Table 2 Characteristics of 2356 patients with colorectal cancer

Hospital type

 General

696 (29.5)

 Specialized

1660 (70.5)

Age at diagnosis (years)

 Mean ± SD^a

57.4 ± 12.1

  <45

361 (15.3)

  45–54

542 (23.0)

  55–64

787 (33.4)

  ≥65

666 (28.3)

Sex

 Men

1345 (57.1)

 Women

1011 (42.9)

Education

 Primary school or below

727 (30.9)

 Junior high school

784 (33.3)

 Senior high school

592 (25.1)

 Undergraduate or over

253 (10.7)

Occupation

 Farmer

845 (35.9)

 Enterprise or company employee/worker

570 (24.2)

 Self-employee or unemployee

354 (15.0)

 Retiree

274 (11.6)

 Public sector employee

259 (11.0)

 Others

54 (2.3)

Previous-year household income^a,b (CNY)

 Mean ± SD

54,525 ± 45,822

 Median (P₂₅–P₇₅)

40,000 (20,000–70,000)

 <20,000

339 (14.9)

 20,000–39,999

632 (27.7)

 40,000–69,999

669 (29.4)

 ≥70,000

639 (28.0)

Income per patient in last 5 years^a,c (CNY)

 Mean ± SD

30,355 ± 29,841

Number of family members^a,d [median (P₂₅–P₇₅)]

4 (2–5)

Healthcare insurance type^e

 Urban employee basic medical insurance

916 (38.9)

 Urban resident basic medical insurance

446 (18.9)

 New rural cooperative medical scheme

897 (38.1)

 Commercial insurance

22 (0.9)

 Self-paid

49 (2.1)

 Others

24 (1.0)

Clinical stage

 I

328 (13.9)

 II

630 (26.7)

 III

815 (34.6)

 IV

559 (23.7)

 Not reported

24 (1.0)

Pathologic type

 Adenocarcinoma

2081 (88.3)

 Others

176 (7.5)

 Not reported

99 (4.2)

Therapeutic regimen^f

 Surgery

886 (37.8)

 Chemotherapy

784 (33.4)

 Surgery and postoperative chemotherapy

333 (14.2)

 Symptomatic treatment

222 (9.5)

 Concurrent chemoradiotherapy

62 (2.6)

 Radiotherapy

42 (1.8)

 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery

16 (0.7)

Number of clinical visits^a [median (P₅–P₉₅)]

2 (1–5)

Number of admissions^a [median (P₅–P₉₅)]

1 (1–5)

Hospital stay^a,g (days)

 Mean ± SD

37 ± 38

 Median (P₂₅–P₇₅)

25 (17–42)

Quality of the questionnaire

 High quality

2230 (94.7)

 Low quality

126 (5.3)