Table 1 Liver cancer patient characteristics during the period 1996–2007

Patient no.

5118

1240

Age

59.65 ± 12.30

57.95 ± 11.46

<50 (reference)

1315

25.69

343

27.66

1.00

50s

1283

25.07

383

30.89

1.15

0.97-1.37

60s

1274

24.89

275

22.18

0.84

0.69-1.02

> = 70s

1246

24.35

239

19.27

0.79

0.64-0.97

Gender

Female (reference)

1957

38.24

631

50.89

1.00

Male

3161

61.76

609

49.11

0.60

0.52-0.68

Insured amount (NT$/month)

<20,000 (reference)

3491

68.21

815

65.73

1.00

20,000-39,999

964

18.84

245

19.76

0.92

0.77-1.11

40,000-59,999

459

8.97

121

9.76

1.01

0.78-1.30

> = 60,000

204

3.99

59

4.76

1.21

0.87-1.70

Urban Level

1 (reference)

1456

29.19

348

28.74

1.00

2

1461

29.29

358

29.56

0.91

0.75-1.10

3

708

14.19

187

15.44

0.91

0.71-1.15

4

817

16.38

201

16.6

0.85

0.66-1.08

> = 5

546

10.95

117

9.67

0.80

0.58-1.08

Residential Area

Northern (reference)

667

13.03

149

12.02

1.00

Taipei

1923

37.57

383

30.89

0.75

0.58-0.96

Central

709

13.85

306

24.68

1.99

1.56-2.54

Southern

931

18.19

215

17.34

1.12

0.86-1.44

Eastern

89

1.74

28

2.26

1.40

0.83-2.36

Kao-Ping

783

15.3

153

12.34

0.91

0.69-1.18

Insured unit

Government, school employees (reference)

530

10.93

158

13.4

1.00

Private enterprise employees

1390

28.68

361

30.62

0.92

0.73-1.15

Member of occupational

960

19.81

271

22.99

0.99

0.77-1.27

Farmers, fishermen

1215

25.07

246

20.87

0.71

0.54-0.94

Low-income households Veterans, other regional

752

15.51

143

12.13

0.80

0.60-1.07