Research Article
Oropharyngeal Cancer Survival: A Population-Based Study of Patients Diagnosed between 1978 and 2002
Table 1
Distribution of cases, the number of deaths according sex, age, and period.
| | Number of persons at risk | % | Number of deaths |
| Sex | | | | Male | 333 | 87.6 | 252 | Female | 47 | 12.4 | 27 | Total | 380 | 100 | 279 | Age | | | | 0–39 | 14 | 3.6 | 9 | 40–64 | 262 | 68.9 | 195 | 65+ | 104 | 27.3 | 75 | Location | | | | Base of tongue | 143 | 37.6 | 115 | Tonsil | 119 | 31.4 | 80 | Soft palate | 34 | 8.9 | 25 | Oropharynx | 84 | 22.1 | 59 | Period | | | | 1978–1986 | 100 | 26.3 | 67 | 1987–1994 | 139 | 36.5 | 112 | 1995–2002 | 141 | 37.1 | 100 |
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