Table 2.
Bivariate analysis of community characteristics by cancer survivorship status. Among 28,840 REGARDS participants, stratified by race/ethnicity.
| Blacks (N = 11,784) | Whites (N = 17,056) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Survivor (N = 864) | No Cancer History (N = 10,920) | p value2 | Cancer Survivor (N = 1,996) | No Cancer History (N = 15,060) | p value2 | |
| Community Variables1, Mean (SD) | ||||||
| Median household income | 43,850 (12,137) | 42,317 (11,079) | <0.01 | 42,350 (10,796) | 42,960 (11,701) | 0.17 |
| % Completed college | 18.92 (8.32) | 18.15 (8.05) | <0.01 | 18.53 (8.48) | 18.72 (8.68) | 0.37 |
| % Below poverty line | 16.27 (6.92) | 17.02 (6.51) | <0.01 | 17.01 (6.39) | 16.86 (6.49) | 0.24 |
| % Uninsured | 18.11 (4.86) | 18.80 (4.59) | <0.01 | 19.02 (4.80) | 19.06 (4.51) | 0.99 |
| % Unemployed | 5.60 (1.77) | 5.52 (1.68) | 0.40 | 5.33 (1.64) | 5.33 (1.60) | 0.67 |
| % Urban | 50.07 (27.99) | 47.11 (28.49) | <0.01 | 45.61 (29.79) | 46.39 (29.62) | 0.28 |
| Medical Doctors3 | 0.72 (0.19–7.07) | 0.77 (0.15–8.75) | 0.47 | 1.95 (0.36–13.38) | 2.27 (0.38–3.63) | 0.20 |
| % Adult smoking | 18.63 (4.32) | 18.54 (4.60) | 0.43 | 19.08 (4.81) | 18.99 (5.12) | 0.36 |
| % Adult obesity | 30.28 (5.28) | 30.33 (5.49) | 0.70 | 29.99 (4.77) | 30.08 (4.99) | 0.28 |
| % Mammography screening | 61.32 (5.02) | 61.67 (5.51) | 0.03 | 63.57 (5.92) | 63.28 (6.11) | 0.24 |
| % Exercise access | 79.26 (23.12) | 75.84 (24.90) | <0.01 | 69.10 (23.19) | 68.04 (23.43) | 0.06 |
| % Could not see doctor due to cost | 15.49 (3.96) | 15.61 (3.99) | 0.57 | 14.78 (4.53) | 14.96 (4.71) | 0.13 |
| % Limited access to healthy foods | 6.42 (4.23) | 6.65 (4.44) | 0.25 | 6.95 (3.82) | 7.04 (4.01) | 0.78 |
1
Mean (Standard deviation)
2
Estimated using ANOVA or Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.
3
Ratio per 100,000 persons, presented as Median (interquartile range)