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Table 2 Knowledge levels of participants on bladder cancer

From: Knowledge, perception and screening of local dye workers regarding urinary bladder cancer in Ghana

Variable

Frequency (n)

%

Knows the age at-risk of bladder cancer in men and women

  

<40 years

70

67.3

>40 years

25

24.0

I don’t know

9

8.7

Knows the signs and symptoms of bladder cancer

  

Yes

14

13.4

No

90

86.5

Knows that bladder cancer is treatable

  

Yes

30

28.8

No

34

32.7

I don’t know

40

38.46

Knows of use of carcinogenic dyes as a risk factor of bladder

  

Cancer

  

Yes

9

8.6

No

75

72.1

I don’t know

20

19.2

Knows that bladder cancer is preventable

  

Yes

35

33.7

No

50

48..1

I don’t know

19

18.2

Knows of a person suffering from bladder cancer

  

Yes

3

2.8

No

101

97.2

Knows that smoking is also a risk factor of bladder cancer

  

Yes

20

19.2

No

30

28.8

I don’t know

54

51.9