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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2012 Jul 12;35(7):1026–1035. doi: 10.1002/hed.23084

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics

Characteristic Frequency (%) (N=103)
Gender
  Male 71 (68.9)
  Female 32 (31.1)
Race
  White 92 (89.3)
  Black 11 (10.7)
Education Level
  <12th grade 11 (10.7)
  ≥12th grade 92 (89.3)
Marital Status
  Single/Widowed/Other 37 (35.9)
  Married/Living with a partner 66 (64.1)
Employment Status
  Employed 52 (50.5)
  Unemployed/Other 51 (49.5)
Residence Area
  Metropolitan 65 (63.1)
  Rural 38 (36.9)
Insurance Coverage
  Medicare/ Medicaid/TennCare/TriCare 58 (56.3)
  Private Insurance /HMO 37 (35.9)
  None/other 8 (7.8)
Yearly Household Income
  ≥ $20,000 19 (18.4)
  $20,001 to $50,000 15 (14.6)
  Over $50, 000 36 (35.0)
  Do not care to respond 33 (32.0)
Smoking (any current or past use)
  Yes 68 (66.0)
  No 35 (34.0)
Drinking Alcohol (any current or past use)
  Yes 42 (40.8)
  No 61 (59.2)
Age (Mean, Median, IQR25–75, Min, Max) 59.8, 60.2, 51.9/66.6, 33.1, 86.7