The impact of socio-demographic factors on the survival of cancer patients in Zimbabwe.

Autor: Okorie IE; Department of Mathematics, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, UAE., Moyo R; Department of Statistics, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe., Nadarajah S; Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. saralees.nadarajah@manchester.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2021 Jun 10; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 12309. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 10.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91781-4
Abstrakt: We provide a survival analysis of cancer patients in Zimbabwe. Our results show that young cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to old cancer patients. Male cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to female cancer patients. Race and marital status are significant risk factors for cancer patients in Zimbabwe.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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