Table 1.
Characteristic of patients.
| n | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 384 | 100.0 | ||
| Age (years) | range 18–93; average 63 ± 11.9; median 65 | ||
| Gender | |||
| women | 203 | 52.9 | |
| men | 181 | 47.1 | |
| Education | |||
| primary | 75 | 19.5 | |
| secondary | 223 | 58.1 | |
| high | 79 | 20.6 | |
| no data | 7 | 1.8 | |
| Professional activity | |||
| student | 4 | 1.1 | |
| employed | 133 | 34.6 | |
| unemployed | 27 | 7.0 | |
| pensioner | 215 | 56.0 | |
| no data | 5 | 1.3 | |
| Marital status | |||
| married | 268 | 69.8 | |
| single | 58 | 15.1 | |
| widow/er | 53 | 13.8 | |
| no data | 5 | 1.3 | |
| Place of residence | |||
| city | 287 | 74.7 | |
| village | 96 | 25.0 | |
| no data | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Region of Poland | |||
| north-east | 56 | 14.6 | |
| centrum | 96 | 25.0 | |
| south | 103 | 26.8 | |
| south-west | 129 | 33.6 | |
| Cancer | |||
| esophagus or stomach | 41 | 10.6 | |
| rectum | 71 | 18.5 | |
| breast | 74 | 19.3 | |
| gynecological | 30 | 7.8 | |
| head and neck | 39 | 10.2 | |
| prostate | 9 | 2.3 | |
| brain | 14 | 3.6 | |
| melanoma | 1 | 0.3 | |
| lung | 72 | 18.8 | |
| urinary system | 9 | 2.3 | |
| others | 11 | 2.9 | |
| no data | 13 | 3.4 |