Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of colposcopy in the diagnosis of histologic cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2+ (CIN2+)

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women who underwent colposcopy at JDWNRH^a (n = 299)

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Age in years (mean ± SD)/Range	(43.23 ± 11.01)/25–76
25–30	50	16.72
31–40	77	25.75
41–50	91	30.77
51–76	80	26.76
Residence
Thimphu	188	62.88
Outside Thimphu	111	37.12
Marital status
Married	264	88.29
Divorced/widow/unmarried	35	11.71
Educational status
No education	150	50.17
Educated	149	49.83
Occupation
House wife	157	52.51
Civil servant	40	13.38
Private office	21	7.02
Businesswoman	35	11.71
Farmer	35	11.71
Others (nuns, dependent)	11	3.68
Monthly income (in Ngultrum^b)
< =10,000	84	28.09
11,000-20,000	74	24.75
21,000-30,000	45	15.05
31,000-40,000	19	6.35
41,000-50,000	22	7.36
> =51,000	35	11.71
Dependents	20	6.69
Parity^c
Nulliparous	18	6.02
Multiparous	281	93.98
Age at coitarche (mean ± SD)/Range	(20.56 ± 4.21)/12–37
Age at first child birth (mean ± SD)/Range	(20.79 ± 6.71)/13–39

^aJigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital; ^bBhutanese currency; SD, standard deviation; ^cnumber of pregnancies that have crossed 24 weeks of gestation

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