The Danish cancer pathway for patients with serious non-specific symptoms and signs of cancer–a cross-sectional study of patient characteristics and cancer probability

Table 1 Characteristics of patients referred from participating GPs and from all included referrals

Variable		Referrals from participating GPs		All referrals including non-responders
Variable		n = 1278		n = 1732
		n	%	N	%
Hospital
	Silkeborg	705	55.2	927	53.5
	Aarhus	573	44.8	805	46.5
Sex
	Female	671	52.5	821	52.6
	Male	607	47.5	911	47.7
Age
	Mean	65.9 years		66.1
	(Range, SD)	(18–98, 14.7)		(18–98, 14.7)
Age groups
	18-39 years	70	5.5	90	6.2
	40-54 years	179	14.0	234	16.1
	55-69 years	441	34.5	481	33.0
	70-79 years	345	27.0	368	25.3
	≥80 years	243	19.0	282	19.4
Cancer:
	Yes	207	16.2	277	16.0
	No	1071	83.8	1455	84.0
*Chronic diseases at referral:**
	Hypertension	355	27.8	-	-
	Chronic lung disease	216	16.9	-	-
	Diabetes	153	12.0	-	-
	Ischaemic heart disease	142	11.1	-	-
	Chronic joint or rheumatic disease	134	10.5	-	-
	Light to medium mental disorder	125	9.8	-	-
	Osteoporosis	79	6.2	-	-
	Apoplexy	69	5.4	-	-
	Moderate to severe mental disorder	67	5.2	-	-

*Data based on returned questionnaires and therefore exclusively on participating GPs

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