Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics, Health Behaviors, and Social Determinants of Health of Respondents by Race and Ethnicity (Total n = 3,787).
Whites | Blacks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Demographics | ||||
Gender | ||||
Male | 1,292 | 37.2 | 119 | 37.4 |
Female | 2,177 | 62.8 | 199 | 62.6 |
Marital status | ||||
Unmarried | 1,619 | 46.7 | 210 | 66.0 |
Married | 1,850 | 53.3 | 108 | 34.0 |
Age | ||||
≥65 years | 174 | 5.0 | 17 | 5.3 |
45–64 years | 1,001 | 28.9 | 102 | 32.1 |
18–44 years | 2,294 | 66.1 | 199 | 62.6 |
Clinical conditions | ||||
Cancer type | ||||
Breast | 838 | 24.2 | 90 | 28.3 |
Gynecologic | 440 | 12.7 | 30 | 9.4 |
Head and neck | 149 | 4.3 | 7 | 2.2 |
Gastrointestinal | 310 | 8.9 | 35 | 11.0 |
Hematologic | 205 | 5.9 | 18 | 5.7 |
Genitourinary | 716 | 20.6 | 80 | 25.2 |
Lung | 135 | 3.9 | 16 | 5.0 |
Other | 676 | 19.5 | 42 | 13.2 |
Multiple cancer | ||||
One cancer type | 2,468 | 71.1 | 258 | 81.1 |
Two or more cancer types | 1,001 | 28.9 | 60 | 18.9 |
Treatment | ||||
No treatment | 439 | 12.7 | 46 | 14.5 |
In treatment | 435 | 12.5 | 54 | 17.0 |
Complete treatment | 2,595 | 74.8 | 218 | 68.6 |
Body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) | ||||
BMI ≤ 25 | 1,089 | 31.4 | 92 | 28.9 |
BMI ≥ 25 | 2,380 | 68.6 | 226 | 71.1 |
Economic stability items | ||||
Employment | ||||
Not working | 2,528 | 72.9 | 247 | 77.7 |
Employed | 941 | 27.1 | 71 | 22.3 |
Annual household income | ||||
≤$50,000 | 2,121 | 61.1 | 231 | 72.6 |
≥$50,000 | 1,348 | 38.9 | 87 | 27.4 |
Medical bills | ||||
No | 3,416 | 98.5 | 295 | 92.8 |
Yes | 53 | 1.5 | 23 | 7.2 |
Literacy item | ||||
Education | ||||
No college degree | 1,272 | 36.7 | 151 | 47.5 |
College degree | 2,197 | 63.3 | 167 | 52.5 |
Health-care access items | ||||
Insurance | ||||
No | 112 | 3.2 | 9 | 2.8 |
Yes | 3,357 | 96.8 | 309 | 97.2 |
Medical cost | ||||
Not able to see physician | 296 | 8.5 | 42 | 13.2 |
Able to see physician | 3,173 | 91.5 | 276 | 86.8 |