Table 2.
Health and Behavior Characteristics by Smoking Status+
| Smoking Status* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Former | Never | |
| n=37 | n=38 | n=35 | |
| PRIMARY TUMOR SITE | |||
| Oral Cavity | 37% | 19% | 44% |
| Oropharynx | 36% | 47% | 17% |
| Hypopharynx | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| Nasopharynx | 38% | 12% | 50% |
| Larynx | 22% | 67% | 11% |
| Other (Nasal Cavity, Salivary Glands, Thyroid) |
29% | 57% | 14% |
| Primary site not identified or not available | 28% | 29% | 43% |
| Misc. HNC (Skin, Nerve, Carotid) | 9% | 36% | 55% |
| TUMOR STAGE | |||
| Stage I n=14 | 9% | 36% | 43% |
| Stage II n=27 | 30% | 39% | 23% |
| Stage III n=19 | 27% | 32% | 21% |
| Stage IV n=26 | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| Unstaged or recurrent or unknown primary n=26 |
20% | 80% | 0% |
| ALCOHOL USE STATUS | |||
| Current n=64 | 36% | 33% | 31% |
| Former n=32 | 41% | 47% | 13% |
| Never n=13 | 8% | 15% | 77% |
|
AGE STARTED SMOKING REGULARLY (years) |
15 (4.2) | 18 (3.8) | -- |
| CURRENT AGE | 54 (13.5) | 64 (11.2) | 61 (13.0) |
*
Two people declined to identify their smoking status
+
Categories may not sum to total due to missing data or rounding error