Demographic Characteristics of SEER-CAHPS Respondents by Health Plan Type

The table below provides demographic information for SEER-CAHPS respondents.

Demographic Characteristics	Cancer (n=461,508)					Non-SEER * (n=1,373,833)
	Total	Medicare Advantage		Fee-for-Service		Total	Medicare Advantage		Fee-for-Service
	Total	N	%	N	%	Total	N	%	N	%
Total	461,508	270,347	58.58	191,162	41.42	1,373,833	827,350	60.22	546,483	39.78

Under 65	30,304	16,254	6.01	14,050	7.35	168,942	94,602	11.43	74,340	13.60
65-74	227,718	138,974	51.41	88,744	46.42	671,032	415,874	50.27	255,158	46.69
75–84	159,046	91,847	33.97	67,199	35.15	401,007	243,326	29.41	157,681	28.85
85+	44,440	23,272	8.61	21,168	11.07	132,852	73,548	8.89	59,304	10.85

Male	228,113	132,863	49.15	95,250	49.83	557,112	330,310	39.92	226,802	41.50
Female	233,395	137,484	50.85	95,911	50.17	816,721	497,040	60.08	319,681	58.50

NH White	346,338	194,193	71.83	152,145	79.59	939,990	532,027	64.30	407,963	74.65
NH Black	31,923	21,402	7.92	10,521	5.50	110,112	75,221	9.09	34,891	6.38
NH Asian	17,340	11,617	4.30	5,723	2.99	71,574	48,404	5.85	23,170	4.24
NH North American Native	1,440	807	0.30	633	0.33	5,840	3,081	0.37	2,759	0.50
NH Mixed	7,396	4,293	1.59	3,103	1.62	25,682	15,337	1.85	10,345	1.89
NH Other	2,438	1,801	0.67	637	0.33	7,692	5,508	0.67	2,184	0.40
Hispanic	28,671	20,513	7.59	8,158	4.27	131,807	96,383	11.65	35,424	6.48
Unknown	25,962	15,721	5.82	10,241	5.36	81,136	51,389	6.21	29,747	5.44

Did Not Complete High School	88,827	58,470	21.63	30,357	15.88	291,583	195,853	23.67	95,730	17.52
High School Graduate or GED	136,922	82,560	30.54	54,362	28.44	405,343	248,513	30.04	156,830	28.70
Some College/2-years Degree	104,678	60,860	22.51	43,818	22.92	310,397	183,794	22.21	126,603	23.17
4-years College Graduate	44,485	23,436	8.67	21,049	11.01	121,180	65,949	7.97	55,231	10.11
More than 4-years College Degree	59,267	28,056	10.38	31,211	16.33	156,926	75,883	9.17	81,043	14.83
Unknown	27,329	16,965	6.28	10,364	5.42	88,404	57,358	6.93	31,046	5.68

Non-Smoker or Former Smoker	378,442	224,030	82.87	154,412	80.78	1,125,263	690,736	83.49	434,527	79.51
Current Smoker	49,711	30,680	11.35	19,031	9.96	138,208	84,939	10.27	53,269	9.75
Unknown	33,355	15,637	5.78	17,718	9.27	110,362	51,675	6.25	58,687	10.74

English	435,756	254,451	94.12	181,305	94.84	1,287,318	768,851	92.93	518,467	94.87
Spanish	5,671	4,398	1.63	1,273	0.67	33,780	27,675	3.35	6,105	1.12
None/ Unknown	20,081	11,498	4.25	8,583	4.49	52,735	30,824	3.73	21,911	4.01

Proxy	46,226	26,232	9.70	19,994	10.46	170,700	101,227	12.24	69,473	12.71
No Proxy	355,887	214,601	79.38	141,286	73.91	1,019,318	633,732	76.60	385,586	70.56
Unknown	59,395	29,514	10.92	29,881	15.63	183,815	92,391	11.17	91,424	16.73

Excellent	33,267	20,370	7.53	12,897	6.75	117,915	72,244	8.73	45,671	8.36
Very Good	114,653	67,961	25.14	46,692	24.43	349,329	207,930	25.13	141,399	25.87
Good	168,824	100,018	37.00	68,806	35.99	471,537	288,336	34.85	183,201	33.52
Fair	101,733	58,253	21.55	43,480	22.75	298,287	179,689	21.72	118,598	21.70
Poor	26,672	13,504	5.00	13,168	6.89	82,405	43,325	5.24	39,080	7.15
Unknown	16,359	10,241	3.79	6,118	3.20	54,360	35,826	4.33	18,534	3.39

* Respondents residing in SEER area at time of survey.

Last Updated: 22 Jun, 2021