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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: The role of Indonesian patients’ health behaviors in delaying the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Patient characteristic

Category

n

(%)

Gender

Male

8

66.7

Female

4

33.3

Age

<35

3

25.0

35–45

3

25.0

45–55

4

33.3

>55

2

16.7

Ethnicity

Javanese

12

100.0

Other

0

0.0

Religion

Islam

12

100.0

Other

0

0.0

Level of education

No school

1

8.3

Did not complete primary school

0

0.0

Graduated primary school

5

41.7

Graduated junior high

3

25.0

Graduated high school

2

16.7

Graduated from university

1

8.3

Occupation

Housewife

3

25.0

Entrepreneur

3

25.0

Civil servant/Police/Army

1

8.3

Farmer/Fisherman/Labor

4

33.3

Student

1

8.3

Marital status

Not married

2

16.7

Divorced

0

0.0

Widow

1

8.3

Married

9

75.0

Types of insurance

Lower income

10

83.3

Other

2

16.7

Stage disease

III

1

8.3

IVA

2

16.7

IVB

7

58.3

IVC

2

16.7

Time from first symptoms to diagnosis in months

<3

2

16.7

3–6>

4

33.4

6–9>

5

41.7

≥9

1

8.3