Table 1 Demographic details for patients with breast, prostate and colorectal cancer
Demographic variable | Cancer type | Total N = 150 (%) | Pearson’s Chi-square p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breast | Prostate | Colorectal | |||
Sex | |||||
 Female | 88 | 0 | 14 | 102 (68.0) | <0.001* |
 Male | 0 | 36 | 11 | 47 (31.3) |  |
Age | |||||
 18–29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 0.020* |
 30–39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 (8.0) |  |
 40–49 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 25 (16.7) |  |
 50–59 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 42 (28.0) |  |
 60–69 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 47 (31.3) |  |
  > 70 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 23 (15.3) |  |
Ethnicity | |||||
 African | 44 | 20 | 14 | 78 (52.0) |  |
 Indian | 27 | 9 | 8 | 44 (29.3) |  |
 Mixed | 16 | 6 | 4 | 26 (17.3) | 0.814 |
 Other | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1.3) |  |
Highest education | |||||
 None | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (1.3) | 0.632 |
 At least Primary school | 25 | 10 | 8 | 43 (28.7) |  |
 At least Secondary school | 34 | 17 | 9 | 60 (40.0) |  |
 University | 24 | 7 | 5 | 36 (24.0) |  |
 Postgraduate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1.3) |  |
 Other | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 (5.3) |  |
Stage | |||||
 Do not know | 24 | 12 | 9 | 45 (30.0) | 0.079 |
 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 (8.0) |  |
 2 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 37 (24.7) |  |
 3 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 25 (16.7) |  |
 4 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 30 (20.0) |  |
 Remission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7) |  |
Monthly income (US$) | |||||
  < 1000 | 43 | 24 | 14 | 71 (54.0) | 0.210 |
 1001–2000 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 (12.7) |  |
  > 2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.7) |  |
 Non response | 35 | 6 | 8 | 49 (32.7) |  |