Table 1.

Demographics of Surveyed Patients With Cancer.

	Head and neck cancer		Other cancer
	No. a	% b	No. a	% b	P value
Total	381	100	22,263	100
Sex					<.001 c
Male	251	69	9025	43
Female	130	31	13,238	57
Age, y					.78
<50	46	14	2805	15
50-64	115	31	6316	32
65-79	163	40	9063	38
≥80	57	15	4079	15
Race					.03 d
White	303	79	18,637	85
Other race	78	21	3546	15
Education					.008 e
<High school	77	19	2807	11
High school	113	29	5688	25
Some college	100	28	6727	30
Bachelor	58	16	3998	19
Master	31	8	2967	14
Income as % FPL					<.001 c
≥400	139	40	10,667	55
300 to <400	37	11	2277	10
200 to <300	55	15	3098	13
100 to <200	91	22	3882	15
<100	55	12	2118	7
Region					.91
Northeast	66	21	3847	18
Midwest	83	22	5149	23
South	150	36	7825	37
West	82	22	5442	21
Health insurance					.03 d
Public	91	46	6149	35
Private	96	54	9631	65

Abbreviation: FPL, federal poverty level.

^aUnweighted number of survey respondents.

^bWeighted percentages.

^cP < .001.

^dP < .05.

^eP < .01.