Disparities in the first-ever diagnosed liver cancers between the emergency department and outpatient department in Taiwan: a population-based study

Table 2 The association between the stages of first-ever diagnosed liver cancer and the related variables

Variables	Stage 0		Stage A		Stage B		Stage C		Stage D		P-value^a
Variables	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	P-value^a
Total	216	7.50	1191	41.34	724	25.13	652	22.63	98	3.40
Location of diagnosis											< 0.001
Outpatient department	212	7.84	1150	42.53	673	24.89	587	21.71	82	3.03
Emergency department	4	2.26	41	23.16	51	28.81	65	36.72	16	9.04
Personal characteristics
Sex											< 0.001
Male	137	6.71	805	39.44	559	27.39	474	23.22	66	3.23
Female	79	9.40	386	45.95	165	19.64	178	21.19	32	3.81
Age (Year)											< 0.001
40–54	44	8.04	209	38.21	117	21.39	158	28.88	19	3.47
55–64	67	7.51	409	45.85	199	22.31	196	21.97	21	2.35
65–74	68	7.81	366	42.02	243	27.90	169	19.40	25	2.87
≥75	37	6.48	207	36.25	165	28.90	129	22.59	33	5.78
Marital status											< 0.001
Unmarried	10	6.45	55	35.48	28	18.06	52	33.55	10	6.45
Married	188	7.98	984	41.77	605	25.68	512	21.73	67	2.84
Divorced	5	3.47	67	46.53	29	20.14	37	25.69	6	4.17
Widowed	13	5.75	85	37.61	62	27.43	51	22.57	15	6.64
Socioeconomic status
Monthly salaries (NT$ ^b )											< 0.001
≤22,800	70	3.91	595	33.22	492	27.47	542	30.26	92	5.14
22,801 − 28,800	86	13.03	346	52.42	164	24.85	61	9.24	3	0.45
≥28,801	60	13.95	250	58.14	68	15.81	49	11.40	3	0.70

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