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 |