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Table 1 Baseline information of 273 Tibetan female with primary breast carcinoma

From: Clinicopathological characteristics and health care for Tibetan women with breast cancer: a cross-sectional survey

Baseline information

Total

Age

 Mean ± SD

50.4 ± 10.6 (29,79)

 Median

49.0

Age group

  ≤ 50

155 (56.8)

  > 50

118 (43.2)

Menstrual status

 Premenopause (n,%)

93 (34.1)

 Postmenopausal (n,%)

122 (44.7)

 Unknown (n, %)

58 (21.2)

 Total (n, %)

273 (100.0)

Altitude

  < 4000 m (n, %)

101 (37.0)

  ≥ 4000 m (n, %)

61 (22.3)

 Unknown (n, %)

111 (40.7)

 Total (n, %)

273 (100.0)

Social economic status of area

 High (Lhasa) (n, %)

135 (49.5)

 Low (other area except Lhasa) (n, %)

138 (50.5)

 Total (n, %)

273 (100.0)

Census register

 Urban residents (n, %)

117 (42.8)

 Farmers and herdsmen (n, %)

155 (56.8)

 Unknown (n, %)

1 (0.4)

 Total (n, %)

273 (100.0)

HCS

 Free HCS (n, %)

14 (5.1)

 MI combined with a new rural cooperative HCS (n, %)

183 (67.0)

 A rural and urban integration HCS (n, %)

76 (27.9)

Diagnostic model

 Cytopathology

60 (22.0)

 Histopathology

261 (95.6)

 Cytopathology+Histopathology

48 (17.6)

 Total (n, %)

273 (100.0)

  1. HCS = Health care system; MI = Medical insurance