Table 1.
Demographics and occupational factors stratified by cancer type
| Breast | ♀Genital | Gastro intestinal | Lung | ♂Genital | Skin | Blood | Other | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 1,642 | 878 | 741 | 456 | 417 | 318 | 306 | 476 | 5,234 |
| Cases | |||||||||
| Men | 13 (1%) | 0 | 514 (69%) | 292 (64%) | 417 (100%) | 189 (59%) | 200 (65%) | 234 (49%) | 1,861 (36%) |
| Women | 1,629 (99%) | 878 (100%) | 227 (31%) | 164 (36%) | 0 | 129 (41%) | 106 (35%) | 242 (51%) | 3,373 (64%) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Age | |||||||||
| <35 | 120 (7%) | 165 (19%) | 26 (4%) | 6 (1%) | 105 (25%) | 47 (15%) | 95 (31%) | 80 (17%) | 644 (12%) |
| 35–44 | 445 (27%) | 289 (33%) | 82 (11%) | 56 (12%) | 51 (12%) | 99 (31%) | 71 (23%) | 104 (22%) | 1,197 (23%) |
| 45–54 | 764 (47%) | 318 (36%) | 290 (39%) | 190 (42%) | 76 (18%) | 87 (27%) | 72 (24%) | 174 (37%) | 1,971 (38%) |
| ≥55 | 310 (19%) | 105 (12%) | 342 (46%) | 203 (45%) | 185 (44%) | 85 (27%) | 66 (22%) | 117 (25%) | 1,413 (27%) |
| Missing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Residential region | |||||||||
| West | 454 (28%) | 284 (32%) | 220 (30%) | 129 (28%) | 114 (27%) | 79 (25%) | 78 (26%) | 123 (26%) | 1,481 (28%) |
| Central | 275 (17%) | 177 (20%) | 138 (19%) | 80 (18%) | 82 (20%) | 64 (20%) | 62 (20%) | 98 (21%) | 976 (19%) |
| South | 417 (25%) | 182 (21%) | 169 (23%) | 124 (27%) | 108 (26%) | 68 (22%) | 67 (22%) | 107 (23%) | 1,242 (24%) |
| East | 317 (19%) | 142 (16%) | 140 (19%) | 80 (18%) | 82 (20%) | 70 (22%) | 59 (19%) | 85 (18%) | 975 (19%) |
| North | 178 (11%) | 92 (11%) | 70 (10%) | 41 (9%) | 31 (7%) | 33 (11%) | 39 (13%) | 60 (13%) | 544 (10%) |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Socioeconomic status | |||||||||
| High | 435 (27%) | 231 (27%) | 175 (24%) | 100 (22%) | 105 (25%) | 75 (24%) | 73 (24%) | 113 (24%) | 1,307 (25%) |
| Above average | 388 (24%) | 216 (25%) | 185 (25%) | 127 (28%) | 108 (26%) | 78 (25%) | 79 (26%) | 101 (21%) | 1,282 (25%) |
| Below average | 416 (25%) | 179 (21%) | 181 (25%) | 107 (24%) | 105 (25%) | 87 (28%) | 81 (27%) | 130 (28%) | 1,286 (25%) |
| Low | 396 (24%) | 244 (28%) | 192 (26%) | 116 (26%) | 96 (23%) | 72 (23%) | 71 (23%) | 127 (27%) | 1,314 (25%) |
| Missing | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 45 |
| Occupational class | |||||||||
| Low | 653 (60%) | 371 (65%) | 252 (52%) | 157 (55%) | 121 (46%) | 119 (53%) | 104 (54%) | 180 (57%) | 1,957 (57%) |
| Medium | 325 (30%) | 164 (29%) | 168 (34%) | 94 (33%) | 96 (36%) | 87 (39%) | 64 (33%) | 89 (28%) | 1,087 (32%) |
| High | 104 (10%) | 34 (6%) | 68 (14%) | 35 (12%) | 47 (18%) | 19 (8%) | 25 (13%) | 48 (15%) | 380 (11%) |
| Missing | 560 | 309 | 253 | 170 | 153 | 93 | 113 | 159 | 1810 |
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Unskilled | 156 (14%) | 92 (16%) | 50 (10%) | 41 (14%) | 27 (10%) | 22 (10%) | 26 (14%) | 41 (13%) | 455 (13%) |
| Health care workers | 286 (26%) | 140 (25%) | 56 (12%) | 26 (9%) | 3 (1%) | 25 (11%) | 15 (8%) | 41 (13%) | 359 (11%) |
| Teachers & civil servants | 92 (9%) | 32 (6%) | 29 (6%) | 16 (6%) | 6 (2%) | 16 (7%) | 7 (4%) | 19 (6%) | 217 (6%) |
| Technicians | 16 (2%) | 12 (2%) | 80 (16%) | 64 (22%) | 74 (28%) | 49 (22%) | 37 (19%) | 27 (9%) | 592 (17%) |
| Operators | 34 (3%) | 24 (4%) | 43 (9%) | 28 (10%) | 21 (8%) | 15 (7%) | 12 (6%) | 23 (7%) | 200 (6%) |
| Transporters | 44 (4%) | 26 (5%) | 49 (10%) | 32 (11%) | 37 (14%) | 38 (17%) | 28 (15%) | 34 (11%) | 288 (8%) |
| Administrators & salesworkers | 384 (36%) | 203 (36%) | 132 (27%) | 53 (19%) | 53 (20%) | 45 (20%) | 45 (23%) | 100 (32%) | 1,015 (30%) |
| Managers | 53(5%) | 32 (6%) | 40 (8%) | 23 (8%) | 40 (15%) | 12 (5%) | 16 (8%) | 30 (10%) | 249 (7%) |
| Other | 148 (13%) | 40 (7%) | 38 (8%) | 19 (7%) | 9 (3%) | 19 (8%) | 14 (7%) | 21(7%) | 266(1%) |
| Missing | 560 | 309 | 253 | 170 | 153 | 93 | 113 | 159 | 1,810 |
| Duration of employment | |||||||||
| ≤5 years | 337 (24%) | 238 (31%) | 151 (24%) | 86 (22%) | 92 (25%) | 55 (19%) | 87 (33%) | 133 (32%) | 1179 (26%) |
| 6–10 years | 522 (37%) | 275 (36%) | 166 (26%) | 112 (28%) | 100 (27%) | 90 (31%) | 80 (30%) | 128 (31%) | 1,473 (32%) |
| 11–20 years | 340 (24%) | 155 (20%) | 123 (19%) | 88 (22%) | 71 (19%) | 63 (22%) | 54 (20%) | 74 (18%) | 968 (21%) |
| >20 years | 213 (15%) | 91 (12%) | 198 (31%) | 109 (28%) | 106 (29%) | 83 (29%) | 45 (17%) | 85 (20%) | 930 (20%) |
| Missing | 230 | 119 | 103 | 61 | 48 | 27 | 40 | 56 | 684 |
| Company size (staff) | |||||||||
| <75 | 460 (29%) | 244 (29%) | 210 (30%) | 149 (35%) | 134 (34%) | 80 (27%) | 92 (31%) | 112 (25%) | 1,481 (30%) |
| 75–500 | 405 (26%) | 213 (25%) | 206 (29%) | 124 (29%) | 122 (31%) | 89 (30%) | 67 (23%) | 140 (31%) | 1,366 (27%) |
| 500–5,000 | 611 (39%) | 312 (37%) | 232 (33%) | 124 (29%) | 111 (28%) | 90 (30%) | 101 (35%) | 134 (30%) | 1,715 (34%) |
| >5,000 | 98 (6%) | 83 (10%) | 55 (8%) | 34 (8%) | 27 (7%) | 39 (13%) | 33 (11%) | 66 (15%) | 435 (9%) |
| Missing | 68 | 26 | 38 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 24 | 237 |