Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
From: Assessment of breast cancer risk among Iraqi women in 2019
Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
1. Are your parents blood relatives? | ||
Yes | 473 | 43.3 |
No | 614 | 56.2 |
Unknown | 6 | 0.5 |
2. Marital status | ||
Yes | 1006 | 92 |
No | 87 | 8 |
3. Educational level | ||
Illiterate | 211 | 19.3 |
Primary | 252 | 23.1 |
Secondary | 293 | 26.8 |
University | 337 | 30.8 |
4. Number of children | ||
No children | 131 | 12 |
1–2 children | 162 | 14.8 |
3–5 children | 476 | 43.5 |
More than 5 | 324 | 29.6 |
5. Age at first live birth | ||
No birth | 130 | 11.9 |
Less than 20 years | 346 | 31.7 |
20–24 years | 351 | 32.1 |
25–29 years | 195 | 17.8 |
30–39 years | 69 | 6.3 |
More than 40 years | 2 | 0.2 |
6. Breast feeding | ||
Yes | 846 | 77.4 |
No | 247 | 22.6 |
7. Use of contraceptives | ||
Yes | 544 | 49.8 |
No | 549 | 50.2 |
8. Age of menarche (first menstrual cycle) | ||
7–11 years | 113 | 10.3 |
12–13 years | 671 | 61.4 |
More than 13 years | 309 | 28.3 |
9. Premenopausal of postmenopausal | ||
Premenopausal | 741 | 67.8 |
Postmenopausal | 352 | 32.2 |
10. Race | ||
Arabic | 881 | 80.6 |
Kurdish | 137 | 12.5 |
Turkmen | 75 | 6.9 |
11. Monthly income to family | ||
Low (Less than 250 IQD) | 224 | 20.5 |
Moderate (250–Million IQD) | 615 | 56.3 |
High (More than Million IQD) | 254 | 23.2 |
12. Smoking (including shisha and vape) | ||
Yes | 57 | 5.2 |
No | 1036 | 94.8 |
13. Physical activity | ||
Never | 648 | 59.3 |
Once weekly | 188 | 17.2 |
Twice weekly | 116 | 10.6 |
More than twice weekly | 141 | 12.9 |
14. Number of biopsies | ||
No Biopsy | 1058 | 96.8 |
One Biopsy (Without Hyperplasia) | 35 | 3.2 |
15. Number of first-degree relatives with breast cancer | ||
No one | 907 | 83 |
One relative | 120 | 11 |
More than one relative | 66 | 6 |
16. Occupation | ||
Housewife | 736 | 67.3 |
Others | 357 | 32.7 |