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)
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.

Last Updated: 10 Jan, 2024