Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of deaths caused by prostate cancer according to Ecuadorian region
Region | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | Subcategory | Coastal n (%) | Highlands n (%) | Amazonian n (%) | Total n (%) |
Age | Adolescence (13–20) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (0.02) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (0.02) |
Young adult (21–39) | 8 (0.08) | 10 (0.09) | 0 (0.00) | 18 (0.17) | |
Adult (40–64) | 499 (4.69) | 347 (3.26) | 16 (0.15) | 862 (8.10) | |
Elderly (≥ 65) | 4768 (44.81) | 4829 (45.38) | 162 (1.52) | 9759 (91.71) | |
Ethnic self-identification* | Indigenous | 17 (0.19) | 193 (2.13) | 8 (0.09) | 218 (2.41) |
Afro-Ecuadorian / Afro-descendant | 543 (6.01) | 138 (1.53) | 11 (0.12) | 692 (7.65) | |
Mestizos | 3512 (38.85) | 3713 (41.07) | 134 (1.48) | 7359 (81.40) | |
White | 85 (0.94) | 109 (1.21) | 4 (0.04) | 198 (2.19) | |
Others | 27 (0.30) | 10 (0.11) | 2 (0.02) | 39 (0.43) | |
No information | 304 (3.36) | 223 (2.47) | 8 (0.09) | 535 (5.92) | |
Educational Attainment | Illiterate | 1308 (9.79) | 927 (6.94) | 45 (0.34) | 2280 (17.07) |
Literacy center | 147 (1.10) | 106 (0.79) | 8 (0.06) | 261 (1.95) | |
Primary school | 3408 (25.52) | 3531 (26.44) | 147 (1.10) | 7086 (53.05) | |
High school | 820 (6.14) | 891 (6.67) | 14 (0.10) | 1725 (12.92) | |
Bachelor’s Degree | 364 (2.73) | 614 (4.60) | 8 (0.06) | 986 (7.38) | |
Graduate or professional degree | 9 (0.07) | 31 (0.23) | 1 (0.01) | 41 (0.31) | |
No information | 593 (4.44) | 374 (2.80) | 10 (0.07) | 977 (7.32) | |
Marital status | Single | 1881 (14.53) | 486 (3.75) | 26 (0.20) | 2393 (18.48) |
Common-law | 517 (3.99) | 79 (0.61) | 6 (0.05) | 602 (4.65) | |
Married | 2906 (22.45) | 3811 (29.44) | 129 (1.00) | 6846 (52.88) | |
Divorced | 157 (1.21) | 241 (1.86) | 9 (0.07) | 407 (3.14) | |
Separated | 27 (0.21) | 9 (0.07) | 0 (0.00) | 36 (0.28) | |
Widower | 930 (7.18) | 1617 (12.49) | 51 (0.39) | 2598 (20.07) | |
No information | 47 (0.36) | 18 (0.14) | 0 (0.00) | 65 (0.50) | |
Death area (Place of residence) | Urban | 5474 (44.02) | 4621 (37.16) | 177 (1.42) | 10,272 (82.61) |
Rural | 703 (5.65) | 1400 (11.26) | 37 (0.30) | 2140 (17.21) | |
Indeterminate | 4 (0.03) | 17 (0.14) | 2 (0.02) | 23 (0.18) | |
Place where death was occurred | Establishments of the Ministry of Health | 417 (3.11) | 435 (3.25) | 49 (0.37) | 901 (6.72) |
Establishments of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security | 452 (3.37) | 589 (4.39) | 17 (0.13) | 1058 (7.89) | |
Charity board Establishments | 49 (0.37) | 20 (0.15) | 0 (0.00) | 69 (0.51) | |
Other public establishments | 402 (3.00) | 367 (2.74) | 15 (0.11) | 784 (5.85) | |
Hospital, clinic, or private practice | 1148 (8.57) | 1143 (8.53) | 36 (0.27) | 2327 (17.36) | |
Home | 4197 (31.31) | 3921 (29.25) | 115 (0.86) | 8233 (61.43) | |
Others | 11 (0.08) | 19 (0.14) | 1 (0.01) | 31 (0.23) | |