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Table 3 Characteristics of a sample of NSW residents, Australia, 2012 (n=1000)

From: Knowledge of the signs and symptoms and risk factors of lung cancer in Australia: mixed methods study

 

Number

Percent

(unweighted)

(weighted)

Sex:

  

 Female

612

54.4

 Male

388

45.6

Age group:

  

 40-64 years

466

67.7

 65 years and older

534

32.3

Index of relative socio-economic disadvantage:

  

 1—3 (least disadvantaged)

529

53.5

 4—5 (most disadvantaged)

470

46.5

Education/income combined into socio-economic status:

  

 Lowest SES

355

39.2

 Intermediate SES

138

18.7

 Highest SES

245

42.1

Location:

  

 Regional

400

40.1

 Metropolitan

600

59.9

Smoking status:

  

 Current smoker

141

11.8

 Former smoker

459

30.5

 Never smoked

400

57.8

Pack years of smoking:

  

 Less than or equal to 10 pack years

157

54.0

 More than 10 pack years

159

46.0

Total years of smoking:

  

 Less than or equal to 20 years

286

48.9

 More than 20 years

309

51.0

Previous experience of cancer:

  

 Self/family/friend with cancer

741

74.5

 No close cancer experience

257

25.5