| |
Frequency
|
Percentage
|
|---|
|
Age
|
|
Mean 54.6 (SD ± 13.2) Range 20–80
|
|
Gender
| | |
|
Male
|
79
|
52.3
|
|
Female
|
72
|
47.7
|
|
Race
| | |
|
Sinhala
|
133
|
88
|
|
Tamil
|
10
|
6.6
|
|
Muslim
|
3
|
2
|
|
Burger
|
4
|
2.6
|
|
Malay
|
1
|
0.7
|
|
Level of education
| | |
|
Not attended to school
|
11
|
7.2
|
|
Up to grade 5
|
54
|
35.7
|
|
Up to grade 11
|
50
|
33.1
|
|
Up to grade 13
|
33
|
21.9
|
|
Graduate
|
2
|
1.3
|
|
Post graduate
|
1
|
0.7
|
|
Marital status
| | |
|
Single
|
13
|
8.6
|
|
Married
|
111
|
73.5
|
|
Divorced
|
4
|
2.6
|
|
Living together
|
1
|
0.7
|
|
Widow
|
22
|
14.6
|
|
Cancer diagnosis
| | |
|
Uro-genital
|
38
|
25.2
|
|
Gastro-intestinal
|
36
|
23.8
|
|
Oro-facial
|
31
|
20.5
|
|
Other
|
17
|
11.3
|
|
Lung
|
14
|
9.3
|
|
Breast
|
9
|
6
|
|
Blood
|
6
|
4
|
