Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Sample N’s | Overall | Cancer | No CANCER | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15,624 | 9105 | 6519 | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | p valuea | |
| Level of pain interference | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Severe | 3322 | 21.3 | 2054 | 22.6 | 1268 | 19.5 | |
| Moderate | 7201 | 46.1 | 4190 | 46.0 | 3011 | 46.2 | |
| Mild/none | 5101 | 32.7 | 2861 | 31.4 | 2240 | 34.4 | |
| Sex | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Male | 7968 | 51.0 | 5059 | 55.6 | 2909 | 44.6 | |
| Female | 7656 | 49.0 | 4046 | 44.4 | 3610 | 55.4 | |
| Age group | < 0.001 | ||||||
| 66–69 | 4387 | 28.1 | 2323 | 25.5 | 2064 | 31.7 | |
| 70–74 | 4447 | 28.5 | 2556 | 28.1 | 1891 | 29.0 | |
| 75–79 | 3328 | 21.3 | 2048 | 22.5 | 1280 | 19.6 | |
| 80+ | 3462 | 22.2 | 2178 | 23.9 | 1284 | 19.7 | |
| Race/ethnicity | < 0.001 | ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 10,370 | 66.4 | 6142 | 67.5 | 4228 | 64.9 | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 1474 | 9.4 | 911 | 10.0 | 563 | 8.6 | |
| Hispanic | 1673 | 10.7 | 878 | 9.6 | 795 | 12.2 | |
| Asian, other | 2107 | 13.5 | 1174 | 12.9 | 933 | 14.3 | |
| Marital status | 0.547 | ||||||
| Currently married | 9181 | 58.8 | 5321 | 58.4 | 3860 | 59.2 | |
| Formerly married | 5823 | 37.3 | 3426 | 37.6 | 2397 | 36.8 | |
| Never married | 620 | 4.0 | 358 | 3.9 | 262 | 4.0 | |
| Education | < 0.001 | ||||||
| < High school diploma | 3868 | 24.8 | 2266 | 24.9 | 1602 | 24.6 | |
| High school diploma | 4850 | 31.0 | 2791 | 30.7 | 2059 | 31.6 | |
| > High school diploma | 6906 | 44.2 | 4048 | 44.5 | 2858 | 43.8 | |
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| Coronary artery disease | 2144 | 13.7 | 1331 | 14.6 | 813 | 12.5 | < 0.001 |
| Stroke | 1299 | 8.3 | 827 | 9.1 | 472 | 7.2 | < 0.001 |
| Pulmonary disease | 2440 | 15.6 | 1538 | 16.9 | 902 | 13.8 | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes | 4072 | 26.1 | 2428 | 26.7 | 1644 | 25.2 | 0.042 |
| Depression | 2255 | 14.4 | 1399 | 15.4 | 856 | 13.1 | < 0.001 |
| Arthritis | 6109 | 39.1 | 3535 | 38.8 | 2574 | 39.5 | 0.405 |
| Sciatica | 3388 | 21.7 | 1919 | 21.1 | 1469 | 22.5 | 0.029 |
| Poverty rates | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Low (0 to < 5%) | 3055 | 19.6 | 2265 | 24.9 | 790 | 12.1 | |
| 5 to < 10% | 4384 | 28.1 | 2428 | 26.7 | 1956 | 30.0 | |
| 10 to < 20% | 5099 | 32.6 | 2725 | 29.9 | 2374 | 36.4 | |
| High (20 to 100%) | 3086 | 19.8 | 1687 | 18.5 | 1399 | 21.5 | |
| Region | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Northeast | 1945 | 12.5 | 1258 | 13.8 | 687 | 10.5 | |
| South | 1427 | 9.1 | 848 | 9.3 | 579 | 8.9 | |
| Central | 3699 | 23.7 | 2098 | 23.0 | 1601 | 24.6 | |
| West | 8548 | 54.7 | 4901 | 53.8 | 3647 | 55.9 | |
| Part D low income subsidy | 0.284 | ||||||
| Full/partial | 3218 | 20.6 | 1902 | 20.9 | 1316 | 20.2 | |
| None | 12,406 | 79.4 | 7203 | 79.1 | 5203 | 79.8 | |
| Plan type | 0.118 | ||||||
| HMO | 14,451 | 92.5 | 8396 | 92.2 | 6055 | 92.9 | |
| Other plan type | 1173 | 7.5 | 709 | 7.8 | 464 | 7.1 | |
| Proximity of death | < 0.001 | ||||||
| < 6 months from MHOS survey | 446 | 2.9 | 378 | 4.2 | 68 | 1.0 | |
| ≥ 6 months from MHOS survey | 15,178 | 97.1 | 8727 | 95.8 | 6451 | 99.0 | |
| MHOS survey year | < 0.001 | ||||||
| 2008 | 2907 | 18.6 | 1771 | 19.5 | 1136 | 17.4 | |
| 2009 | 3951 | 25.3 | 2338 | 25.7 | 1613 | 24.7 | |
| 2010 | 3237 | 20.7 | 1882 | 20.7 | 1355 | 20.8 | |
| 2011 | 2884 | 18.5 | 1680 | 18.5 | 1204 | 18.5 | |
| 2012 | 2645 | 16.9 | 1434 | 15.7 | 1211 | 18.6 | |
a
p value reported for comparison of distribution for cancer and non-cancer samples. HMO, health maintenance organization; MHOS, Medicare Health Outcomes Survey. Source: SEER-MHOS-Part D linked data, 2008–2012