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Table 1 Socio-economic characteristics of cancer patients in Morocco

From: The evolution of the socio-cultural and religious characteristics of cancer patients in Morocco: case of the National Institute of Oncology Rabat

Year

2010 (1600 cases)

2020 (1102 cases)

Variable

 

Number of cases %

Number of cases %

Sex

 Man (male)

685 (42,80%)

242 (22,00%)

 Woman (female)

915 (57,20%)

860 (78,00%)

Marital Status

 Single

400 (25,00%)

122 (11,10%)

 Married

832 (52,00%)

813 (73,80%)

 Divorced

272 (17,00%)

093 (08,30%)

 Widowed

096 (06,00%)

075 (06,80%)

Ethnic Group

 Arab

1200 (75,00%)

902 (81,9%)

 Amazigh

400 (25,00%)

200 (18,1%)

Spoken Langauge

 Arabic

1120 (75,00%)

1018 (92,4%)

 Amazigh

480 (25,00%)

0082 (7,40%)

 Frensh or English

000 (00,00%)

0002 (0,20%)

Level of education

 Illiterate

608 (38,00%)

472 (42,80%)

 Qurranic

560 (35,00%)

195 (17,70%)

 Primary

320 (20,00%)

232 (21,10%)

 Secondary

048 (03,00%)

155 (14,10%)

 University

064 (04,00%)

048 (04,30%)

Social Security

 No insurance

1328 (83,00%)

724 (66,20%)

 With Inssurance

192 (12,00%)

354 (32,10%)

 Paid

080 (05,00%)

019 (01,70%)

Patient’s income

 No income

0224 (14,00%)

643 (58,30%)

 Les than 270 $

1216 (76,00%)

317 (28,70%)

 270 $ and more

0160 (10,00%)

142 (13,00%)

Provenance

 region of Rabat

0320 (20,00%)

347 (31,50%)

 other region

1280 (80,00%)

755 (68,50%)

Place of residence

 Urbain

0400 (25,00%)

784 (71,10%)

 Rural

1200 (75,00%)

318 (28,90%)

Family support

 Yes

Not known

857 (77,80%)

 `Non

Not known

245 (22,20%)