Table 3 Characteristics of respondent laboratories

Metropolitan/central city

11/17 (64.7)

13/40 (32.5)

0.024

Metropolitan/suburban

4/17 (23.5)

9/40 (22.5)

1.000*

Small city/town

2/17 (11.8)

16/40 (40.0)

0.036

Rural

0/17 (0)

2/40 (5.0)

1.000*

Size of catchment area

0 – 500,000

2/16 (12.5)

21/37 (56.8)

0.003

500,000 – 2,000,000

8/16 (50.0)

13/37 (35.1)

0.310

Greater than 2,000,000

6/16 (37.5)

3/37 (8.1)

0.016*

Type of setting

Community hospital

3/16 (18.8)

26/38 (68.4)

0.001

Academic Health Science Centre

11/16 (68.8)

12/38 (31.6)

0.012

Research laboratory

2/16 (12.5)

0/38 (0)

0.084*

Type of laboratory

General pathology

1/16 (6.3)

22/38 (57.9)

< 0.001

Anatomical pathology

1/16 (6.3)

9/38 (23.7)

0.249*

Hematopathology

2/16 (12.5)

0/38 (0)

0.084*

Hematology

1/16 (6.3)

3/38 (7.9)

1.000*

Cancer cytogenetics

1/16 (6.3)

0/38 (0)

1.000*

Cytology

0/16 (0)

2/38 (5.3)

1.000*

Flow cytometry

0/16 (0)

2/38 (5.3)

1.000*

Cytogenetics

5/16 (31.3)

0/38 (0)

0.001*

Molecular cancer genetics

1/16 (6.3)

0/38 (0)

0.296*

Molecular genetics

4/16 (25.0)

0/38 (0)

0.006*