Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women who died from cervical cancer and cases with complete data
From: The role of socio-demographic factors in premature cervical cancer mortality in Colombia
|  | Women 20–49 years | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic characteristics | Total cervical cancer mortality (n = 5093) | Cervical cancer mortality with complete data (n = 4247) | ||
| Â | n | (%)a | n | (%)a |
Educational level | ||||
 No education | 346 | (6.8) | 334 | (7.9) |
 Primary | 2194 | (43.1) | 2136 | (50.3) |
 Secondary | 1506 | (29.6) | 1486 | (35.0) |
 Higher | 294 | (5.8) | 291 | (6.9) |
 Missing information | 753 | (14.8) | – | – |
Type of health insurance | ||||
 Non-affiliated | 620 | (12.2) | 497 | (11.7) |
 Subsidised | 2863 | (56.2) | 2359 | (55.5) |
 Special | 86 | (1.7) | 77 | (1.8) |
 Contributory | 1435 | (28.2) | 1314 | (30.9) |
 Missing information | 89 | (1.7) | – | – |
Urban or rural residence | ||||
 Rural | 829 | (16.3) | 687 | (16.2) |
 Urban | 4204 | (82.5) | 3560 | (83.8) |
 Missing information | 60 | (1.2) | – | – |
Region of residence | ||||
 Atlantic | 1053 | (20.7) | 831 | (19.6) |
 Central | 1353 | (26.6) | 1164 | (27.4) |
 Pacific | 959 | (18.8) | 826 | (19.4) |
 Amazon-OrinoquÃa | 167 | (3.3) | 130 | (3.1) |
 Eastern | 1553 | (30.5) | 1296 | (30.5) |
 Missing information | 8 | (0.2) | – | – |
Age groups | ||||
 20–24 years | 64 | (1.3) | 56 | (1.3) |
 25–29 years | 273 | (5.4) | 227 | (5.3) |
 30–34 years | 630 | (12.4) | 541 | (12.7) |
 35–39 years | 1040 | (20.4) | 872 | (20.5) |
 40–44 years | 1391 | (27.3) | 1154 | (27.2) |
 45–49 years | 1695 | (33.3) | 1397 | (32.9) |