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Table 4 Profiles of patients with excessive patient delay pre- and post-disaster

From: Breast cancer patient delay in Fukushima, Japan following the 2011 triple disaster: a long-term retrospective study

Patient

Age

First presentation

Patient interval

Residential areaa

Full-time job

Cohabitant children

Pre-disaster

 1

(50–65]

Apr.-Jun. 2007

120 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

Yes

No

 2

(65-

Apr.-Jun. 2008

48 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 3

(50–65]

Sep.-Nov. 2008

18 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 4

(65-

Dec. 2008-Feb. 2009

120 months

Non-evacuation zone

No

Yes

 5

−50]

Sep.-Nov. 2009

36 months

Mandatory evacuation zone

Yes

Yes

Post-disaster

 1

(50–65]

Dec. 2011-Feb. 2012

24 months

Non-evacuation zone

No

Yes

 2

(65-

Jun.-Aug. 2012

18 months

Non-evacuation zone

No

No

 3

(50–65]

Sep.-Nov. 2012

17 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

Yes

No

 4

(65-

Sep.-Nov. 2012

12 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 5

−50]

Dec. 2012-Feb. 2013

12 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 6

(65-

Dec. 2012-Feb. 2013

25 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

Yes

No

 7

(65-

Mar.-May 2013

24 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 8

(65-

Mar.-May 2014

12 months

Non-evacuation zone

No

No

 9

−50]

Jun.-Aug. 2014

13 months

Non-evacuation zone

Yes

Yes

 10

(65-

Sep.-Nov. 2014

24 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 11

(65-

Sep.-Nov. 2014

84 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

Yes

 12

−50]

Sep.-Nov. 2014

24 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 13

(65-

Dec. 2014-Feb. 2015

24 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 14

(50–65]

Jun.-Aug. 2015

24 months

Mandatory evacuation zone

No

No

 15

(65-

Sep.-Nov. 2015

24 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 16

(65-

Sep.-Nov. 2015

120 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

No

No

 17

(50–65]

Sep.-Nov. 2015

13 months

Mandatory evacuation zone

No

Yes

 18

(50–65]

Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016

12 months

Voluntary evacuation zone

Yes

No

  1. aFor pre-disaster patients, this indicates place of residence at the time of first medical consultation, and for post-disaster patients, indicates place of residence at the time of Japan’s triple disaster