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Table 1 Comparison of demographic factors for patients who did and did not make an ED presentation (N = 2638)

From: Socio-demographic and disease related characteristics associated with unplanned emergency department visits by cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study

 

ED presentation absent (n = 1456)

ED presentation present (n = 1182)

Total (N = 2638)

Age (mean SD)

60.83 (13.72)

62.46 (14.14)

61.56 (13.93)

Gender (n %)

 Male

797

54.74

626

52.96

1423

53.94

 Female

659

45.26

556

47.04

1215

46.06

ATSI (n %)

 No

1286

88.32

1116

94.42

2402

91.05

 Yes

5

0.34

4

0.34

9

0.34

Country of Birth (n %)

 Australia

868

59.62

631

53.38

1499

56.82

 Country other than Australia

527

36.20

548

46.36

1075

40.75

Preferred Language (n %)

 English

1249

85.78

989

83.67

2238

84.84

 Language other than English

126

8.65

174

14.72

300

11.37

SEIFA (VIC) (n %)

 0–40%

424

29.12

395

33.42

819

31.05

 40–80%

505

34.68

369

31.22

874

33.13

  > 80%

525

36.06

418

35.36

943

35.75

Marital status (n %)

 Married/de facto

904

62.09

782

66.16

1686

63.91

 Single/divorced/widowed

393

26.99

363

30.71

756

28.66

Interpreter (n %)

 No

1287

88.39

1053

89.09

2340

88.70

 Yes

92

6.32

112

9.48

204

7.73

 Missing

77

5.29

17

1.44

94

3.56

Tumour stream (n %)

 Head and neck

62

4.26

49

4.15

111

4.21

 UGI

83

5.70

134

11.34

217

8.23

 CRC

124

8.52

147

12.44

271

10.27

 Lung

108

7.42

209

17.68

317

12.02

 Other

57

3.91

29

2.45

86

3.26

 Skin

49

3.37

49

4.15

98

3.71

 Breast

214

14.70

175

14.81

389

14.75

 Genitourinary

148

10.16

97

8.21

245

9.29

 CNS

60

4.12

36

3.05

96

3.64

 Haematological

551

37.84

257

21.74

808

30.63

  1. ATSI Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status, SEIFA Socio-economic indexes for areas, UGI upper gastrointestinal, CRC colorectal cancer, CNS central nervous system