Table 3. Predominant symptoms of patients with and without cancer.

	Year
	April 99–March 2000				April 2000–March 2001				April 2001–March 2002
	Cancer		Benign		Cancer		Benign		Cancer		Benign
	Absolute	%	Absolute	%	Absolute	%	Absolute	%	Absolute	%	Absolute	%
Total	224	100.0	62	100.0	240	100.0	112	100.0	186	100.0	218	100.0
Cough	76	33.9	40	64.5	89	37.1	88	78.6	101	54.3	127	58.3
Dyspnoea	131	58.5	23	37.1	131	54.6	59	52.7	93	50.0	71	32.6
Weight loss	102	45.5	16	25.8	151	62.9	40	35.7	55	29.6	44	20.2
Haemoptysis	52	23.2	19	30.6	45	18.8	34	30.4	43	23.1	66	30.3
Chest pain	97	43.3	10	16.1	116	48.3	40	35.7	43	23.1	30	13.8