Table 1 Demographic characteristics of incident tongue and larynx cancer cases
From: Surgical margins and survival after head and neck cancer surgery
N (N = 261) | % | |
|---|---|---|
Year of diagnoses | ||
1995 | 48 | 18.4 |
1996 | 54 | 20.7 |
1997 | 58 | 22.2 |
1998 | 52 | 19.9 |
1999 | 49 | 18.8 |
Gender | ||
Male | 185 | 70.9 |
Female | 76 | 29.1 |
Age at diagnosis | ||
<40 | 11 | 4.2 |
40–49 | 33 | 12.6 |
50–59 | 66 | 25.3 |
60–69 | 96 | 36.8 |
70+ | 55 | 21.1 |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 202 | 77.4 |
Black | 24 | 9.2 |
Asian | 16 | 6.1 |
Hispanic | 16 | 6.1 |
Other/Unknown | 3 | 1.2 |