Table 1

Age	Frequency of incidence	%
Blow 11 yrs	16	0.4
12-17 yrs	22	0.6
18-27 yrs	99	2.6
28-37 years	194	5.2
38-47 yrs	456	12.2
48-57 yrs	814	21.7
58-67 yrs	1111	29.7
68 and above	1031	27.5
Total	3743	100

Table 1: Age -wise distribution of cancer patients in rural areas of Shimla district

Table 2

Gender	Frequency	Percent
Male	1874	50.1
Female	1869	49.9
Total	3743	100

Table 2: Gender distribution of cancer patients in rural areas of Shimla district

Table 3

Age	Gender of cancer patients		Total	χ2
	Male	Female
<17 years	24	14	38	180.18**
18-27	35	64	99
28-37	80	114	194
38-47	149	307	456
48-57	334	480	814
58-67	602	509	1111
68 and above	654	377	1031
Total	1878	1865	3743

Table 3: Chi-square test showing the significance of differences between age and gender

**p < .01

Table 4

Blocks	Frequency	Percent
Mashobra	108	2.9
Narkanda	344	9.2
Theog	678	18.1
Nankhari	132	3.5
Rampur	550	14.7
Jubbal & Kotkhai	547	14.6
Rohru	431	11.5
Chirgaon	264	7.1
Chaupal	401	10.7
Basantpur	231	6.2
Kupvi	57	1.5
Total	3743	100

Table 4: Blockwise distribution of cancer patients

Table 5

Block	Gender of cancer patients		Total	χ²
	Male	Female
Mashobra	43	65	108	12.21^NS
Narkanda	172	172	344
Theog	326	352	678
Nankhari	70	62	132
Rampur	291	259	550
Jubbal & Kotkhai	268	279	547
Rohru	234	197	431
Chirgaon	131	133	264
Chaupal	200	201	401
Basantpur	109	122	231
Kupvi	30	27	57
Total	1874	1869	3743

Table 5: Chi-square test showing the association between block and gender

Tables at a glance

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4

Table 5

Figures at a glance

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Figure 1

FIGURE 1

Figure 1: Age -wise trend of cancer patients in each block of the Shimla district