From: Female breast cancer incidence and survival in Utah according to religious preference, 1985–1999
Religiously Active LDS | Religiously Less Active LDS | Non-LDS | χ2 P value | ||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Age at Diagnosis | |||||||
00–34 | 119 | 2.3 | 55 | 4.1 | 91 | 3.1 | |
35–44 | 463 | 9.1 | 165 | 12.3 | 465 | 15.6 | |
45–54 | 962 | 18.8 | 250 | 18.6 | 639 | 21.5 | |
55–64 | 1167 | 22.9 | 312 | 23.2 | 674 | 22.6 | |
65–74 | 1299 | 25.5 | 351 | 26.1 | 668 | 22.4 | 149.7 |
75+ | 1093 | 21.4 | 211 | 15.7 | 441 | 14.8 | <.0001 |
Marital Status at Diagnosis | |||||||
Never Married | 123 | 2.3 | 110 | 8.0 | 217 | 7.2 | |
Married (cohabitating) | 3044 | 58.2 | 626 | 45.7 | 1944 | 64.4 | |
Previously Married | 2067 | 39.5 | 633 | 46.2 | 810 | 26.9 | 414.9 |
Unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 1.5 | <.0001 |
Breast Cancer Primaries | |||||||
Single | 4742 | 90.6 | 1200 | 87.7 | 2735 | 90.7 | 11.8 |
First of Multiple | 492 | 9.4 | 169 | 12.3 | 281 | 9.3 | .0028 |
Summary Stage (Pathological) | |||||||
Localized | 3208 | 61.3 | 839 | 61.3 | 1859 | 61.6 | |
Regional | 1756 | 33.5 | 443 | 32.4 | 982 | 32.6 | |
Distant | 166 | 3.2 | 54 | 3.9 | 106 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
Unknown | 104 | 2.0 | 33 | 2.4 | 69 | 2.3 | .6340 |
Histological Grade | |||||||
Low (well-differentiated) | 576 | 11.0 | 152 | 11.1 | 336 | 11.1 | |
Medium (moderately diff.) | 1796 | 34.3 | 463 | 33.8 | 1076 | 35.7 | |
High (poorly diff./undiff.) | 1272 | 24.3 | 357 | 26.1 | 796 | 26.4 | 13.7 |
Unknown | 1590 | 30.4 | 397 | 29.0 | 808 | 26.8 | .0337 |
Radiation Therapy | |||||||
No | 3504 | 67.0 | 896 | 65.5 | 1961 | 65.0 | 3.5 |
Yes | 1730 | 33.0 | 473 | 34.5 | 1055 | 35.0 | .1736 |
Surgery | |||||||
Conservative Management | 1835 | 35.1 | 508 | 37.1 | 1144 | 37.9 | |
Mastectomy | 3368 | 64.3 | 856 | 62.5 | 1858 | 61.6 | 8.4 |
Other Surgery | 31 | 0.6 | 5 | 0.4 | 14 | 0.5 | .0775 |
Year of Diagnosis | |||||||
1985–88 | 1139 | 21.8 | 306 | 22.4 | 693 | 23.0 | |
1989–92 | 1282 | 24.5 | 374 | 27.3 | 732 | 24.3 | |
1993–96 | 1525 | 29.1 | 371 | 27.1 | 855 | 28.3 | 7.8 |
1997–99 | 1288 | 24.6 | 318 | 23.2 | 736 | 24.4 | .2498 |