Characteristic | Cancer Registry participants (N = 62) | Treatment Centre participants (N = 98) | Total (N = 160) | Exact p-value | |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Sexb | Male | 26 (49 %) | 57 (58 %) | 83 (55 %) | 0.307 |
Female | 27 (51 %) | 41 (42 %) | 68 (45 %) | ||
Ageb | 18–39 years | 1 (2 %) | 4 (4 %) | 5 (3 %) | 0.658 |
40–49 years | 5 (9.4 %) | 7 (7 %) | 12 (8 %) | ||
50–59 years | 18 (34 %) | 25 (26 %) | 43 (28 %) | ||
60–69 years | 12 (23 %) | 31 (32 %) | 43 (28 %) | ||
70 years and over | 17 (32 %) | 31 (32 %) | 48 (32 %) | ||
Cancer typeb | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) | 20 (38 %) | 18 (18 %) | 38 (25 %) | 0.051 |
Acute Leukaemia (AL) | 8 (15 %) | 11 (11 %) | 19 (13 %) | ||
Chronic Lymph Leukaemia (CLL) | 3 (6 %) | 11 (11 %) | 14 (9 %) | ||
Myeloma | 19 (36 %) | 39 (40 %) | 58 (38 %) | ||
Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) | 1 (2 %) | 6 (6 %) | 7 (5 %) | ||
Other | 2 (4 %) | 13 (13 %) | 15 (10 %) | ||
Usual residenceb | Urban | 30 (57 %) | 95 (97 %) | 125 (83 %) | <0.0001 |
Rural | 23 (43 %) | 3 (3 %) | 26 (17 %) | ||
Time since diagnosisb | Less than 2 years | - | 52 (53 %) | 52 (34 %) | <0.0001 |
2 years and over | 53 (100 %) | 46 (47 %) | 99 (66 %) | ||
Marital statusb | Married/living with partner | 51 (84 %) | 71 (74 %) | 122 (78 %) | 0.174 |
Single, never married | 10 (16 %) | 25 (26 %) | 35 (22 %) | ||
Educationb | High school or below | 28 (48 %) | 45 (50 %) | 73 (49 %) | 0.818 |
Trade or TAFE | 15 (26 %) | 26 (29 %) | 41 (28 %) | ||
University degree | 15 (26 %) | 19 (21 %) | 34 (23 %) | ||
Employmentb | Currently employed | 23 (38 %) | 32 (33 %) | 55 (35 %) | 0.607 |
Not employed | 38 (62 %) | 66 (67 %) | 104 (65 %) |