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Oral cancer examinations among U.S. Hispanics in 1998
Maria T Canto1, Thomas F Drury, Alice M Horowitz
1Division of Health Promotion and Population Sciences, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, U.S. DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6402, USA. maria.canto@nih.gov
Background:
An oral cancer examination (OCE) is crucial for early detection of oral and pharyngeal cancers. The objectives of this study were: 1) to estimate the percentages of Hispanics and Hispanic subgroups who reported having an OCE in the past 12 months; 2) to compare these groups with various Non-Hispanics; and 3) to evaluate the extents to which having an OCE might be explained by age, gender, education, family income, a recent visit to a dentist, and edentulism.
Methods:
Descriptive and logistic regression analyses using data from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey.
Results:
6.4% of Hispanics and 14.5% of non-Hispanics had had an OCE in the past 12 months. After adjusting for age, gender, education, income, a dental visit, and edentulism, Hispanics were 1.7 times less likely than non-Hispanics to have had an OCE in the past 12 months.
Conclusions:
Fewer Hispanics are receiving OCEs relative to Non-Hispanics.
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