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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by invasive disease status among 20,131 women seen November 2002 to June 2011

From: Most women diagnosed with cervical cancer by a visual screening program in Tanzania completed treatment: evidence from a retrospective cohort study

 

No invasive cervical cancer

Invasive cervical cancer

 
 

N/mean

%/SD

N/mean

%/SD

 

Total

19,151

95.1

980

4.9

 

Occupation

     

   Housewife

9,847

51.4%

755

77.0%

p < 0.0001*

   Manual

727

3.8%

64

6.5%

   Technical

235

1.2%

2

0.2%

   Office going

2,126

11.1%

32

3.3%

   Teaching

1,332

7.0%

11

1.1%

   Professional

1,217

6.4%

3

0.3%

   Business

3,529

18.4%

100

10.2%

   Other

101

0.5%

9

0.9%

   Missing

37

0.2%

4

0.4%

 

Education

     

   None

1,723

9.0%

411

41.9%

p < 0.0001*

   Primary

10,365

54.1%

481

49.1%

   Middle

4,524

23.6%

63

6.4%

   High School

628

3.3%

9

0.9%

   College

1,843

9.6%

9

0.9%

   Missing

68

0.4%

7

0.7%

 

Marital status

     

   Married/regular partner

15,551

81.2%

630

64.3%

p < 0.0001*

   Widowed

1,368

7.1%

207

21.1%

   Separated

1,402

7.3%

131

13.4%

   Other

677

3.5%

6

0.6%

   Missing

153

0.8%

6

0.6%

 

Last menstrual period

     

   <12 months ago

15,962

83.3%

530

54.1%

p < 0.0001*

   >12 months ago

3,060

16.0%

436

44.5%

   Missing

129

0.7%

14

1.4%

 

Age

39.4

10.0

50.5

12.9

p < 0.0001**

   Missing

48

 

3

  

Age at marriage

21.4

4.4

19.0

4.3

p < 0.0001**

   Missing

1,966

 

94

  

Gravidity

3.8

2.7

6.3

3.2

p < 0.0001**

   Missing

731

 

15

  

Year of screening

     

   2002

549

2.9%

10

1.0%

p < 0.0001*

   2003

4,681

24.4%

77

7.9%

   2004

2,465

12.9%

82

8.4%

   2005

1,570

8.2%

81

8.3%

   2006

1,089

5.7%

92

9.4%

   2007

1,610

8.4%

134

13.7%

   2008

1,698

8.9%

144

14.7%

   2009

2,258

11.8%

143

14.6%

   2010

2,363

12.3%

155

15.8%

   2011

866

4.5%

58

5.9%

   Missing

2

0.0%

4

0.4%

 
  1. *Chi-squared test.
  2. **Mann-Whitney U test (t approximation).