Awareness of Oral Cancer in a Northwestern Nigerian State: Assessing the Knowledge, Opinion, and Practice of Traditional Healers and Herbalists

Table 1

Sociodemographic chracteristics of respondents.

Characteristic	Frequency (𝑛=21)	Percentage (%)
Age group (years)
30–39	3	14.3
40–49	9	42.9
50–59	6	28.6
60 and above	3	14.3
Gender
Male	20	95.2
Female	1	4.8
Marital status
Married	18	85.7
Single	1	4.8
Divorced	1	4.8
Widowed	1	4.8
Educational qualification
Quranic	13	61.9
Primary	—	—
Secondary	6	28.6
Tertiary	2	9.5
Ethnicity
Hausa	17	81.0
Others	4	19.0
Nationality
Nigerian	19	90.5
Non-Nigerian	2	9.5