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Demographic Characteristics for MHOS (1998-2021) Respondents (Age 65+) with Completed Survey Before or After their First Cancer Diagnosis, and Those Without Cancer
| Demographic Characteristics | Non-Cancer1 (N=768,048) |
Survey Before Cancer Diagnosis2 (N=163,382) |
Survey After Cancer Diagnosis3 (N=165,245) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Age | ||||||
| 65-74 | 459,348 | (59.81) | 104,327 | (63.85) | 84,539 | (51.16) |
| 75-84 | 236,432 | (30.78) | 50,132 | (30.68) | 61,410 | (37.16) |
| 85+ | 72,268 | (9.41) | 8,923 | (5.46) | 19,296 | (11.68) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 299,798 | (39.03) | 79,422 | (48.61) | 82,397 | (49.86) |
| Female | 468,236 | (60.96) | 83,960 | (51.39) | 82,848 | (50.14) |
| Unknown | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 523,043 | (68.10) | 122,508 | (74.98) | 121,240 | (73.37) |
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
58,029 | (7.56) | 7,958 | (4.87) | 9,191 | (5.56) |
| Black or African American |
79,565 | (10.36) | 15,842 | (9.70) | 16,919 | (10.24) |
| Hispanic | 101,143 | (13.17) | 15,900 | (9.73) | 16,780 | (10.15) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native |
3,729 | (0.49) | 779 | (0.48) | 667 | (0.40) |
| Another race, Multi-Race, or Unknown |
2,539 | (0.33) | 395 | (0.24) | 448 | (0.27) |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Married | 390,169 | (50.80) | 92,085 | (56.36) | 89,111 | (53.93) |
| Divorced/Separated | 115,084 | (14.98) | 21,372 | (13.08) | 23,855 | (14.44) |
| Widowed | 206,441 | (26.88) | 39,905 | (24.42) | 40,797 | (24.69) |
| Single/Never married | 38,151 | (4.97) | 6,320 | (3.87) | 7,301 | (4.42) |
| Unknown | 18,203 | (2.37) | 3,700 | (2.26) | 4,181 | (2.53) |
| Income | ||||||
| Less than $10K | 104,034 | (13.55) | 19,139 | (11.71) | 18,397 | (11.13) |
| $10K to $19,999 | 149,677 | (19.49) | 33,448 | (20.47) | 29,771 | (18.02) |
| $20K to $49,999 | 231,108 | (30.09) | 54,530 | (33.38) | 53,663 | (32.47) |
| $50K to $79,999 | 64,216 | (8.36) | 13,749 | (8.42) | 16,164 | (9.78) |
| $80K+ | 47,142 | (6.14) | 8,948 | (5.48) | 12,392 | (7.50) |
| Unknown | 171,871 | (22.38) | 33,568 | (20.55) | 34,858 | (21.09) |
| Education | ||||||
| < High school | 210,397 | (27.39) | 44,447 | (27.20) | 38,073 | (23.04) |
| HS grad | 235,063 | (30.61) | 52,277 | (32.00) | 49,269 | (29.82) |
| Some college | 164,075 | (21.36) | 35,212 | (21.55) | 38,289 | (23.17) |
| College graduate | 62,749 | (8.17) | 12,962 | (7.93) | 15,656 | (9.47) |
| College grad+ | 70,923 | (9.23) | 14,310 | (8.76) | 18,582 | (11.25) |
| Unknown | 24,841 | (3.23) | 4,174 | (2.55) | 5,376 | (3.25) |
| Health Characteristics-Current Smoker? | ||||||
| Yes (every day or some days) |
70,493 | (9.18) | 23,851 | (14.60) | 14,515 | (8.78) |
| Not at all | 612,089 | (79.69) | 115,630 | (70.77) | 138,821 | (84.01) |
| DK/missing | 85,466 | (11.13) | 23,901 | (14.63) | 11,909 | (7.21) |
| Performance Measures 4 | Mean Scores | Mean Scores | Mean Scores | |||
| Physical Component Summary Score (PCS) | 40.06 | 41.30 | 38.26 | |||
| Mental Component Summary Score (MCS) | 51.00 | 52.05 | 50.76 | |||
1Individuals not linked to SEER, no self-report of cancer and lived in SEER area at the time of MHOS survey.
2Individuals with MHOS survey before their first cancer diagnosis.
3Individuals with the first survey after any cancer diagnosis.
4Overall, 99.62% of people in the sample have PCS12 and MCS12 scores.
Note: Respondents are counted once in the table.
P value ≤ .0001 from the Chi-Square statistics on demographic characteristics by cancer status.