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Table 3 Weighted prevalence estimates of participant characteristics by reporting a specific cancer symptom within the preceding 12 months

From: Associations between reporting of cancer alarm symptoms and socioeconomic and demographic determinants: a population-based, cross-sectional study

  

Weighted prevalences

Felt a lump in the breast yes, n = 411

Coughed for more than six weeks yes, n = 940

Seen blood in urine yes, n = 307

Seen blood on stools yes, n = 713

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

Sex

Men

66

13.4 (10.2 to 16.6)

412

43.1 (39.8 to 46.4)

149

42.7 (40.0 to 48.5)

402

54.4 (50.9 to 58.0)

 

Women

345

86.6 (83.4 to 89.8)

528

56.8 (53.6 to 60.2)

158

57.3 (51.5 to 63.0)

311

45.6 (42.0 to 49.1)

Age, years

20-39

46

36.5 (32.0 to 41.1)

60

23.7 (20.9 to26.6)

21

25.1 (20.0 to 30.1)

88

39.1 (35.7 to 42.6)

 

40-59

259

45.1 (40.4 to 49.8)

441

38.2 (35.0 to 41.5)

120

31.4 (26.0 to 36.8)

407

39.6 (36.2 to 43.1)

 

60-79

89

15.4 (12.0 to 18.8)

399

34.6 (31.4 to 37.8)

142

37.2 (31.5 to 42.8)

196

19.1 (16.3 to 21.9)

 

80-99

17

2.9 (1.3 to 4.5)

40

3.5 (2.2 to 4.7)

24

6.3 (3.4 to 9.1)

22

2.1 (1.1 to 3.2)

Educational level

Low

120

25.5 (21.4 to 29.7)

329

34.2 (31.0 to 37.4)

93

27.3 (22.0 to 32.6)

186

22.2 (19.2 to 25.2)

 

Medium

152

40.5 (35.8 to 45.2)

381

42.7 (39.3 to 46.0)

133

49.9 (43.8 to 55.8)

290

42.6 (39.1 to 46.2)

 

High

132

34.0 (29.5 to 38.5)

202

23.2 (20.3 to 26.0)

70

22.9 (17.9 to 27.9)

225

35.2 (31.8 to 38.6)

Income level

Low

86

26.1 (21.9 to 30.2)

261

28.2 (25.2 to 31.2)

87

32.1 (26.7 to 37.6)

148

26.2 (23.1 to 29.4)

 

Medium

226

53.6 (48.9. to 58.3)

480

52.4 (49.1 to 55.8)

152

47.3 (41.4 to 53.1)

357

49.7 (46.1 to 53.3)

 

High

99

20.3 (16.5 to 24.1)

199

19.4 (16.8 to 22.1)

68

20.6 (15.9 to 25.3)

208

24.1 (21.0 to 27.1)

Labour market affiliation

Working

283

76.0 (72.0 to 80.1)

481

60.0 (56.7 to 63.3)

157

60.6 (54.8 to 66.3)

472

74.6 (71.4 to 77.7)

Pensioners

69

12.2 (9.0 to15.3)

289

25.7 (22.8 to 28.7)

119

31.6 (26.1 to 37.0)

137

13.7 (11.3 to 16.2)

 

Out of workforce

49

11.8 (8.7 to 14.8)

142

14.2 (11.9 to 16.6)

26

7.8 (4.7 to 11.0)

88

11.7 (9.4 to 14.0)

Cohabitation status

Single

121

30.3 (26.0 to 34.6)

302

32.7 (29.5 to 35.8)

102

37.9 (32.2 to 43.6)

190

25.8 (22.7 to 28.9)

 

Cohabitant / married

290

69.7 (65.4 to 74.0)

638

67.3 (64.2 to 70.4)

205

62.1 (56.4 to 67.8)

523

74.2 (71.1 to 77.3)

Cancer diagnosis

No

331

85.5 (82.1 to 88.8)

842

91.5 (89.6 to 93.4)

257

85.0 (80.9 to 89.2)

632

91.1 (89.0 to 93.1)

 

Yes

80

14.5 (11.2 to 17.9)

98

8.5 (6.6 to 10.4)

50

15.0 (10.8 to 19.1)

81

8.9 (6.9 to 11.0)