Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of women diagnosed with cancer in EMM, SA, 2017‒2020.
| Characteristics | Controls (n (%)) N = 851 |
Cases (n (%)) N = 2,217 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age cohort | |||
| 18–27 | 45 (5.3) | 27 (1.2) | <0.001 |
| 28–37 | 95 (11.2) | 203 (9.2) | |
| 38–47 | 113 (13.3) | 509 (23.0) | |
| 48–57 | 151 (17.7) | 524 (23.6) | |
| 58–67 | 154 (18.1) | 527 (23.8) | |
| 68–77 | 154 (18.1) | 307 (13.8) | |
| 78+ | 139 (16.3) | 120 (5.4) | |
| Race | |||
| Asian | 10 (1.2) | 43 (1.9) | <0.001 |
| Black | 354 (41.6) | 1,382 (62.3) | |
| Coloured | 10 (1.2) | 49 (2.2) | |
| White | 477 (56.1) | 743 (33.5) | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| No | 113 (13.3) | 503 (22.7) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 54 (6.3) | 180 (8.1) | |
| Undisclosed | 684 (80.4) | 1,534 (69.2) | |
| Tobacco smoking | |||
| No | 131 (15.4) | 565 (25.5) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 56 (6.6) | 182 (8.2) | |
| Undisclosed | 664 (78.0) | 1,470 (66.3) | |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed | 74 (8.7) | 188 (8.5) | <0.001 |
| Self-employed | 13 (1.5) | 13 (0.6) | |
| Unemployed | 264 (31.0) | 531 (24.0) | |
| Undisclosed | 500 (58.8) | 1,485 (67.0) | |