Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics N = 20
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis, mean (SD) years | 59.6 (12.8) |
| Gender, n | |
| Male | 8 |
| Female | 12 |
| Race, n | |
| White | 18 |
| Non-White | 2 |
| Hispanic ethnicity, n | 1 |
| Education, n | |
| Less than high school | 1 |
| High school or GED | 3 |
| Some college | 3 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 13 |
| Marital/partner status, n | |
| Married | 11 |
| Partnered | 1 |
| Divorced | 4 |
| Widowed | 1 |
| Single | 3 |
| Health insurance, n | |
| Medicaid | 2 |
| Medicare | 6 |
| Private | 8 |
| Other* | 3 |
| None | 1 |
| Underlying disabling condition | |
| Spinal cord injury | 5 |
| Polio | 5 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 2 |
| Other | 8 |
| Cancer type | |
| Prostate cancer | 6 |
| Colorectal cancer | 2 |
| Ovarian cancer | 3 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 2 |
| Breast cancer | 2 |
| Thyroid cancer | 2 |
| Other | 3 |
| Family history of their cancer type, n | |
| Yes | 4 |
| No | 5 |
| Not reported | 11 |
*History of other combinations of insurance (e.g., private, Medicaid, and/or Medicare)