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Table 1 Characteristics of cervical cancer cases, n (%)

From: Does comorbidity explain the ethnic inequalities in cervical cancer survival in New Zealand? A retrospective cohort study

  

Elixhauser co-morbidities

 

Total

0

1

2

3+

Total

2,323 (100)

1,960 (84.4)

223 (9.6)

63 (2.7)

77 (3.3)

FIGO stage

     

0 to IB2

1,155 (49.7)

1,067 (92.4)

63 (5.5)

13 (1.1)

12 (1.0)*

II to IIB

262 (11.3)

207 (79.0)

32 (12.2)

11 (4.2)

12 (4.6)

III to IIIB

232 (10.0)

169 (72.8)

41 (17.7)

16 (6.9)

6 (2.6)

IVA to IVB

53 (2.3)

33 (62.3)

11 (20.8)

3 (5.7)

6 (11.3)

Missing

621 (26.7)

484 (77.9)

76 (12.2)

20 (3.2)

41 (6.6)

Ethnicity

     

Other

1,674 (72.1)

1,444 (86.3)

141 (8.4)

41 (2.5)

48 (2.9)*

Māori

416 (17.9)

334 (80.3)

50 (12.0)

15 (3.6)

17 (4.1)

Pacific

105 (4.5)

71 (67.6)

21 (20.0)

3 (2.9)

10 (9.5)

Asian

128 (5.5)

111 (86.7)

11 (8.6)

4 (3.1)

2 (1.6)

NZDep2001, quintiles

     

1 (Least deprived)

298 (12.8)

277 (93.0)

14 (4.7)

3 (1.0)

4 (1.3)**

2

333 (14.3)

283 (85.0)

33 (9.9)

8 (2.4)

9 (2.7)

3

416 (17.9)

350 (84.1)

37 (8.9)

12 (2.9)

17 (4.1)

4

526 (22.6)

432 (82.1)

56 (10.7)

19 (3.6)

19 (3.6)

5 (Most deprived)

623 (26.8)

510 (81.9)

67 (10.8)

21 (3.4)

25 (4.0)

Missing

127 (5.5)

108 (85.0)

16 (12.6)

0

3 (2.4)

Urban/rural residency

     

Main urban

1,640 (70.6)

1,403 (85.6)

141 (8.6)

42 (2.6)

54 (3.3)NS

Secondary urban

361 (15.5)

288 (79.8)

47 (13.0)

13 (3.6)

13 (3.6)

Rural

196 (8.4)

162 (82.7)

19 (9.7)

8 (4.1)

7 (3.6)

Missing

126 (5.4)

107 (84.9)

16 (12.7)

0

3 (2.4)

Year of diagnosis

    

1994-1997

843 (36.3)

714 (84.7)

82 (9.7)

24 (2.9)

23 (2.7)NS

1998-2001

815 (35.1)

689 (84.5)

79 (9.7)

20 (2.5)

27 (3.3)

2002-2005

665 (28.6)

557 (83.8)

62 (9.3)

19 (2.9)

27 (4.1)

  1. p value based on Pearson's chi-squared
  2. * p = 0.0001
  3. ** p = 0.02
  4. NS: Not significant at 95%