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 |