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Table 4 Awareness that the risk of bladder, brain, or ovarian cancer is not increased by drinking alcohol; perception of whether stomach cancer alcohol-related (N = 2100)

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

 

Number

Bladder

Brain

Ovarian

Stomach

  

No %

Yes/DK %

P a

No %

Yes/DK %

P a

No %

Yes/DK %

 

No %

DK %

Yes %

P a

Overall

2100

15.0

85.0

-

27.2

72.8

-

38.0

62.0

-

13.6

29.3

57.1

 

Gender

   

0.392

  

0.107

  

0.013

   

0.001

 Male

1030

15.6

84.4

 

28.7

71.3

 

35.3

64.7

 

16.3

29.0

54.7

 

 Female

1070

14.3

85.7

 

25.6

74.4

 

40.6

59.4

 

10.9

29.7

59.4

 

Education

   

0.893

  

0.115

  

0.002

   

<0.001

 No qualifications

315

15.9

84.1

 

23.2

76.8

 

29.8

70.2

 

15.2

38.1

46.7

 

 Below degree

1155

14.9

85.1

 

27.0

73.0

 

38.2

61.8

 

14.3

28.1

57.6

 

 Degree or above

630

14.8

85.2

 

29.5

70.5

 

41.7

58.3

 

11.6

27.0

61.4

 

IMD quintiled

   

0.772

  

0.099

  

0.469

   

0.702

 5 Most deprived

479

13.8

86.2

 

27.3

72.7

 

38.2

61.8

 

13.8

28.8

57.4

 

 4

474

16.5

83.5

 

29.7

70.3

 

39.9

60.1

 

15.6

27.2

57.2

 

 3

426

14.8

85.2

 

29.5

70.5

 

39.7

60.3

 

13.4

29.1

57.5

 

 2

351

15.4

84.6

 

25.7

74.3

 

36.0

64.0

 

12.6

32.7

54.7

 

 1 Least deprived

349

13.8

86.2

 

22.0

78.0

 

34.6

65.4

 

11.5

30.1

58.5

 

Region

   

0.179

  

0.643

  

0.259

   

0.056

 North East

115

13.8

86.2

 

21.7

78.3

 

27.8

72.2

 

9.6

25.2

65.2

 

 North West

320

11.9

88.1

 

28.5

71.5

 

37.2

62.8

 

11.6

30.7

57.7

 

 Yorkshire & The Humber

207

15.5

84.5

 

27.9

72.1

 

37.5

62.5

 

11.5

34.1

54.3

 

 East Midlands

182

19.8

80.2

 

28.0

72.0

 

38.5

61.5

 

17.0

23.6

59.3

 

 West Midlands

218

16.5

83.5

 

26.7

73.3

 

41.5

58.5

 

15.6

29.8

54.6

 

 East of England

186

14.0

86.0

 

25.3

74.7

 

34.4

65.6

 

13.4

36.6

50.0

 

 London

285

14.3

85.7

 

25.3

74.7

 

37.9

62.1

 

14.7

30.1

55.2

 

 South East

378

17.8

82.2

 

30.8

69.2

 

42.1

57.9

 

16.4

26.8

56.8

 

 South West

209

11.0

89.0

 

24.9

75.1

 

36.8

63.2

 

9.1

26.4

64.4

 

Audit C

   

0.054

  

0.001

  

0.048

   

0.010

  < 5

1234

13.7

86.3

 

24.6

75.4

 

36.2

63.8

 

12.1

31.3

56.6

 

 5+

866

16.7

83.3

 

30.8

69.2

 

40.5

59.5

 

15.8

26.5

57.7

 
  

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P b

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P b

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P b

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

P c

Age

2100

46.4 (16.8)

48.1 (16.6)

0.094

46.1 (16.4)

48.5 (16.7)

0.004

45.9 (16.9)

49.0 (16.4)

<0.001

47.1 (16.7)

49.5 (16.2)

47.2 (16.8)

0.014

  1. DK Don’t know
  2. aBased on χ2 test
  3. bBased on t-test
  4. cBased on one-way ANOVA
  5. dMissing cases (n = 21) are not presented here