Variables | Male (N = 45) | Female (N = 179) | Total (N = 224) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age | ||||||
  < 60 yrs | 34 | 15.2 | 146 | 65.2 | 180 | 80.4 |
  ≥ 60 yrs | 11 | 4.9 | 33 | 14.7 | 44 | 19.6 |
BMI | ||||||
  < 23 kg/m2 | 11 | 5.4 | 105 | 51.7 | 116 | 57.1 |
  ≥ 23 kg/m2 | 24 | 11.8 | 63 | 31 | 87 | 42.9 |
Material status | ||||||
 Married | 44 | 19.7 | 148 | 66.4 | 912 | 86.1 |
 Single | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.0 | 9 | 4.0 |
 Widowed | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.6 | 8 | 3.6 |
 Divorced | 1 | 0.4 | 13 | 5.8 | 14 | 6.3 |
Average monthly household income status | ||||||
  ≤ $1000 | 1 | 0.5 | 21 | 9.6 | 22 | 10.1 |
 $1001–$3000 | 15 | 6.9 | 53 | 24.3 | 68 | 31.2 |
 $3001–$5000 | 14 | 6.4 | 61 | 28 | 75 | 34.4 |
  ≥ $5001 | 15 | 6.9 | 38 | 17.4 | 53 | 24.3 |
Education | ||||||
 Middle school graduate or less | 5 | 2.2 | 35 | 15.7 | 40 | 17.9 |
 High school gradate | 18 | 8.1 | 75 | 33.6 | 93 | 41.5 |
 University/college | 14 | 6.3 | 53 | 23.8 | 67 | 30 |
 Higher degree than university/college | 8 | 3.6 | 15 | 6.7 | 23 | 10.3 |
Occupation | ||||||
 Professional/business | 13 | 5.8 | 11 | 4.9 | 24 | 10.8 |
 Office | 3 | 1.3 | 10 | 4.5 | 13 | 5.8 |
 Sale/Technical | 3 | 1.3 | 8 | 3.6 | 11 | 4.9 |
 Production/Labor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 |
 Service | 4 | 1.8 | 11 | 4.9 | 15 | 6.7 |
 Self employed | 8 | 3.6 | 19 | 8.5 | 27 | 12.1 |
 Education/government | 3 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.9 | 5 | 2.2 |
 Housewife | 0 | 0 | 91 | 40.8 | 91 | 40.8 |
 Unemployed | 9 | 4.0 | 18 | 8.1 | 27 | 12.1 |
 Other | 2 | 0.9 | 6 | 2.7 | 8 | 3.6 |
Types of cancer | ||||||
 Breast cancer | 0 | 0 | 151 | 67.4 | 151 | 67.4 |
 Colorectal cancer | 45 | 20.1 | 28 | 12.5 | 73 | 32.6 |
Stages of caner | ||||||
 Stage 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.4 | 3 | 1.4 |
 Stage I | 16 | 7.7 | 75 | 36.2 | 91 | 44.0 |
 Stage II | 9 | 4.3 | 58 | 28 | 67 | 32.4 |
 Stage III | 14 | 6.8 | 26 | 12.6 | 40 | 10.3 |
 Stage IV | 3 | 1.4 | 3 | 1.4 | 6 | 2.9 |
Time since surgery | ||||||
  < 2 yrs | 26 | 12.0 | 86 | 39.8 | 112 | 51.9 |
  ≥ 2 yrs | 19 | 8.8 | 85 | 39.4 | 104 | 48.1 |