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Table 2 Proportion of respondents experiencing alarm symptoms of colorectal cancer and proportion having experienced symptoms for one month or longer (95% confidence interval (CI)) among men and women aged 50–74 years (N = 5488)

From: Prevalence of self-reported abdominal symptoms among 50–74-years-old men and women eligible for colorectal cancer screening –a cross-sectional study

 

Total

% (95 CI)

Women

% (95 CI)

Men

% (95 CI)

N = 5488

50-64y

n = 1557

65-74y

n = 1239

All

n = 2786

50-64y

n = 1398

65-74y

n = 1304

All

n = 2702

Abdominal paina

12.0 (11.1;12.8)

17.2 (15.3;19.2)

13.4 (11.5;15.4)

15.5 (14.2;16.9)

9.5 (8.0)

7.0 (5.7;8.5)

8.3 (7.3;9.4)

 One month or longer

78.5 (75.1;81.6)

80.5 (75.2;85.0)

75.8 (68.5;82.1)

78.7 (74.5;82.4)

76.7 (68.6;83.6)

80.2 (70.6;87.8)

78.1 (72.1;83.4)

 Seen doctor

63.2 (58.9;67.4)

N/A

N/A

63.4 (58.0;68.6)

N/A

N/A

62.9 (55.2;70.0)

Mucus in stoola

1.7 (1.4;2.1)

2.3 (1.6;3.2)

1.5 (0.9;2.4)

2.0 (1.5;2.6)

1.3 (0.8;2.0)

1.8 (1.1;2.6)

1.5 (1.1;2.1)

 One month or longer

79.2 (69.7;86.8)

77.8 (60.8;89.9)

63.2 (38.4;83.7)

72.7 (59.0;83.9)

94.4 (72.7;99.9)

82.6 (61.2;95.0)

87.8 (73.8;95.9)

 Seen doctor

67.1 (55.4;77.5)

N/A

N/A

65.0 (48.3;79.4)

N/A

N/A

69.4 (51.9;83.7)

Fresh blood in stoola

0.7 (0.5;1.0)

1.1 (0.6:1.8)

0.4 (0.1;0.9)

0.8 (0.5;1.2)

0.7 (0.3)

0.5 (1.3)

0.6 (0.4;1.0)

 One month or longer

82.1 (66.5;92.5)

82.4 (56.6;96.2)

100 (N/A)

86.4 (65.1;97.1)

80.0 (44.4;97.5)

71.4 (29.0;96.3)

76.5 (50.1;93.2)

 Seen doctor

65.6 (46.8;81.4)

N/A

N/A

63.2 (38.4;83.7)

N/A

N/A

69.2 (38.6;90.9)

Very dark/black stoola

2.0 (1.6;2.4)

2.1 (1.4;2.9)

2.1 (1.4;3.1)

2.1 (1.6;2.7)

1.8 (1.2;2.6)

2.0 (1.3;2.9)

1.9 (1.4;2.5)

 One month or longer

67.0 (57.3;75.7)

56.3 (37.7;73.6)

69.2 (48.2;85.7)

62.1 (48.4;74.5)

68.0 (46.5;85.1)

76.9 (56.4;91.0)

72.5 (58.3;84.1)

 Seen doctor

43.8 (32.2;55.9)

N/A

N/A

41.7 (25.5;59.2)

N/A

N/A

45.9 (29.5;63.1)

 Unexplained weight lossb

1.6 (1.3;1.9)

1.1 (0.6;1.8)

1.5 (0.9;2.3)

1.3 (0.9;1.7)

2.0 (1.3)

1.8 (1.1;2.6)

1.9 (1.4;2.5)

 Unexplained tirednessc

13.1 (12.2;14.0)

15.6 (13.9;17.6)

10.0 (8.4;11.8)

13.1 (11.9;14.4)

15.4 (13.5;17.4)

10.4 (8.8;12.1)

13.0 (11.7;14.3)

 At least one abdominal symptom and weight loss

0.6 (0.4;0.9)

0.6 (0.3;1.9)

0.7 (0.3;1.4)

0.7 (0.4;1.1)

0.6 (0.3;1.2)

0.5 (0.2;1.0)

0.6 (0.3;0.9)

 At least one abdominal symptom and tiredness

5.0 (4.4;5.6)

6.5 (5.3;7.8)

5.0 (3.9;6.4)

5.8 (5.0;6.7)

4.7 (3.7;6.0)

3.4 (2.5;4.5)

4.1 (3.4;4.9)

  1. aProportion experiencing this symptom at least once a week
  2. bProportion reporting some or a lot unexplained weight loss during the last months
  3. cProportion reporting some or a lot unexplained tiredness within the last four weeks
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