Open AccessDemographic and behavioral risk factors for oral cancer among Florida residents
Author(s) -
Denice Curtis,
Scott Eckhart,
Amanda C Morrow,
Laura C Sikes,
Tasnim Mridha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_39_20
Subject(s) - medicine , smokeless tobacco , cancer , marital status , demography , logistic regression , population , environmental health , ethnic group , gerontology , tobacco use , sociology , anthropology
Almost 29,000 new cases and approximately 7,500 deaths are directly attributable to oral cancer in the United States. Understanding the impact of specific behavioral and demographic characteristics on oral cancer is crucial to being able to promote early diagnoses through oral cancer screening. This study hypothesized that selected factors would be predictive of the incidence of oral cancer in Florida's population.