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Table 2 Characteristics and actual practice of lung cancer screening among survey participants

From: Is low-dose computed tomography for lung cancer screening conveniently accessible in China? A spatial analysis based on cross-sectional survey

Items

Classification

Overall population

N = 2529(%)

Non-high-risk population N = 1783(%)

High-risk population N = 746(%)

p value†

Sex

    

0.383

 

Female

1454(57.49)

1035(58.05)

419(56.17)

 
 

Male

1075(42.51)

748(41.95)

327(43.83)

 

Age, years

    

0.000

 

40 ~ 49

1328(52.51)

1028(57.66)

300(40.21)

 
 

50 ~ 59

924(36.54)

587(32.92)

337(45.17)

 
 

60 ~ 69

240(9.49)

142(7.96)

98(13.14)

 
 

70 ~ 74

37(1.46)

26(1.46)

11(1.47)

 

Location

    

0.074

 

Urban

1999(79.04)

1426(79.98)

573(76.81)

 
 

Rural

530(20.96)

357(20.02)

173(23.19)

 

Education level

    

0.000

 

Primary school or below

132(5.22)

83(4.66)

49(6.57)

 
 

Junior middle school

277(10.95)

175(9.81)

102(13.67)

 
 

High school

338(13.36)

213(11.95)

125(16.76)

 
 

Vocational diploma

570(22.54)

393(22.04)

177(23.73)

 
 

University or above

1212(47.93)

919(51.54)

293(39.27)

 

Monthly income (CNY)

    

0.712

 

≤ 3000

335(13.25)

231(12.96)

104(13.94)

 
 

3000–5000

490(19.38)

350(19.63)

140(18.77)

 
 

5000–8000

800(31.63)

556(31.18)

244(32.71)

 
 

≥ 8000

904(35.75)

646(36.23)

258(34.58)

 

Screening status

    

0.065

 

Never

812(32.11)

573(32.14)

239(32.04)

 
 

Has done

741(29.30)

547(30.68)

194(26.01)

-

 

Once a year

815(32.23)

556(31.18)

259(34.72)

-

 

Unclear

161(6.37)

107(6.00)

54(7.24)

-

Screening institutions

Total

1556(61.53)

1103(61.86)

453(60.72)

0.017

 

Township health centers/Community health centers

12(0.77)

8(0.73)

4(0.88)

 
 

District/County-level hospitals

190(12.21)

127(11.51)

63(13.91)

-

 

Municipal-level hospitals

1007(64.72)

743(67.36)

264(58.28)

-

 

Provincial hospitals

347(22.30)

225(20.40)

122(26.93)

-

  1. †Chi-squared test with a significance level of p ≤ 0.05