Table 1.
Sociodemographic attributes of the US cancer population stratified by insurance status using NHANES data 2013–2018.
| Variable | Total | Insured | Uninsured | P | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n* = 1681 | n = 1596 | n = 85 | ||||||||
| N† = 25,982,352 | N = 24,852,930 | N = 1129,421 | ||||||||
| n | N | % ± SE | n | N | % ± SE | n | N | % ± SE | ||
| Age, mean ± SE | 63.4 ± 0.49 | 64.0 ± 0.49 | 50.5 ± 1.51 | <.0001 | ||||||
| Sex | .0002 | |||||||||
| Male | 780 | 11,391,983 | 43.8 ± 1.6 | 759 | 11,179,409 | 45.0 ± 1.7 | 21 | 212,573 | 18.8 ± 5.1 | |
| Female | 901 | 14,590,369 | 56.2 ± 1.6 | 837 | 13,673,521 | 55.0 ± 1.7 | 64 | 916,848 | 81.2 ± 5.1 | |
| Education | 0.0010 | |||||||||
| <High school graduate | 285 | 2289,136 | 8.8 ± 0.6 | 259 | 2083,022 | 8.4 ± 0.6 | 26 | 206,114 | 18.6 ± 5.1 | |
| High school graduate | 361 | 5345,715 | 20.6 ± 1.4 | 344 | 5143,771 | 20.7 ± 1.4 | 17 | 201,944 | 18.2 ± 5.0 | |
| Some college or associate degree | 577 | 8743,648 | 33.7 ± 1.6 | 546 | 8168,070 | 33.0 ± 1.6 | 31 | 575,578 | 51.9 ± 10.0 | |
| College grad or more | 455 | 9579,661 | 36.9 ± 2.1 | 445 | 9453,419 | 38.0 ± 2.1 | 10 | 126,242 | 11.4 ± 5.5 | |
| Race/Ethnicity | <.0001 | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 253 | 1510,057 | 5.8 ± 0.8 | 223 | 1299,221 | 5.2 ± 0.7 | 30 | 210,836 | 18.7 ± 4.0 | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 1051 | 21,870,023 | 84.2 ± 1.4 | 1012 | 21,074,633 | 84.8 ± 1.5 | 39 | 795,390 | 70.4 ± 5.1 | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 240 | 1326,909 | 5.1 ± 0.7 | 230 | 1268,307 | 5.1 ± 0.7 | 10 | 58,603 | 5.2 ± 1.6 | |
| Other | 137 | 1275,363 | 4.9 ± 0.8 | 131 | 1210,770 | 4.9 ± 0.9 | 6 | 64,593 | 5.7 ± 2.8 | |
| Annual Household Income | 0.0822 | |||||||||
| <$20K | 348 | 3168,850 | 12.9 ± 1.1 | 328 | 2993,801 | 12.7 ± 1.1 | 20 | 175,049 | 17.6 ± 5.5 | |
| $20K-$44,999 | 526 | 6847,272 | 27.9 ± 1.7 | 489 | 6383,214 | 27.1 ± 1.7 | 37 | 464,059 | 46.7 ± 8.5 | |
| $45K-$74,999 | 301 | 5351,490 | 21.8 ± 1.8 | 291 | 5179,606 | 22.0 ± 1.8 | 10 | 171,884 | 17.3 ± 7.3 | |
| $75K-$99,999 | 123 | 2549,658 | 10.4 ± 1.2 | 117 | 2467,480 | 10.5 ± 1.3 | 6 | 82,178 | 8.3 ± 4.7 | |
| >$100K | 279 | 6594,498 | 26.9 ± 2.1 | 276 | 6494,872 | 27.6 ± 2.1 | 3 | 99,626 | 10.0 ± 6.5 | |
| US Birth/Length Status | <.0001 | |||||||||
| US born | 1400 | 23,843,474 | 92.0 +/1.0 | 1345 | 22,919,859 | 92.4 ± 0.9 | 55 | 923,615 | 83.1 ± 4.0 | |
| Non-US born with LOS < 20 yrs | 56 | 456,615 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 41 | 348,630 | 1.4 ± 0.3 | 15 | 107,984 | 9.7 ± 3.1 | |
| Non-US born with LOS 20–39 yrs | 98 | 674,839 | 2.6 ± 0.5 | 87 | 621,686 | 2.5 ± 0.5 | 11 | 53,153 | 4.8 ± 1.7 | |
| Non-US born with LOS ≥ 40 yrs | 117 | 938,330 | 3.6 ± 0.5 | 114 | 912,165 | 3.7 ± 0.5 | 3 | 26,165 | 2.4 ± 1.1 | |
All the bold values are significant.
K = thousands, LOS = length of stay in US, n = actual individual observed in the sample, N = estimated weighted frequency of the individuals with similar observation in the population, SE = standard error.
*acute individual observed in the sample.
†estimated weighted frequency of the individuals with similar observation in the population.
Missing values: Education = 3, Annual Household Income = 104, US Birth/Length Status = 10.