20.8-21.1) | 20.1 (15.7-24.5) | 21.7 (18.3-25) | 17.5 (13.1-21.8) | |
| West | 22.9 (22.6-23.2) | 22.0 (21.7-22.3) | 14.9 (9.3-20.5) | 15.2 (11.2-19.2) | 23.3 (15.6-30.9) | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 64.9 (64.5-65.3) | 64.4 (64.0-64.7) | 59.1 (52.7-65.5) | 55.0 (49.8-60.2) | 56.3 (48.7-63.9) | <.001 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 10.8 (10.6-11.1) | 12.4 (12.1-12.6) | 16.7 (11.6-21.8) | 15.3 (11.4-19.1) | 16.4 (9.4-23.4) | |
| Hispanic | 8.1 (7.9-8.4) | 7.7 (7.4-7.9) | 5.8 (3-8.5) | 11.1 (7.7-14.4) | 8.4 (5.2-11.5) | |
| Otherc | 16.1 (15.8-16.5) | 15.6 (15.3-15.9) | 18.5 (12.9-24) | 18.7 (13.9-23.4) | 18.9 (13-24.8) | |
| Education level | ||||||
| High school or less | 43.4 (43-43.7) | 39.8 (39.5-40.2) | 53.7 (47.5-59.9) | 60.7 (55.9-65.5) | 45.2 (37.8-52.6) | <.001 |
| Some college or more | 56.6 (56.3-57) | 60.2 (59.8-60.5) | 46.3 (40.1-52.5) | 39.3 (34.5-44.1) | 54.8 (47.4-62.2) | |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Unemployed | 35.4 (35.1-35.8) | 50.4 (50.0-50.7) | 46.2 (40.0-52.4) | 48.5 (43.5-53.5) | 58.0 (51.0-65.0) | <.001 |
| Employed | 64.6 (64.2-64.9) | 49.6 (49.3-50) | 53.8 (47.6-60) | 51.5 (46.5-56.5) | 42.0 (35.0-49.0) | |
| Insurance status | ||||||
| No | 12.7 (12.5-13) | 10.1 (9.9-10.4) | 16.2 (11.8-20.6) | 19.0 (14.5-23.6) | 14.6 (9.5-19.7) | <.001 |
| Yes | 87.3 (87-87.5) | 89.9 (89.6-90.1) | 83.8 (79.4-88.2) | 81.0 (76.4-85.5) | 85.4 (80.3-90.5) | |
| Smoking history | ||||||
| Never | 53.2 (52.9-53.6) | 64.3 (64.0-64.6) | 61.3 (55.2-67.4) | 56.6 (51.7-61.5) | 65.1 (58.6-71.7) | <.001 |
| Former | 28.7 (28.4-29.1) | 21.6 (21.3-21.8) | 18.7 (14-23.4) | 24.2 (20.2-28.2) | 17.3 (12.8-21.8) | |
| Current | 18.0 (17.7-18.3) | 14.1 (13.9-14.3) | 20.0 (14.9-25.2) | 19.2 (15.6-22.8) | 17.6 (12.4-22.8) | |
| Alcohol used | ||||||
| None | 41.0 (40.6-41.3) | 53.0 (52.7-53.4) | 60.8 (54.8-66.7) | 57.0 (52.1-61.8) | 48.2 (40.7-55.6) | <.001 |
| Light | 43.2 (42.8-43.6) | 41.4 (41.1-41.8) | 30.9 (25.4-36.4) | 33.3 (28.7-37.9) | 39.2 (31.5-46.9) | |
| Moderate or heavy | 15.9 (15.6-16.1) | 5.6 (5.4-5.7) | 8.3 (5.1-11.6) | 9.8 (7.1-12.4) | 12.6 (8.1-17.1) | |
| Other cancer diagnosis | ||||||
| No | 94.4 (94.2-94.5) | 91.6 (91.4-91.7) | 90.3 (85.4-95.2) | 93.2 (90.9-95.4) | 93.5 (89.8-97.2) | <.001 |
| Yes | 5.6 (5.5-5.8) | 8.4 (8.3-8.6) | 9.7 (4.8-14.6) | 6.8 (4.6-9.1) | 6.5 (2.8-10.2) | |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
Analysis of variance was used to determine the P value for age, and χ2 tests were used to determine the remaining P values.
The unweighted sample excluded those with missing data for the exposure of interest (gender identity) and outcome of interest (skin cancer), which was 100 374 individuals (10.0%). We also excluded those with missing data for any covariate (35 083 individuals [3.9%]).
Other race/ethnicity was defined as all respondents who self-identified as “American Indian or Alaska Native only, non-Hispanic,” “Asian only, non-Hispanic,” “Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander only, non-Hispanic,” “other race only, non-Hispanic,” or “multiracial, non-Hispanic.”
Nondrinking was defined as 0 alcoholic beverages per week, light alcohol use was defined as 1 to 7 drinks per week, and moderate or heavy alcohol use was defined as more than 7 alcoholic beverages per week.