Research Article
Age at Diagnosis and Breast Cancer Survival in Iran
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of 1500 Iranian patients with breast cancer, diagnosed in 1999–2001, by age category.
| | | <35 yr
| 35–49 yr
| 50–64 yr
| 65+ yr
| | | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| | Province | | | | | | Tehran | 71 (11.8) | 296 (49.8) | 186 (30.8) | 48 (8.0) | | Mazndaran | 37 (18.4) | 96 (47.8) | 55 (27.4) | 13 (6.5) | | Fars | 34 (17.0) | 102 (51.0) | 47 (23.5) | 17 (8.5) | | Khuzestan | 42 (21.1) | 82 (41.2) | 54 (27.1) | 21 (10.6) | | Esfahan | 32 (10.7) | 169 (56.3) | 74 (24.7) | 25 (8.3) |
| | Education | | | | | | Illiterate | 22 (10.2) | 265 (35.6) | 275 (66.3) | 91 (73.4) | | Primary and secondary | 57 (26.4) | 135 (18.1) | 66 (15.9) | 13 (10.5) | | High school | 104 (48.2) | 285 (38.3) | 59 (14.2) | 17 (13.7) | | College/university | 33 (15.3) | 60 (8.0) | 15 (3.6) | 3 (2.4) |
| | Job status | | | | | | Paid job | 37 (17.1) | 151 (20.3) | 57 (13.7) | 15 (12.1) |
| | Family history | | | | | | Positive | 8 (3.7) | 28 (3.8) | 14 (3.4) | 1 (0.8) |
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