Table 4.
Characteristics of cancer survivors and adults without a cancer history by age group, MEPS, 2008-2017
| Sociodemographic and health characteristics | Aged 18–64 y |
Aged ≥65 y |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer survivors, No. (weighted %) | No cancer history, No. (weighted %) | Cancer survivors, No. (weighted %) | No cancer history, No. (weighted %) | |
| Total | 8419 (100) | 190 283 (100) | 9066 (100) | 31 569 (100) |
| Age group, y | ||||
| 18-44 | 2194 (23.2) | 116 178 (59.5) | — | — |
| 45-49 | 985 (11.0) | 20 642 (10.6) | — | — |
| 50-54 | 1356 (16.6) | 20 526 (11.3) | — | — |
| 55-59 | 1752 (22.1) | 18 382 (10.1) | — | — |
| 60-64 | 2132 (27.1) | 14 555 (8.5) | — | — |
| 65-69 | — | — | 2295 (23.6) | 11 350 (35.1) |
| 70-74 | — | — | 2052 (23.0) | 7508 (24.1) |
| 75-79 | — | — | 1830 (19.8) | 5405 (17.1) |
| 80+ | — | — | 2889 (33.6) | 7306 (23.7) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 2631 (35.5) | 90 551 (49.9) | 4306 (47.6) | 13 299 (43.2) |
| Female | 5788 (64.5) | 99 732 (50.1) | 4760 (52.4) | 18 270 (56.8) |
| Race or ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 5212 (79.3) | 75 417 (62.0) | 6612 (86.4) | 17 503 (75.2) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1277 (7.9) | 37 624 (12.5) | 1285 (6.4) | 5798 (9.4) |
| Hispanic | 1457 (8.6) | 57 600 (17.0) | 763 (4.2) | 5092 (8.7) |
| All other groups | 473 (4.2) | 19 642 (8.4) | 406 (3.0) | 3176 (6.7) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married or partnered | 4616 (61.0) | 92 160 (51.7) | 4686 (54.7) | 16 170 (55.1) |
| Other | 3803 (39.0) | 98 121 (48.3) | 4380 (45.3) | 15 398 (44.9) |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| Less than high school graduate | 1349 (10.6) | 40 888 (14.4) | 1940 (15.6) | 8984 (20.0) |
| High school graduate | 2507 (27.5) | 57 126 (28.1) | 2949 (33.4) | 9626 (31.6) |
| Some college or more | 4563 (61.9) | 92 269 (57.5) | 4177 (51.0) | 12 959 (48.4) |
| No. of MEPS priority conditionsa | ||||
| 0 | 2165 (26.0) | 103 749 (53.2) | 519 (5.8) | 2831 (9.0) |
| 1 | 2015 (24.9) | 43 376 (23.8) | 1255 (14.3) | 5075 (16.3) |
| 2 | 1671 (20.6) | 22 181 (12.3) | 2002 (22.2) | 7247 (24.0) |
| 3+ | 2568 (28.5) | 20 977 (10.7) | 5290 (57.6) | 16 416 (50.6) |
| Health insurance coverage | ||||
| Age 18-64 y, any private | 5425 (73.7) | 114 871 (71.6) | — | — |
| Age 18-64 y, public only | 2079 (17.7) | 33 571 (12.4) | — | — |
| Age 18-64 y, uninsured | 915 (8.7) | 41 841 (16.0) | — | — |
| Age ≥65 y, Medicare + private | — | — | 4551 (56.2) | 13 830 (52.4) |
| Age ≥65 y, Medicare + public | — | — | 1195 (8.8) | 5688 (11.3) |
| Age ≥65 y, Medicare only | — | — | 3239 (35.0) | 11 381 (36.4) |
| Years since first cancer diagnosis | ||||
| Missing | 415 (4.4) | — | 980 (11.2) | — |
| <2 | 1088 (12.7) | — | 775 (8.4) | — |
| 2-5 | 2340 (27.4) | — | 1811 (19.5) | — |
| 5-10 | 1702 (19.7) | — | 1714 (19.0) | — |
| >10 | 2874 (35.7) | — | 3786 (41.8) | — |
a
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) priority conditions include arthritis, asthma, diabetes, emphysema, heart disease (angina, coronary heart disease, heart attack, other heart condition or disease), high cholesterol, hypertension, and stroke.