Bayesian and Frequentist Analytical Approaches Using Log-Normal and Gamma Frailty Parametric Models for Breast Cancer Mortality

Table 1

Descriptive distribution of the breast cancer patients’ characteristics.

Variable	Frequency	%
Marital status
Married	135	2.51
Divorced	4525	84.28
Single	318	5.92
Widowed	391	7.28
Sex
Female	5301	98.73
Male	68	1.27
Address code
Asir	253	4.71
Baha	75	1.40
Eastern	1099	20.47
Hail	99	1.84
International	8	0.15
Jazan	130	2.42
Jouf	69	1.29
Madinah	265	4.94
Makkah	1412	26.30
Najran	47	0.88
Northern	37	0.69
Qassim	236	4.40
Riyadh	1524	28.39
Tabuk	115	4.71
Topography
C50.0 nipple	128	2.38
C50.1 central portion	194	3.61
c50.2 upper-inner	372	6.93
c50.3 lower inner	195	3.63
c50.4 upper outer	1319	24.57
c50.5 lower-outer	251	4.67
c50.6 axillary tail	46	0.86
c50.8 overl. lesion	1037	19.31
c50.9 Breast, NOS	1827	34.03
Grade
B-Cell	11	0.20
Grade I (Well diff)	399	7.43
Grade II (Mod diff)	2462	45.86
Grade III (Poor diff)	2396	44.63
Grade IV (Undiff anaplastic)	101	1.88
Laterality
Bilateral invasive	55	1.02
Left paired site	2734	50.92
Late	13	0.24
Right	2567	47.81
Cause of death
Cancer	673	12.53
Not cancer	4696	87.47
Extent
Distant metastasis	911	16.97
Localised	1649	30.71
Regional	2809	52.32
Status
Dead	708	13.19
Alive	4661	86.81