Table 2.

Demographic Differences in Computer-Based Technology Use Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.

	General use		Health-related use
	% a	PR (95% CI) b	% a	PR (95% CI) b
Overall	60		43
Sex
Male	62	Reference	46	Reference
Female	57	0.91 (0.71-1.15)	38	0.83 (0.6-1.14)
Age, y
<50	88	Reference	74	Reference
50-64	69	0.79 (0.64-0.96) c	57	0.77 (0.57-1.05)
65-79	56	0.63 (0.5-0.8) d	31	0.42 (0.28-0.62) d
≥80	30	0.34 (0.22-0.55) d	20	0.28 (0.15-0.5) d
Race
White	70	Reference	46	Reference
Other race	67	0.83 (0.61-1.13)	33	0.71 (0.44-1.14)
Cancer site
Oral cavity	74	Reference	54	Reference
Pharynx	61	0.82 (0.67-1.02)	43	0.79 (0.58-1.08)
Larynx	44	0.6 (0.4-0.9) c	31	0.57 (0.34-0.98) c
Education
Master	96	Reference	84	Reference
Bachelor	79	0.82 (0.62-1.08) c	61	0.84 (0.49-1.04)
Some college	75	0.78 (0.66-0.92) e	53	0.63 (0.48-0.85) e
High school	51	0.54 (0.42-0.69) d	31	0.36 (0.24-0.55) d
<High school	17	0.18 (0.09-0.35) d	11	0.13 (0.06-0.30) d
Income as % FPL
≥400	78	Reference	61	Reference
300 to <400	67	0.86 (0.64-1.15)	36	0.59 (0.33-1.07)
200 to <300	56	0.71 (0.48-1.04)	26	0.42 (0.23-0.77) e
100 to <200	40	0.51 (0.36-0.74) d	32	0.52 (0.34-0.81) e
<100	36	0.46 (0.27-0.8) e	29	0.47 (0.24-0.92) c
Region
Northeast	57	Reference	44	Reference
Midwest	61	1.06 (0.72-1.57)	38	0.87 (0.52-1.48)
South	57	0.99 (0.7-1.41)	42	0.96 (0.61-1.51)
West	72	1.25 (0.88-1.7)	50	1.15 (0.72-1.83)
Health insurance
Public	50	Reference	33	Reference
Private	70	1.37 (1.1-1.7) e	51	1.53 (1.01-2.02) c

Abbreviations: FPL, federal poverty level; PR, prevalence ratio.

^aWeighted percentages.

^bUnivariate robust Poisson regression.

^cP < .05.

^dP < .001.

^eP < .01.