Double Jeopardy? Age, Race, and HRQOL in Older Adults with Cancer
Table 1
Sample characteristics (%).
Total
Breast
Prostate
Colorectal
Gyn.
Current age
ā65ā74
43.4
36.4
40.5
43.4
41.5
ā75ā84
26.0
27.5
25.5
22.6
29.2
ā85+
30.6
36.0
23.9
33.9
29.2
Race/ethnicity
āNon-Hispanic, White
33.6
31.5
25.7
33.1
42.3
āHispanic, White
19.6
19.8
24.4
17.3
16.9
āAfrican American
24.3
24.6
26.0
26.5
21.1
āAsian American
22.4
24.1
23.9
23.2
19.7
Gender
āMale
38.4
ā
100
50.6
ā
āFemale
61.6
100
ā
49.4
100
Education
ā<High school
9.9
7.3
12.4
10.9
8.8
āHigh school/GED
17.0
18.9
14.9
16.3
18.0
āSome college/technical school
36.2
33.5
30.2
41.5
40.1
āCollege graduate (or more)
36.9
39.6
42.5
31.3
33.1
Health insurance
āYes
97.1
97.2
97.8
97.0
96.4
āNo
2.9
2.8
2.2
3.0
3.6
Stage (SEER)
āLocalized
45.6
74.4
ā
48.3
62.9
āRegional
21.3
23.9
ā
49.1
14.2
āDistant
6.8
1.5
1.3
1.5
20.6*
āLocalized/regional (prostate only)
ā
ā
95.7
ā
ā
āUnstaged
1.8
0.3
3.1
1.0
2.2
Comorbid medical conditions
āMean (std)
Current symptoms
āMean (std)
*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.