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Table 2 Bivariate associations with awareness that cancer ‘can result from drinking too much alcohol’ (N = 2100)

From: Public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer in England in 2015: a population-based survey

Characteristic

Number

Unprompted cancer awareness

Prompted cancer awareness

  

Cancer mention

No cancer mention

P a

Yes

No/Don’t know

P a

  

%

%

 

%

%

 

Overall

2100

12.9

87.1

-

46.9

53.1

-

Gender

   

0.020

  

0.006

 Male

1030

11.2

88.8

 

43.9

56.1

 

 Female

1070

14.6

85.4

 

49.8

50.2

 

Education

   

0.026

  

<0.001

 No qualifications

315

9.5

90.5

 

33.7

66.3

 

 Below degree

1155

12.5

87.5

 

47.3

52.7

 

 Degree or above

630

15.6

84.4

 

52.9

47.1

 

IMD quintilec

   

0.230

  

0.164

 5 Most deprived

479

12.7

87.3

 

43.0

57.0

 

 4

474

10.1

89.9

 

45.7

54.3

 

 3

426

13.8

86.2

 

48.1

51.9

 

 2

351

15.4

84.6

 

48.9

51.1

 

 1 Least deprived

349

13.5

86.5

 

51.1

48.9

 

Region

   

0.025

  

0.016

 North East

115

25.2

74.8

 

63.5

36.5

 

 North West

320

11.6

88.4

 

45.5

54.5

 

 Yorkshire & The Humber

207

13.0

87.0

 

44.2

55.8

 

 East Midlands

182

10.4

89.6

 

45.1

54.9

 

 West Midlands

218

11.9

88.1

 

42.9

57.1

 

 East of England

186

11.8

88.2

 

44.1

55.9

 

 London

285

12.3

87.7

 

44.8

55.2

 

 South East

378

13.2

86.8

 

50.9

49.1

 

 South West

209

12.4

87.6

 

46.9

53.1

 

Audit C

   

0.276

  

0.118

  < 5

1234

12.2

87.8

 

45.5

54.5

 

 5+

866

13.9

86.1

 

49.0

51.0

 
  

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P b

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P b

Age

2100

47.7 (16.7)

47.9 (16.6)

0.852

46.8 (16.4)

48.8 (16.8)

0.007

  1. aBased on χ2 test
  2. bBased on t-test
  3. cMissing cases (n = 21) are not presented here