Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of adult cancer patients at regional cancer treatment centres in Malawi, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Malawi | South Africa | Zimbabwe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 1648 | N = 1044 | N = 1135 | ||||
Characteristic | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Age at Diagnosis | ||||||
< 40 | 534 | 32.4 | 173 | 16.6 | 175 | 15.4 |
40–49 | 429 | 26 | 255 | 24.4 | 288 | 25.4 |
50–59 | 314 | 19.2 | 293 | 28.1 | 215 | 18.9 |
60 or older | 368 | 22.3 | 323 | 30.9 | 457 | 40.3 |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 1040 | 63.1 | 964 | 92.3 | 829 | 73 |
Male | 605 | 36.7 | 80 | 7.7 | 306 | 27 |
Residence Proximity to Hospital | ||||||
Resides in same province as hospital | 1191 | 72.3 | 1013 | 97 | 393 | 34.6 |
Resides outside hospital province | 446 | 27.1 | 11 | 1.1 | 742 | 65.4 |
Infection-Related Cancer Status | ||||||
Not infection-related | 715 | 43.4 | 994 | 95.2 | 570 | 50.2 |
Infection-related | 933 | 56.6 | 50 | 4.8 | 565 | 49.8 |
HIV Status Documentation | ||||||
Not Documented | 1286 | 78 | 87 | 8.3 | 155 | 13.7 |
Documented | 362 | 22 | 957 | 91.7 | 980 | 86.3 |
HIV Statusa | ||||||
HIV-Negative | 191 | 52.8 | 725 | 75.8 | 614 | 62.7 |
HIV-Positive | 171 | 47.2 | 232 | 24.2 | 366 | 37.3 |
ART Statusb | ||||||
On ART | – | – | 219 | 96.9 | 350 | 95.6 |
Not on ART | – | – | 6 | 2.7 | 7 | 1.9 |
ART status not documented | – | – | 1 | 0.4 | 9 | 2.5 |