Bayesian Disease Mapping to Identify High-Risk Population for Oral Cancer: A Retrospective Spatiotemporal Analysis

Table 1

Patient cohort characteristics.

Variable	Category	N (%)
Age	<40 years	283 (2.9)
	40–64 years	4,036 (40.8)
	≥65 years	5,566 (56.3)
Gender	Female	2,815 (28.5)
	Male	7,070 (71.5)
Tumor site	Oral cavity	5,151 (52.1)
	Oropharynx	4,578 (46.3)
	Not specified	156 (1.6)
Tumor grade	Well-differentiated	1,140 (11.5)
	Moderately differentiated	4,888 (49.4)
	Poorly differentiated	2,359 (23.9)
	Undifferentiated	33 (0.3)
	Unknown	1,465 (14.9)
Status	Alive	4,026 (40.7)
	Dead	5,859 (59.3)