Table 1 Socio-demographic and reproductive health characteristics of ovarian cancer patients at TASH and SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (n = 561)

Age in years at time of diagnosis

< 30

50(68.49%)

23(31.51%)

73(13.01%)

11.56

0.021

30–39

47(54.65%)

39(45.35%)

86(15.33%)

40–49

76(59.84%)

51(40.16%)

127(22.64%)

50–59

57(60.64%)

37(39.36%)

94(16.76%)

≥ 60

86(47.51%)

95(52.49%)

181(32.26%)

Region

Addis Ababa

114(57.00%)

86(43.00%)

200(35.65%)

2.36

0.502

Oromia

112(58.33%)

80(41.67%)

192(34.22%)

Amhara

55(50.00%)

55(50.00%)

110(19.61%)

Other*

35(59.32%)

24(40.68%)

59(10.52%)

Number of parity

0–1

106(61.99%)

65(38.01%)

171(30.48%)

3.61

0.165

2–3

74(56.06%)

58(43.94%)

132(23.53%)

≥ 4+

136(52.71%)

122(47.29%)

258(45.99%)

Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use

User

23(54.76%)

19(45.24%)

42(7.49%)

0.41

0.813

Non user

175(57.57%)

129(42.43%)

304(54.19%)

Unknown

118(54.88%)

97(45.12%)

215(38.32%)

Menopause status

Premenopausal

132(60.83%)

85(39.17%)

217(38.68%)

2.92

0.088

Postmenopausal

184(53.49%)

160(46.51%)

344(61.32%)

Family History of ovarian

Yes

24(48.98%)

25(51.02%)

49(8.73%)

3.51

0.173

No

91(62.33%)

55(37.67%)

146(26.02%)

Unknown

201(54.92%)

165(45.08%)

366(65.24%)