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Table 1 Socio-demographicandclinicaldataof all respondents and those who left at least 1 comment.

From: Exploring patient experiences of cancer care in Northern Ireland: A thematic analysis of free-text responses to the 2018 Northern Ireland Patient Experience Survey (NICPES)

 

All respondents

Respondents with at least 1 comment 

Respondent characteristics 

Number of respondents

Percentage

Number of respondents

Percentage

Sex 

    

Male 

1639

47.1%

1121

46.6%

Female 

1839

52.9%

1284

53.4%

Age group 

    

< 45 

92

2.7%

68

2.9%

45 - 54 

312

9.0%

234

9.7%

55 - 64 

809

23.3%

555

23.1%

65 - 74 

1039

29.9%

732

30.4%

75 - 84 

548

15.8%

365

15.2%

85 + 

31

0.9%

19

0.8%

Ethnicity 

    

White 

3220

99.5%

2239

99.6%

Any other ethnic group 

16

0.5%

8

0.4%

Sexual orientation 

    

Heterosexual or straight 

3119

96.6%

2186

97.2%

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Other 

41

1.3%

23

1.0%

Prefer not to say 

59

1.8%

40

1.8%

Deprivation quintile 

    

1 (Least deprived) 

613

17.6%

401

16.7%

667

19.2%

452

18.8%

667

19.2%

453

18.8%

728

20.9%

498

20.7%

5 (Most deprived) 

803

23.1%

601

25.0%

Cancer type 

    

Brain / CNS 

29

0.8%

21

0.9%

Breast 

655

18.8%

483

20.1%

Colorectal / LGT 

431

12.4%

290

12.1%

Gynaecological 

182

5.2%

127

5.3%

Haematological 

622

17.9%

432

18.0%

Head and Neck 

109

3.1%

77

3.2%

Lung 

180

5.2%

122

5.1%

Prostate 

301

8.7%

211

8.8%

Sarcoma 

18

0.5%

13

0.5%

Skin 

68

2.0%

48

2.0%

Upper Gastro 

152

4.4%

101

4.2%

Urological 

370

10.6%

230

9.6%

Other 

361

10.4%

250

10.4%

Health Board 

    

Belfast 

1455

41.8%

1052

43.7%

Northern 

424

12.2%

303

12.6%

South Eastern 

598

17.2%

423

17.6%

Southern 

473

13.6%

284

11.8%

Western 

528

15.2%

343

14.3%

Employment status when diagnosed with cancer 

    

Employed (FT/PT) 

1243

37.5%

909

39.6%

Unemployed 

173

5.2%

106

4.6%

Retired 

1624

49%

1110

48.4%

Other (incl. homemaker, student) 

272

8.2%

169

7.4%

Employment status now 

    

Employed (FT/PT) 

686

21.0%

511

22.6%

Unemployed 

410

12.6%

262

11.6%

Retired 

1908

58.5%

1326

58.6%

Other (incl. homemaker, student) 

260

8.0%

165

7.3%