Table 1

Distributions of uterine cancer characteristics, by ethnicity

nMnP (n=2564)Māori (n=366)Pacific (n=273)All women (n=3203)
Age group (years)n%n%n%n%
 15–1910.0410.3720.06
 20–2420.0820.06
 25–2920.0820.5420.7360.19
 30–34170.6682.1893.29341.06
 35–39281.0992.46145.13511.59
 40–44622.42318.47217.691143.56
 45–491305.074612.57248.792006.24
 50–542499.716618.033211.7234710.83
 55–5939515.416116.673211.7248815.23
 60–6436214.124612.574817.5845614.24
 65–6934813.574712.844215.3843713.64
 70–7433212.56215.74217.6937410.83
 75–792529.83174.64176.222868.93
 80–842268.8171.9172.562407.49
 85+1586.1651.3731.101665.18
p<0.001
NZDep06*
 1–244117.2154.1103.746614.5
 3–445417.7318.5186.650315.7
 5–652320.43810.44014.660118.8
 7–869126.98122.15319.482525.8
 9–1044617.420154.914753.979424.8
 Missing90.451.8140.4
p<0.001
Cell type
 Endometroid205280.028978.920675.5254779.5
 Adenosquamous1265.0113.0155.51524.8
 Clear cell210.851.420.7280.9
 Mucinous120.510.310.4140.4
 Squamous cell2168.44512.33111.42929.1
 Undifferentiated1375.3154.1186.51705.3
p=0.186
Stage
 Local29311.44111.2207.335411.1
 Regional182971.325770.217062.3225670.4
 Distant2017.83710.14315.72818.8
 Unknown2419.4318.54014.73129.7
p<0.001
Grade
 Well differentiated86633.812333.69334.1108233.8
 Moderately differentiated37914.86116.73312.147314.8
 Poorly differentiated29911.64813.14817.639512.3
 Undifferentiated70.330.8100.3
 Not determined101339.513135.89936.2124338.8
p=0.058
  • * The New Zealand Deprivation Index 2006 (NZDep06) is a scale based on census information, where 1 represents 10% of least deprived and 10 represent 10% of the most deprived in New Zealand.

  • p, Chi-square (χ2) test of association excluding missing and unknown data.

  • nMnP, non-Māori non-Pacific women.