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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by beneficiary’s insurance status (n = 2,130,581)

From: A population-based study of the influence of socioeconomic status on prostate cancer diagnosis in Taiwan

Variables

Insured

(n = 1,632,629)

Dependents

(n = 497,952)

p-value

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Age, yrs

    

< 0.001

 50–59

1,074,346

65.8

141,016

28.3

 

 60–69

365,487

22.4

219,037

44.0

 

 70–79

192,796

11.8

137,899

27.7

 

Occupation

    

< 0.001

 Labor

943,053

57.8

166,377

33.4

 

 Enterprise employee

592,942

36.3

288,350

57.9

 

 Government employee

96,634

5.9

43,225

8.7

 

Income, TWD

    

< 0.001

 17,881–21,900

687,511

42.1

176,375

35.4

 

 21,901–40,100

422,743

25.9

192,608

38.7

 

  > 40,100

522,375

32.0

128,969

25.9

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