Table 3.
The Characteristics of Patients by Their Distance from Hospital
| Specialist hospital | General hospital and clinic | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <20 km | 20-39.9 km | ≥40 km | p | <20 km | 20-39.9 km | ≥40 km | Unknown | p | ||
| (n=1958) | (n=389) | (n=201) | (n=1071) | (n=100) | (n=48) | (n=36) | ||||
| Sex | Men | 1400 (71.5) | 287 (73.8) | 137 (68.2) | 0.529 | 776 (72.5) | 79 (79.0) | 35 (72.9) | 25 (69.4) | 0.727 |
| Women | 558 (28.5) | 102 (26.2) | 64 (31.8) | 295 (27.5) | 21 (21.0) | 13 (27.1) | 11 (30.6) | |||
| age | <65 years | 493 (25.2) | 133 (34.2) | 66 (32.8) | <0.001 | 124 (11.6) | 21 (21.0) | 17 (35.4) | 5 (13.9) | <0.001 |
| 65-74 years | 610 (31.2) | 125 (32.1) | 75 (37.3) | 246 (23.0) | 33 (33.0) | 13 (27.1) | 10 (27.8) | |||
| ≥75 years | 855 (43.7) | 131 (33.7) | 60 (29.9) | 701 (65.5) | 46 (46.0) | 18 (37.5) | 21 (58.3) | |||
| Stage at diagnosis | Localized | 395 (20.2) | 139 (35.7) | 68 (33.8) | <0.001 | 72 (6.7) | 5 (5.0) | 5 (10.4) | 6 (16.7) | 0.054 |
| Regional | 568 (29.0) | 116 (29.8) | 59 (29.4) | 185 (17.3) | 14 (14.0) | 11 (22.9) | 6 (16.7) | |||
| Distant | 752 (38.4) | 100 (25.7) | 55 (27.4) | 343 (32.0) | 38 (38.0) | 22 (45.8) | 6 (16.7) | |||
| Unknown | 243 (12.4) | 34 (8.7) | 19 (9.5) | 471 (44.0) | 43 (43.0) | 10 (20.8) | 18 (50.0) | |||
| Method of first detection | Cancer screening | 149 (7.6) | 58 (14.9) | 28 (13.9) | 0.015 | 26 (2.4) | 10 (10.0) | 4 (8.3) | 4 (11.1) | 0.26 |
| Medical examination | 180 (9.2) | 42 (10.8) | 19 (9.5) | 31 (2.9) | 6 (6.0) | 4 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Incidental finding | 676 (34.5) | 112 (28.8) | 66 (32.8) | 324 (30.3) | 18 (18.0) | 15 (31.3) | 11 (30.6) | |||
| Other, unknown | 953 (48.7) | 177 (45.5) | 88 (43.8) | 690 (64.4) | 66 (66.0) | 25 (52.1) | 21 (58.3) | |||
| Surgical treatment | Surgery | 463 (23.6) | 147 (37.8) | 77 (38.3) | <0.001 | 68 (6.3) | 9 (9.0) | 7 (14.6) | 5 (13.9) | 0.144 |
| Non-surgery | 1380 (70.5) | 221 (56.8) | 110 (54.7) | 713 (66.6) | 63 (63.0) | 33 (68.8) | 14 (38.9) | |||
| Unknown | 115 (5.9) | 21 (5.4) | 14 (7.0) | 290 (27.1) | 28 (28) | 8 (16.7) | 17 (47.2) | |||
| Radiotherapy treatment | Radiotherapy | 505 (25.8) | 123 (31.6) | 49 (24.4) | 0.152 | 96 (9.0) | 12 (12.0) | 14 (29.2) | 4 (11.1) | 0.004 |
| Non-radiotherapy | 1333 (68.1) | 244 (62.7) | 138 (68.7) | 684 (63.9) | 57 (57.0) | 27 (56.3) | 14 (38.9) | |||
| Unknown | 120 (6.1) | 22 (5.7) | 14 (7.0) | 291 (27.2) | 31 (31.0) | 7 (14.6) | 18 (50.0) | |||
n (%)