Table I

The social demographic factors against the knowledge of risk factors for oral cancer

Variablesn(%)Oral cancer awarenessTobacco as a risk factorAlcohol as a risk factorOral sex as a risk factorAge<50Living with HIV
Gender
Male80 (42.5)25 (31.2)57 (71.3)37 (46.3)27 (33.8)17 (21.3)25 (31.2)
Female108 (57.4)34 (31.5)68 (63.0)48 (44.4)37 (34.3)26 (24.1)44 (40.7)
p 0.9730.2340.8060.9420.6490.182
Age (years)
⩾49156 (83.0)51 (32.7)101 (64.7)70 (44.9)53 (34.0)32 (20.5)51 (32.7)
<4931 (16.5)8 (25.8)23 (74.2)15 (48.4)10 (32.3)11 (35.5)18 (58.1)
Not specified1 (0.5)0 (0.0)1 (100.0)0 (0.0)1 (100.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
p 0.5980.4620.6190.3710.1670.021
Income group (monthly in $)
100 and below36 (19.1)5 (13.9)25 (69.4)17 (47.2)9 (25.0)5 (13.9)9 (25.0)
101–24938 (20.1)13 (34.2)23 (60.5)14 (36.8)17 (44.7)9 (23.7)18 (47.4)
250 plus11 (5.6)5 (44.5)10 (90.9)7 (63.6)6 (54.5)3 (27.3)4 (36.4)
p 0.0490.1590.2670.1000.4660.136
Marital status
Single119 (63.3)40 (33.6)81 (68.1)54 (45.4)45 (37.8)22 (18.5)44 (37.0)
Cohabit6 (3.2)3 (50.0)4 (66.6)4 (66.6)1 (16.6)2 (33.3)2 (18.5)
Married58 (30.9)13 (22.4)36 (62.1)24 (41.4)17 (29.3)16 (27.6)20 (34.5)
Divorced4 (2.1)2 (50.0)3 (75.0)3 (75.0)0 (0.0)3 (75.0)3 (75.0)
Private1 (0.5)1 (100.0)1 (100.0)0 (0.0)1 (100.0)0 (100.0)0 (100.0)
p 0.1820.8650.4450.180.0650.515
Tobacco use
Ever19 (10.1)4 (21.1)14 (73.8)10 (52.6)9 (47.4)3 (15.8)6 (31.6)
Never169 (89.9)55 (32.5)111 (65.7)75 (44.4)55 (32.5)40 (23.7)63 (37.3)
p 0.3060.4830.4930.1960.4380.625
Alcohol use
Ever82 (43.6)27 (33.9)62 (75.6)42 (51.2)30 (36.6)25 (30.4)34 (41.5)
Never106 (56.4)32 (30.1)63 (59.4)43 (40.6)34 (32.1)18 (17.0)35 (33.0)
p 0.6880.0200.1460.5180.0290.234
Relative who died from cancer
Yes62 (33.0)20 (32.2)48 (77.4)27 (43.5)26 (41.9)17 (27.4)29 (46.8)
No92 (48.9)29 (31.5)60 (65.2)43 (46.7)28 (30.4)21 (22.8)34 (37.0)
Not sure34 (18.1)10 (29.4)17 (40.0)15 (44.1)10 (29.4)5 (14.7)6 (17.6)
p 0.9590.0230.9170.2760.3660.018

Note: Values in italics are significant at p=0.05

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