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Table 4 Prevalence of cancer within groups defined by the seriousness with which patients take their symptoms, for males and females separately

From: Patients who take their symptoms less seriously are more likely to have colorectal cancer

 

Males

Females

 

Less

Same

More

Less

Same

More

 

Cancer

%

Total

Cancer

%

Total

Cancer

%

Total

Cancer

%

Total

Cancer

%

Total

Cancer

%

Total

Abdominal Pain

                  

Occurring weekly and present <12 months

11

9.2

120

19

6.0

315

5

3.3

152

8

4.4

180

13

2.7

477

0

0.0

205

Everything else

17

3.6

476

27

1.7

1568

8

0.9

915

13

2.3

562

24

1.4

1755

12

1.3

909

Bleeding

                  

Occurring weekly and present <12 months

7

10.6

66

16

10.5

152

4

4.6

87

3

4.3

69

8

4.5

177

2

2.2

90

Occurring monthly/ occasionally and present <12 months

6

8.0

75

4

1.5

261

5

3.3

151

7

6.1

115

5

1.4

366

2

1.1

176

Everything else

15

3.3

455

26

1.8

1470

4

0.5

829

11

2.0

558

24

1.4

1689

8

0.9

848

Mucus

                  

Occurring weekly and present <12 months

3

13.6

22

4

8.2

49

3

10.0

30

3

7.1

42

4

3.6

110

1

2.0

51

Everything else

25

4.4

574

42

2.3

1834

10

1.0

1037

18

2.6

700

33

1.6

2122

11

1.0

1063

Anaemia

                  

Present

4

7.4

54

4

7.4

54

3

3.8

79

6

5.3

113

13

4.7

275

2

1.6

125

Absent

24

4.4

542

35

2.0

1754

10

1.0

988

15

2.4

629

24

1.2

1957

10

1.0

989

Total

28

4.7

596

46

2.4

1883

13

1.2

1067

21

2.8

742

37

1.7

2232

12

1.1

1114