Table 1 Clinical, epidemiological, and demographic profile data and staging comparison data from a reference centre for breast cancer treatment in Cariri, Brazil, between 2009 and 2011

Age (years) (n = 457)^a

57.9 ± 14.5

57.4 ± 14.6

58.4 ± 14.2

0.492^∆

 20–29

6 (1.3%)

 30–39

51 (11.2%)

 40–49

93 (20.4%)

 50–59

109 (23.9%)

 60–69

98 (21.4%)

 70–79

71 (15.5%)

 80 or older

29 (6.4%)

 None

66 (22.8%)

30 (19.7%)

36 (24.5%)

0.195^¶

 Less than high school

192 (66.4%)

101 (66.4%)

91 (61.9%)

 High school

19 (6.6%)

13 (8.6%)

6 (4.1%)

 College

12 (4.2%)

8 (5.3%)

14 (9.5%)

 Single

60 (18.2%)

33 (18.2%)

27 (17.9%)

0.508^¶

 Married

207 (62.9%)

110 (61.8%)

97 (64.2%)

 Widow

50 (15.2%)

29 (16.3%)

21 (13.9%)

 Divorced

9 (2.7%)

5 (2.8%)

4 (2.6%)

 Consensual union

3 (1.0%)

1 (0.6%)

2 (1.4%)

 Ceara

428 (90.7%)

250 (92.3%)

178 (88.6%)

0.730^¶

 Paraíba

4 (0.8%)

2 (0.7%)

2 (1.0%)

 Pernambuco

40 (8.5%)

19 (7.0%)

21 (10.4%)

 2009

132 (27.9%)

86 (31.6%)

46 (22.9%)

0.010^¶

 2010

171 (36.1%)

100 (36.8%)

71 (35.3%)

 2011

170 (36.0%)

86 (31.6%)

84 (41.8%)

 With diagnosis but without treatment (Group I)

368 (77.8%)

213 (78.3%)

155 (77.1%)

0.882^¶

 With diagnosis and treatment (Group II)

23 (4.9%)

12 (4.4%)

11 (5.5%)

 Without diagnosis and treatment (Group III)

82 (17.3%)

47 (17.3%)

35 (17.4%)

 I

59 (12.2%)

–

–

–

 II

213 (44.2%)

 III

169 (35.1%)

 IV

32 (6.6%)

 Yes

4 (0.9%)

2 (0.7%)

2 (1.0%)

0.918**

 Yes

32 (10.3%)

17 (9.9%)

15 (11.1%)

0.237^¶

 Right

155 (48.1%)

87 (49.4%)

68 (46.9%)

0.284^¶

 Left

166 (51.9%)

89 (50.6%)

77 (53.1%)