Double Jeopardy? Age, Race, and HRQOL in Older Adults with Cancer

Table 1

Sample characteristics (%).

	Total	Breast	Prostate	Colorectal	Gyn.
	𝑁=1071	𝑁=247	𝑁=314	𝑁=274	𝑁=236
Current age
65–74	43.4	36.4	40.5	43.4	41.5
75–84	26.0	27.5	25.5	22.6	29.2
85+	30.6	36.0	23.9	33.9	29.2
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic, White	33.6	31.5	25.7	33.1	42.3
Hispanic, White	19.6	19.8	24.4	17.3	16.9
African American	24.3	24.6	26.0	26.5	21.1
Asian American	22.4	24.1	23.9	23.2	19.7
Gender
Male	38.4	—	100	50.6	—
Female	61.6	100	—	49.4	100
Education
<High school	9.9	7.3	12.4	10.9	8.8
High school/GED	17.0	18.9	14.9	16.3	18.0
Some college/technical school	36.2	33.5	30.2	41.5	40.1
College graduate (or more)	36.9	39.6	42.5	31.3	33.1
Health insurance
Yes	97.1	97.2	97.8	97.0	96.4
No	2.9	2.8	2.2	3.0	3.6
Stage (SEER)
Localized	45.6	74.4	—	48.3	62.9
Regional	21.3	23.9	—	49.1	14.2
Distant	6.8	1.5	1.3	1.5	20.6^*
Localized/regional (prostate only)	—	—	95.7	—	—
Unstaged	1.8	0.3	3.1	1.0	2.2
Comorbid medical conditions
Mean (std)	5.4±3.7	5.7±4.0	4.8±3.3	5.3±3.6	5.6±3.5
Current symptoms
Mean (std)	6.3±4.7	6.7±4.4	5.2±4.4	5.8±4.7	7.2±4.9

^*The high rate of distant disease in the gynecologic group reflects higher rates of distant disease in African American women with endometrial cancer, which is comparable to rates in the US population.