Table 2 Proportions of barriers to healthcare-seeking with lung cancer symptoms among individuals with no GP contact about their lung cancer symptoms.
Prolonged coughing | Shortness of breath | Prolonged hoarseness | ||||||||||||||||
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No GP-contact n | Too embar-rassing n (%) | Worried about wasting the doctor’s time n (%) | Worried about what the doctor might find n (%) | Too Busy n (%) | No barriers n (%) | No GP-contact n | Too embar-rassing n (%) | Worried about wasting The doctor’s time n (%) | Worried about what the doctor might find n (%) | Too Busy n (%) | No barriers n (%) | No GP-contact n | Too Embar-rassing n (%) | Worried about wasting the doctor’s time n (%) | Worried about what the doctor might find n (%) | Too Busy n (%) | No barriers n (%) | |
Total | 2013 | 51 (2.5) | 310 (15.4) | 274 (13.6) | 293 (14.6) | 880 (43.7) | 1318 | 42 (3.2) | 192 (14.6) | 206 (15.6) | 221 (16.8) | 503 (38.2) | 909 | 21 (2.3) | 150 (16.5) | 80 (8.8) | 137 (15.1) | 434 (47.7) |
Sex | ||||||||||||||||||
Men | 1044 | 23 (2.2) | 147 (14.1) | 129 (12.4) | 162 (15.5) | 499 (47.8) | 643 | 20 (3.1) | 86 (13.4) | 109 (17.0) | 118 (18.4) | 261 (40.6) | 461 | 13 (2.8) | 78 (16.9) | 36 (7.8) | 77 (16.7) | 233 (50.5) |
Women | 969 | 28 (2.9) | 163 (16.8) | 145 (15.0) | 131 (13.5) | 381 (39.3) | 675 | 22 (3.3) | 106 (15.7) | 97 (14.4) | 103 (15.3) | 242 (35.9) | 448 | 8 (1.8) | 72 (16.1) | 44 (9.8) | 60 (13.4) | 201 (44.9) |
Age-group | ||||||||||||||||||
40–54 years | 709 | 24 (3.4) | 124 (17.5) | 119 (16.8) | 163 (23.0) | 242 (34.1) | 622 | 25 (4.0) | 115 (18.5) | 123 (19.8) | 157 (25.2) | 179 (28.8) | 270 | 7 (2.6) | 56 (20.7) | 30 (11.1) | 69 (25.6) | 91 (33.7) |
55–69 years | 922 | 22 (2.4) | 151 (16.4) | 122 (13.2) | 111 (12.0) | 418 (45.3) | 476 | 12 (2.5) | 49 (10.3) | 64 (13.4) | 53 (11.1) | 205 (43.1) | 399 | 9 (2.3) | 66 (16.5) | 32 (8.0) | 51 (12.8) | 200 (50.1) |
70+ years | 382 | 5 (1.3) | 35 (9.2) | 33 (8.6) | 19 (5.0) | 220 (57.6) | 220 | 5 (2.3) | 28 (12.7) | 19 (8.6) | 11 (5.0) | 119 (54.1) | 240 | 5 (2.1) | 28 (11.7) | 18 (7.5) | 17 (7.1) | 143 (59.6) |
Smoking status | ||||||||||||||||||
Never smoking | 545 | 12 (2.2) | 83 (15.2) | 39 (7.2) | 82 (15.0) | 244 (44.8) | 393 | 6 (1.5) | 63 (16.0) | 39 (9.9) | 72 (18.3) | 144 (36.6) | 293 | – | 53 (18.1) | 24 (8.2) | 52 (17.7) | 121 (41.3) |
Former smoking | 551 | 4 (0.7) | 61 (11.1) | 46 (8.3) | 69 (12.5) | 272 (49.4) | 483 | 7 (1.4) | 55 (11.4) | 48 (9.9) | 66 (13.7) | 197 (40.8) | 382 | – | 54 (14.1) | 27 (7.1) | 47 (12.3) | 202 (52.9) |
Current smoking | 917 | 35 (3.8) | 166 (18.1) | 189 (20.6) | 142 (15.5) | 364 (39.7) | 442 | 29 (6.6) | 74 (16.7) | 119 (26.9) | 83 (18.8) | 162 (36.7) | 234 | – | 43 (18.4) | 29 (12.4) | 38 (16.2) | 111 (47.4) |
Educational level | ||||||||||||||||||
Low (<10 years) | 361 | 11 (3.0) | 48 (13.3) | 60 (16.6) | 39 (10.8) | 183 (50.7) | 225 | 5 (2.2) | 34 (15.1) | 41 (18.2) | 23 (10.2) | 113 (50.2) | 170 | – | 21 (12.4) | 13 (7.6) | 14 (8.2) | 107 (62.9) |
Middle (10–14 years) | 1057 | 28 (2.6) | 177 (16.7) | 135 (12.8) | 162 (15.3) | 475 (44.9) | 757 | 25 (3.3) | 112 (14.8) | 122 (16.1) | 136 (18.0) | 295 (39.0) | 449 | – | 80 (17.8) | 46 (10.2) | 68 (15.1) | 219 (48.8) |
High (≥15 years) | 595 | 12 (2.0) | 85 (14.3) | 79 (13.3) | 92 (15.5) | 222 (37.3) | 336 | 12 (3.6) | 46 (13.7) | 43 (12.8) | 62 (18.5) | 95 (28.3) | 290 | – | 49 (16.9) | 21 (7.2) | 55 (19.0) | 108 (37.2) |
Marital Status | ||||||||||||||||||
Single | 518 | 13 (2.5) | 81 (15.6) | 80 (15.4) | 71 (13.7) | 217 (41.9) | 390 | 16 (4.1) | 59 (15.1) | 66 (16.9) | 57 (14.6) | 143 (36.7) | 275 | 6 (2.2) | 44 (16.0) | 24 (8.7) | 44 (16.0) | 133 (48.4) |
Married/living together | 1495 | 38 (2.5) | 229 (15.3) | 194 (13.0) | 222 (14.8) | 663 (44.3) | 928 | 26 (2.8) | 133 (14.3) | 140 (15.1) | 164 (17.7) | 360 (38.8) | 634 | 15 (2.4) | 106 (16.7) | 56 (8.8) | 93 (14.7) | 301 (47.5) |
Labour Market affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||
Working | 1088 | 22 (2.0) | 163 (15.0) | 165 (15.2) | 230 (21.1) | 411 (37.8) | 732 | 22 (3.0) | 119 (16.3) | 130 (17.8) | 183 (25.0) | 223 (30.5) | 412 | 7 (1.7) | 76 (18.4) | – | – | 159 (38.6) |
Pension | 698 | 13 (1.9) | 100 (14.3) | 66 (9.5) | 43 (6.2) | 368 (52.7) | 374 | 10 (2.7) | 39 (10.4) | 35 (9.4) | 21 (5.6) | 194 (51.9) | 395 | 7 (1.8) | 55 (13.9) | – | – | 225 (57.0) |
Out of workforce | 86 | 7 (8.1) | 22 (25.6) | 18 (20.9) | 8 (9.3) | 29 (33.7) | 77 | 4 (4.7) | 15 (19.5) | 13 (16.9) | 8 (10.4) | 27 (35.1) | 36 | ≤3a | 11 (30.6) | – | – | 13 (36.1) |
Disability pension | 141 | 9 (6.4) | 25 (17.7) | 25 (17.7) | 12 (8.5) | 72 (51.1) | 135 | 6 (4.4) | 19 (14.1) | 28 (20.7) | 9 (6.7) | 59 (43.7) | 66 | ≤3a | 8 (12.1) | – | – | 37 (56.1) |
Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||
Danish | 1924 | 43 (2.2) | 292 (15.2) | 258 (13.4) | 274 (14.2) | 849 (44.1) | 1246 | 37 (3.0) | 174 (14.0) | 192 (15.4) | 203 (16.3) | 478 (38.4) | 871 | – | 136 (15.6) | – | 124 (14.2) | 420 (48.2) |
Immigrants/descendants of immigrants | 89 | 8 (9.0) | 18 (20.2) | 16 (18.0) | 19 (21.3) | 31 (34.8) | 72 | 5 (6.9) | 18 (25.0) | 14 (19.4) | 18 (25.0) | 25 (34.7) | 38 | – | 14 (36.8) | – | 13 (34.2) | 14 (36.8) |
