Characteristics of long-term cancer survivors and comparison subjects
Characteristic | Noncancer comparisons, % (n = 5,808) | Long-term cancer survivors, % (n = 968) | P* | |||
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Age, y | 1.000† | |||||
18-34 | 10.4 | 10.4 | ||||
35-49 | 22.4 | 22.4 | ||||
50-64 | 28.9 | 28.9 | ||||
≥65 | 38.2 | 38.2 | ||||
Sex | 1.000† | |||||
Males | 31.7 | 31.7 | ||||
Females | 68.3 | 68.3 | ||||
Social marital status | 0.807 | |||||
Married | 55.3 | 54.9 | ||||
Not married | 44.7 | 45.1 | ||||
Highest education level | 0.932‡ | |||||
Tertiary qualification | 21.7 | 21.3 | ||||
Year 11/12 | 19.1 | 19.0 | ||||
Year 10 or below | 56.9 | 57.5 | ||||
Not stated | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||||
Employment status | 0.434 | |||||
Employed full time | 27.0 | 24.8 | ||||
Employed part time | 15.3 | 16.7 | ||||
Unemployed | 2.1 | 2.0 | ||||
Not in labor force | 55.7 | 56.5 | ||||
Weekly household income | 0.085‡ | |||||
$0−199 | 6.9 | 6.9 | ||||
$200-399 | 29.8 | 30.1 | ||||
$400−799 | 19.6 | 23.2 | ||||
$800-1,199 | 11.9 | 9.5 | ||||
$1,200−1,799 | 9.0 | 8.5 | ||||
$≥1,800 | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||||
Not stated | 17.2 | 16.2 | ||||
Private health insurance | 0.163‡ | |||||
Yes | 50.6 | 53.1 | ||||
No | 49.3 | 46.8 | ||||
Unknown | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
Locality | 0.156 | |||||
Major city | 65.1 | 61.9 | ||||
Inner regional | 22.3 | 24.1 | ||||
Other | 12.7 | 14.1 | ||||
Long-term comorbidities by major disease grouping | ||||||
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.002 | |||
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 17.2 | 19.2 | 0.128 | |||
Mental and behavioral problems | 10.5 | 13.2 | 0.013 | |||
Diseases of the circulatory system | 35.6 | 38.7 | 0.064 | |||
Diseases of the respiratory system | 33.4 | 39.2 | 0.001 | |||
Diseases of the digestive system | 11.5 | 16.1 | <0.001 | |||
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 51.5 | 58.6 | <0.001 | |||
No. selected long-term comorbid disease groups | <0.001 | |||||
None | 20.5 | 13.5 | ||||
One or two | 56.2 | 56.2 | ||||
Three or more | 23.3 | 30.3 |