Clinico-Pathological Findings and Spatial Distributions of Esophageal Cancer in Arsi Zone, Oromia, Central Ethiopia

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of EC Patients in Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020

Variables	Sex of the Participants
	Male	Female	Total
	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)
Residence
Urban	8 (4.1)	7 (3.3)	15 (3.7)
Rural	186 (95.9)	202 (96.7)	388 (96.3)
Age of the participants
≤19 years	1 (0.5)	0 (0)	1 (0.2)
20–29 years	2 (1.0)	3 (1.43)	5 (1.2)
30–39 years	8 (4.12)	15 (7.2)	23 (5.7)
40–49 years	31 (16.0)	49 (23.4)	80 (20.0)
50–59 years	56 (28.9)	84 (40.2)	140 (34.7)
60–69 years	60 (30.9)	46 (22)	106 (26.3)
70–79 years	30 (15.5)	9 (4.3)	39 (9.7)
≥80 years	6 (3.1)	3 (1.4)	9 (2.2)

Table 2 Clinico-Pathological Characteristics of Esophageal Cancer Patients in Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020

Variables	Sex of the Participants		Total
	Male	Female
	No. (%)	No. (%)
Histopathological types
Squamous cell carcinoma	191 (98.5)	205 (98.1)	396 (98.3)
Adenocarcinoma	4 (1.9)	3 (1.5)	7 (1.7)
Tumor location
Cervical	2 (1)	0 (0)	2 (0.5)
Upper thorax	15 (7.7)	12 (5.7)	27 (6.7)
Mid thorax	48 (24.7)	57 (27.3)	105 (26.1)
Lower thorax	89 (45.9)	84 (40.2)	173 (42.9)
Gastro Esophageal Junction	40 (20.6)	56 (26.8)	96 (23.8)
Degree of tumor differentiation
Well differentiated	53 (27.3)	47 (22.5)	100 (24.8)
Moderately differentiated	77 (39.7)	91 (43.5)	168 (41.7)
Poorly differentiated	44 (22.7)	44 (21.1)	88 (21.8)
Report not conclusive	20 (10.3)	27 (12.9)	47 (11.7)
Presenting symptoms
Dysphagia and weight loss	171 (88.1)	182 (87.1)	353 (87.6)
Vomiting	23 (11.9)	27 (12.9)	50 (12.4)
Cancer stage
Stage 1	7 (3.6)	7 (3.3)	14 (3.5)
Stage 2	17 (8.8)	28 (13.4)	45 (11.2)
Stage 3	81 (41.8)	90 (43.1)	171 (42.4)
Stage 4	48 (24.7)	49 (23.4)	97 (24.1)
Not graded	41 (21.1)	35 (16.7)	76 (18.9)

Figure 1 The number of esophageal cancer patients per district in Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020.

Figure 2 Map showing the spatial distribution of esophageal cancer cases in Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020.