Table 1.
Population characteristics of United States (U.S.) adults with a diagnosis of cancer stratified by self-perceived mental health status.
| Characteristics | Good Mental Health (Weighted n = 22,649,400) Weighted% (95% CI) |
Poor Mental Health (Weighted n = 2,724,985) Weighted% (95% CI) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.02 | ||
| Female | 54.8 (52.3–57.3) | 63.4 (56.4–70.5) | |
| Male | 45.2 (42.7–47.7) | 36.6 (29.5–43.6) | |
| Age | 0.04 | ||
| 18–44 | 8.8 (7.1–10.6) | 16.4 (7.7–25.0) | |
| 45–64 | 37.4 (34.8–40.0) | 35.1 (28.0–42.2) | |
| 65–84 | 53.8 (50.9–56.8) | 48.6 (40.8–56.3) | |
| Race | 0.03 | ||
| White | 90.1 (88.4–91.7) | 84.1 (78.8–89.4) | |
| Black | 6.4 (4.9–7.8) | 10.3 (5.6–15.0) | |
| Other * | 3.6 (2.7–4.4) | 5.6 (2.6–8.6) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.06 | ||
| Hispanic | 6.0 (4.8–7.3) | 9.9 (5.1–14.7) | |
| Not Hispanic | 94.0 (92.7–95.2) | 90.1 (85.3–94.9) | |
| Education | <0.01 | ||
| Less than high school | 7.3 (5.9–8.7) | 22.9 (17.1–28.6) | |
| Completed high school | 23.2 (20.7–25.8) | 22.1 (16.4–27.8) | |
| Some college | 69.5 (66.6–72.3) | 55.1 (47.7–62.4) | |
| Marital Status | 0.01 | ||
| Married | 63.6 (61.1–66.2) | 50.2 (42.4–57.9) | |
| Single | 9.3 (7.6–11.0) | 12.0 (6.5–17.6) | |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 27.0 (24.6–29.5) | 37.8 (31.0–44.5) | |
| Employment | 0.01 | ||
| Yes | 46.6 (43.5–49.7) | 27.6 (19.5–35.6) | |
| No | 53.4 (50.3–56.5) | 72.4 (64.4–80.5) | |
| Income level | <0.01 | ||
| Poor/near poor/low | 19.5 (17.4–21.6) | 49.4 (40.9–57.9) | |
| Middle | 24.3 (22.1–26.5) | 23.5 (16.4–30.6) | |
| High | 56.2 (53.1–59.3) | 27.2 (20.4–34.0) | |
| Physical limitation | <0.01 | ||
| Yes | 20.0 (18.0–22.0) | 55.5 (48.0–63.0) | |
| No | 80.0 (78.0–82.0) | 44.5 (37.0–52.0) | |
| Number of chronic conditions | <0.01 | ||
| <5 | 11.2 (9.4–12.9) | 25.7 (18.8–32.7) | |
| ≥5 | 88.8 (87.1–90.6) | 74.3 (67.3–81.2) | |
| Work limitation from pain | |||
| Yes | 51.7 (49.1–54.4) | 81.7 (75.5–87.9) | |
| No | 48.3 (45.6–50.9) | 18.3 (12.1–24.5) |
n = number; CI: confidence interval; *: combined American Indian, Alaska native, Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders and multiple races into one category due to small number of group size in these categories; unweighted number of 2036 was included in the analyses with 236 in poor mental health and 1800 in good mental health. Chi-square tests were used across to assess differences in groups.