Research Article

Prevalence and Distribution of Oral Mucosal Lesions by Sex and Age Categories: A Retrospective Study of Patients Attending Lebanese School of Dentistry

Table 1

Total sample description ().

CharacteristicFrequency (percentage)

Age at consultation (mean ± SD years; (range))40.1 ± 17.7 (10–92)
 ≤3062 (35.2)
 (30–60)88 (50.0)
 >6026 (14.8)

Gender
 Male76 (42.7)
 Female102 (57.3)

Occupation
 Student32 (21.5)
 Employee/self-employed65 (43.6)
 Housewife/retired52 (34.9)

Address (closest to farthest)
 Baabda Hadath80 (44.9)
 Beirut Khaldeh60 (33.7)
 Jabal Jounieh19 (10.7)
 Bekaa Akkar16 (9.0)
 Others3 (1.7)
Tobacco smokers89 (50.0)