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Table 1 Characteristics of AYA survivors by race/ethnicity

From: Racial differences in long-term social, physical, and psychological health among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors

Characteristics

NHW

Weighted proportiona (SE)

AA

Weighted proportiona (SE)

Hispanic

Weighted proportiona (SE)

Asian

Weighted proportiona (SE)

p value

Age at survey, years

48.96 (1.09)

48.12 (2.09)

41.32 (1.47)

43.56 (0.68)

 < 0.01

Gender

    

0.02

 Male

28.5 (0.01)

11.1 (0.01)

14.1 (0.01)

23.6 (0.01)

 

 Female

71.5 (0.01)

88.9 (0.01)

85.9 (0.01)

76.4 (0.01)

 

Age at diagnosis

29.40 (0.41)

29.61 (0.81)

28.57 (0.83)

33.00 (0.37)

 < 0.01

Age at diagnosis categories

 15–25 years

25.6 (0.02)

24.3 (0.01)

31.2 (0.02)

9.2 (0.01)

 

 26–30 years

30.7 (0.02)

33.5 (0.02)

28.9 (0.02)

12.6 (0.01)

 

 31–35 years

25.4 (0.02)

26.2 (0.02)

19.8 (0.01)

39.9 (0.02)

 

 36–39 years

18.3 (0.01)

16.0 (0.01)

20.1 (0.01)

38.3 (0.02)

 

Cancer type

    

 < 0.01

 Gynecologic/Genitourinary

40.2 (0.02)

50.5 (0.02)

61.2 (0.02)

32.3 (0.02)

 

 Skin/Melanoma

34.7 (0.02)

2.4 (0.01)

5.9 (0.01)

0.4 (0.01)

 

 Thyroid

5.8 (0.01)

4.9 (0.01)

5.6 (0.01)

25.2 (0.02)

 

 Hematologic

4.2 (0.01)

10.4 (0.01)

5.2 (0.01)

4.8 (0.01)

 

 Breast

2.7 (0.01)

13.9 (0.01)

7.0 (0.01)

13.0 (0.01)

 

 Colorectal

2.7 (0.01)

3.5 (0.01)

0.0 (0.00)

3.8 (0.01)

 

 Liver

0.8 (0.01)

3.5 (0.01)

0.0 (0.00)

0.6 (0.01)

 

 Lung

0.5 (0.01)

0.0 (0.00)

0.0 (0.00)

0.0 (0.00)

 

 Stomach

0.0 (0.00)

1.9 (0.01)

0.0 (0.00)

7.0 (0.01)

 

 Others

8.4 (0.01)

9.0 (0.01)

15.1 (0.01)

12.9 (0.01)

 

Time since diagnosis, years

19.56 (0.99)

18.51 (1.98)

12.76 (1.18)

10.57 (0.57)

 < 0.01

  1. AA African American, NHW Non-Hispanic White
  2. aDescriptive analysis with proportion, mean, and standard error (SE)