Recognition of Depression and Anxiety among Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of the colorectal cancer and noncancer samples.

Demographic Variable	Cancer Sample (𝑁 = 56,182)		Noncancer Sample (𝑁 = 265,382)
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Age
Young-old (65–74)	23,974	42.7	112,702	42.5
Mid-old (75–84)	23,051	41	105,027	39.6
Old-old (≥85)	9,157	16.3	47,653	17.9
Gender
Male	26,165	46.6	98,061	37
Female	30,017	53.4	167,321	63
Race
White	47,567	84.7	219,821	82.8
African American	4,311	7.7	19,554	7.4
Hispanic	747	1.3	6,252	2.4
Asian	1,630	2.9	7,877	3
North American Native	68	0.1	767	0.3
Others	1,652	2.9	9,869	3.7
Unknown	207	0.4	1,242	0.5
Cancer Stage
Stage 0	4,718	8.4
Stage I	15,048	26.8
Stage II	16,173	28.8
Stage III	12,042	21.4
Stage IV	5,490	9.8
Unknown	2,711	4.8
Year of Cancer Diagnosis or Medicare Enrollment of Noncancer Sample
1998	7308	13	142,696	18.2
1999	7046	12.5	150,447	19.2
2000	13811	24.6	155,383	19.8
2001	13819	24.6	162,300	20.7
2002	14198	25.3	174,372	22.2