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. 2016 Mar 18;16:237. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2256-7

Table 3.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients seen at BCCOE during first year

Characteristics Patients presenting for cancer evaluation/care in year one (n = 1144) Patients diagnosed with cancer in year one (n = 759)
n % n %
Age 1144 100.00 759 100.00
  <18 135 11.80 102 13.44
 18–45 470 41.08 247 32.54
 46–60 334 29.20 256 33.73
  >60 205 17.92 154 20.29
Gender 1144 100.00 759 100.00
 Male 355 31.03 240 31.62
 Female 789 68.97 519 68.38
Residence Province 1144 100.01 759 100.00
 Northern Province - within Burera District 168 14.69 67 8.83
 Northern Province- OUTSIDE Burera District 226 19.76 136 17.92
 Other Provinces within Rwanda 702 61.36 522 68.77
 Outside Rwanda 13 1.14 11 1.45
 Unknown or not documented 35 3.06 23 3.03
Type of referring facility 1144 100.00 759 100.00
 Referral or District Hospital 735 64.25 549 72.33
 Other type of facility (including outside Rwanda) 153 13.37 90 11.86
 Not documented 256 22.38 120 15.81
Insurance Status 1144 100.00 750 98.82
 Mutuelles 821 71.77 564 74.31
 Other or not documented 323 28.23 186 24.51
HIV status at intake 1144 100.00 759 100.00
 Positive 67 5.86 57 7.51
 Negative 500 43.71 367 48.35
 Unknown or not documented 577 50.43 335 44.14
Smoking history 1144 100.00 759 100.01
 Current of previous 189 16.52 150 19.77
 Never 645 56.38 471 62.06
 Unknown or not documented 310 27.10 138 18.18
Performance status at intake (ECOG) a 759 100.00
 0 313 41.24
 1 102 13.44
 2 46 6.06
 3 29 3.82
 4 13 1.71
 Unknown or not documented 256 33.73

aECOG: Eastern Cooperation Oncology Group [17]