Table 4.
Distribution of Knowledge of Symptoms in Respondents
Knowledge of Symptoms | Have you ever had breast cancer | Change in the position of your nipple could be a sign of breast cancer? such as pointing up or down or in a different direction to normal | Pulling in of your nipple could be a sign of breast cancer? where the nipple no longer points outwards, but into the breast | Pain in one of your breasts or armpit could be a sign of breast cancer? | Puckering or dimpling of your breast skin could be a sign of breast cancer? like a dent or orange peel appearance | Discharge or bleeding from your nipple could be a sign of breast cancer? | Lump or thickening in your breast could be a sign of breast cancer? | Nipple rash could be a sign of breast cancer? | Redness of your breast skin could be a sign of breast cancer? | Lump or thickening under your armpit could be a sign of breast cancer? | Changes in the size of your breast or nipple could be signs of breast cancer? | Changes in the shape of your breast or nipple could be signs of breast cancer? |
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Yes | 5.7 | 45.5 | 39.1 | 66.4 | 52.5 | 68.7 | 61.7 | 40.9 | 48.2 | 53 | 53.5 | 55.3 |
No | 91 | 22.1 | 19.1 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 8 | 7.9 | 24.1 | 19.2 | 11.4 | 13.8 | 12.8 |
Don’t Know | 3.1 | 31.9 | 40.5 | 21.1 | 35.7 | 22.6 | 29.9 | 33.9 | 31.9 | 34.8 | 31 | 30.7 |
Refused | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 |