Statistical Analysis on the Reported Cases of Breast Cancer

Abstract

One of the most common malignancies affecting about one in nine women is breast cancer. It’s now the most common cancer and the second leading cause of death among women in Nigeria. Blacks have the highest incidence of cancer compared to whites and this is attributed to the cultural, social, behavioral, environmental, education and economic factors rather than racial or genetic deposition for cancer. This study assessed the reported cases of breast cancer for both rural and urban areas in Kano state. The main objectives are to examine the difference between the ages and the years of the reported breast cancer cases, to investigate if the rate of breast cancer is increasing or decreasing and to investigate the significant association between their life conditions: dead/alive, geographical area: rural/urban and years of the reported case. The data was analyzed using IBM PSAW (SPSS Version 20). The statistical techniques used for the analysis are factorial ANOVA and Chi-square test. From the analysis, it was concluded that the ages of the patients are significantly different and the survival rate was increasing simultaneously.