Skip to main content

Table 2 Distribution of cases by stage at diagnosis, socioeconomic status (SES) quintiles and sex from 1981–2009

From: Socio-economic deprivation: a significant determinant affecting stage of oral cancer diagnosis and survival

     

Chi-square P value

 

Early

Late

 
 

N

%

N

%

 

OPC men

 

 Affluent (q1-3)

108

14.7

625

85.3

0.82

 Deprived (q4-5)

103

14.2

620

85.8

OPC women

 

 Affluent (q1-3)

69

27.0

187

73.0

0.12

 Deprived (q4-5)

55

21.2

205

78.8

OCC men

 

 Affluent (q1-3)

476

49.1

494

50.9

<0.001**

 Deprived (q4-5)

431

40.1

644

59.9

OCC women

 

 Affluent (q1-3)

338

54.2

286

45.8

0.01**

 Deprived (q4-5)

277

47.0

312

53.0

  1. **Significant P value < 0.05. Missing cases for OPC among men and women were 56 (q1-3 = 22 & q4-5 = 34) and 31 (q1-3 = 19 & q4-5 = 12), respectively, and for OCC among men and women were 647 (q1-3 = 306, q4-5 = 341) and 414 (q1-3 = 196, q4-5 = 218), respectively. Missing cases were not included in the analysis