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. 2020 Oct 23;6(10):e05250. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05250

Table 2.

Frequency distribution of sociodemographic characteristic of cancer patients, 2019.

Variables Category Frequency Percentage
Age Less than 40 years 103 36.9
Forty to sixty years 101 36.2
Over sixty years 75 26.9
BMI category Underweight 53 19.0
Overweight 43 15.4
Normal 183 65.6
Household Members ≤6 128 45.9
>6 151 54.1
Occupation Paid work 26 9.3
Retired/get benefit 44 15.8
Unemployed 150 53.8
Business/Others 59 21.1
Sex Male 167 59.9
Female 112 40.1
Religion Muslim 255 91.4
Others 24 8.6
Education Uneducated 70 25.1
Informal/Primary 38 13.6
Secondary 85 30.5
Higher secondary or more 86 30.8
Marital status Married and partner existing 185 66.3
Unmarried or partner not existing 94 33.7
Smoking history Smoker/Ex-smoker 135 48.4
Never smoke 144 51.6
Monthly family income <40,000 Taka 51 18.3
40,000–80,000 Taka 185 66.3
>80,000 Taka 43 15.4