Geographic trends of tobacco-related cancers in Cyprus

Table 1 Comparison of characteristics between participants diagnosed with tobacco-related cancer compared to all other cancers

Characteristics	Other cancers		Tobacco-related Cancers¹		p-value
Characteristics	N = 18,780	%	N = 3,635	%	p-value
Age at Diagnosis
Mean Age (StD)	62.4 (17.1)		67.2 (12.4)		<0.0001
Median Age	65.0		68.0
Range	0-107		4-100
IQR	53-75		60-76
Sex
Male	8526	45.4	2910	80.1	<0.0001
Female	10254	54.6	725	19.9	<0.0001
Smoking Status
Ever smoker	3719	19.8	1721	47.3	<0.0001
Never smoker	5428	28.9	471	13.0
Unknown	9633	51.3	1443	39.7
Stage
Local	7584	40.4	1630	44.8	<0.0001
Regional	4472	23.8	596	16.4
Distant	3219	17.1	669	18.4
Unstaged	3505	18.7	740	20.4
Location
Urban	13015	69.3	2476	68.1	0.1563
Rural	5765	30.7	1159	31.9	0.1563

Notes:
¹Tobacco-related cancers include: lung, urinary bladder, oral, pharyngeal, head and neck, and laryngeal cancers

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