Table 1 Characteristics of respondents
From: Prostate cancer screening in Primary Health Care: the current state of affairs
Characteristic of respondent | Number of respondents (percentage) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 102 (68.5%) |
Female | 43 (28.9%) |
Not answered | 4 (2.7%) |
Area of practice* | |
Metropolitan | 93 (62.4%) |
Combined rural | 55 (36.9%) |
Regional | 34 (22.8%) |
Rural | 21 (14.1%) |
Not answered | 1 (0.7%) |
Age | |
≤40 | 21 (14.1%) |
41 to 49 | 23 (15.4%) |
50 to 59 | 58 (38.9%) |
60 to 69 | 34 (22.8%) |
≥70 | 11 (7.4%) |
Not answered | 2 (1.3%) |
Years in practice | |
<10 years | 18 (12.1%) |
10 – 20 years | 30 (20.1%) |
>20 years | 96 (64.4%) |
Not answered | 5 (3.4%) |
State | |
Victoria | 73 (49.0%) |
New South Wales | 37 (24.8%) |
Queensland | 13 (8.7%) |
Western Australia | 9 (6.0%) |
South Australia | 9 (6.0%) |
Other/Not answered | 8 (5.4%) |
Race | |
Asian | 30 (20.1%) |
Caucasian | 107 (71.8%) |
Other/Not answered | 12 (8.1%) |
Breakdown of responses by recruitment | |
UroGP conference | 97/120 (80.8%) |
National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Victoria | 17/130 (13.1%) |
Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, NSW | 14/52 (26.9%) |
University of Newcastle, NSW | 21/136 (15.4%) |