Table 1.
Characteristics of Cervical Cancer in Khon Kaen by 5-Year Periods
| Characteristics | 1990 -1994 |
1995 - 1999 |
2000 - 2004 |
2005 - 2009 |
2010 - 2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age at diagnosis | ||||||||||
| 20 - 24 | 8 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.3 |
| 25 - 29 | 12 | 1.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 10 | 1.4 | 6 | 0.9 | 12 | 2.0 |
| 30 - 34 | 41 | 6.3 | 30 | 4.8 | 42 | 6.0 | 30 | 4.4 | 25 | 4.2 |
| 35 - 39 | 71 | 10.9 | 55 | 8.8 | 74 | 10.6 | 77 | 11.2 | 52 | 8.7 |
| 40 - 44 | 92 | 14.2 | 103 | 16.5 | 109 | 15.5 | 108 | 15.7 | 79 | 13.2 |
| 45 - 49 | 103 | 15.9 | 93 | 14.9 | 100 | 14.3 | 115 | 16.7 | 85 | 14.2 |
| 50 - 54 | 96 | 14.8 | 90 | 14.5 | 101 | 14.4 | 99 | 14.4 | 83 | 13.9 |
| 55 - 59 | 82 | 12.6 | 91 | 14.6 | 86 | 12.3 | 80 | 11.6 | 76 | 12.7 |
| 60 - 64 | 65 | 10 | 63 | 10.1 | 67 | 9.6 | 62 | 9.0 | 60 | 10.1 |
| 65 - 69 | 42 | 6.5 | 42 | 6.7 | 46 | 6.6 | 51 | 7.4 | 40 | 6.7 |
| 70 - 74 | 24 | 3.7 | 21 | 3.4 | 36 | 5.1 | 22 | 3.2 | 41 | 6.9 |
| 75 - 79 | 8 | 1.2 | 14 | 2.3 | 19 | 2.7 | 23 | 3.3 | 26 | 4.4 |
| 80 - 84 | 4 | 0.6 | 9 | 1.4 | 7 | 1.0 | 10 | 1.5 | 10 | 1.7 |
| 85+ | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 6 | 1.0 |
| Mean(SD) = 51.5(12.4) | 49.8 (12.0) | 51.9 (12.2) | 51.3 (12.4) | 51.3 (12.2) | 53.1 (13.3) | |||||
| Median (IQ) = 50(42:60) | 49 (41:58) | 51 (43:59) | 50 (42:60) | 50 (42:59) | 52 (43:62) | |||||
| Basis of diagnosis | ||||||||||
| Death Certificate Only | 23 | 3.5 | 7 | 1.1 | 5 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.3 |
| History and Physical exam | 125 | 19.3 | 107 | 17.2 | 86 | 12.3 | 42 | 6.1 | 33 | 5.5 |
| Endoscopy and Radiology | 8 | 1.2 | 10 | 1.6 | 5 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.9 | 12 | 2.0 |
| Surgery and Autopsy (no history) | 4 | 0.6 | 7 | 1.1 | 9 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.7 |
| Specific Biochem / Immuneno test | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cytology of Hematology | 14 | 2.2 | 16 | 2.6 | 24 | 3.4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Histology of Metastasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Histology of Primary | 475 | 73.2 | 476 | 76.4 | 572 | 81.6 | 628 | 91.3 | 543 | 91 |
| Autopsy with histology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stage at diagnosis | ||||||||||
| Stage I | 102 | 15.7 | 90 | 14.4 | 136 | 19.4 | 192 | 27.9 | 152 | 25.4 |
| Stage II | 123 | 19.0 | 155 | 24.9 | 161 | 23 | 156 | 22.7 | 133 | 22.3 |
| Stage III | 196 | 30.2 | 168 | 27.0 | 184 | 26.2 | 194 | 28.2 | 121 | 20.3 |
| Stage IV | 41 | 6.3 | 43 | 6.9 | 44 | 6.3 | 51 | 7.4 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Unknown | 187 | 28.8 | 167 | 26.8 | 176 | 25.1 | 95 | 13.8 | 162 | 27.1 |
| Histological type | ||||||||||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 404 | 62.2 | 406 | 65.2 | 458 | 65.3 | 482 | 70.0 | 439 | 73.5 |
| Adenocarcinoma | 68 | 10.5 | 63 | 10.1 | 109 | 15.6 | 123 | 17.9 | 90 | 15.1 |
| Unspecified and Other | 177 | 27.3 | 154 | 24.7 | 134 | 19.1 | 83 | 12.1 | 68 | 11.4 |
| Histological grading | ||||||||||
| Well-differentiated | - | - | 12 | 1.9 | 40 | 5.7 | 78 | 11.3 | 45 | 7.6 |
| Moderately-differentiated | 3 | 0.4 | 16 | 2.6 | 37 | 5.3 | 169 | 24.6 | 213 | 35.7 |
| Poorly-differentiated | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 1.1 | 13 | 1.9 | 30 | 4.4 | 113 | 18.9 |
| Undifferentiated | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.1 | - | - | 2 | 0.3 |
| Unknown | 645 | 99.4 | 588 | 94.4 | 610 | 87 | 411 | 59.7 | 224 | 37.5 |