Table 1 Characteristics of patients with Gastrointestinal tarct cancer diagnosis
Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | Â |
   Male | 321 (66.3) |
   Female | 163 (33.7) |
Place of residence | Â |
   Rural | 256 (52.9) |
   Urban | 228 (47.1) |
Province | Â |
Mazandaran | 288 (59.5) |
Golestan | 196 (40.5) |
Type of cancer | Â |
   Esophageal | 359 (74.2) |
   Stomach | 110 (22.7) |
   Colorectal | 15 (3.1) |
Method of cancer detection | Â |
   Clinical diagnosis | 35 (7.2) |
   Direct endoscopy and biopsy | 39 (8.1) |
   Conventional chest x-ray | 410 (84.7) |
Family history of cancer | 142 (29.3) |
Education | Â |
   Literate | 52 (10.7) |
   Illiterate | 432 (89.3) |
Job | Â |
   Farmer | 252 (52.1) |
   Employee | 7 (1.4) |
   Others | 225 (46.5) |
Marital status | Â |
   Married | 459 (94.8) |
   Single | 25 (5.2) |
Cigarette smoking | 215 (44.4) |
Ethnicity | Â |
   Aryan | 327 (67.6) |
   Gilak | 12 (2.5) |
   Torkaman | 100 (20.7) |
   Others | 45 (9.2) |
Migration status | Â |
   Native | 430 (88.8) |
   Non-native | 54 (11.2) |
Drug use | 119 (24.6) |