Table 2.

Characteristics of the Population Having Received versus Not Having Received Oral Cancer Screening within the Past Year (Maryland Cancer Survey, 2002–2008)

	Weighted %*, (95% CI)
Characteristic	Yes	No	P value
Total	36.1 (35.2–36.9)	63.9 (63.1–64.8)
Smoking status
Never	38.3 (37.1–39.5)	61.7 (60.5–62.9)	<0.0001
Former	38.8 (37.4–40.3)	61.2 (59.7–62.6)
Current	23.9 (22.0–25.7)	76.1 (74.3–78.0)
Sex
Male	34.0 (32.7–35.4)	66.0 (64.6–67.3)	<0.0001
Female	37.8 (36.8–38.8)	62.2 (61.2–63.2)
Race
White	41.7 (40.7–42.6)	58.3 (57.4–59.3)	<0.0001
Black	21.7 (20.0–23.3)	78.3 (76.7–80.0)
Other	29.1 (24.6–33.7)	70.9 (66.3–75.4)
Age in years
40–49	33.2 (31.7–34.8)	66.8 (65.2–68.3)	<0.0001
50–64	39.2 (37.9–40.5)	60.8 (59.5–62.1)
65–74	37.4 (35.5–39.3)	62.6 (60.7–64.5)
75 and older	33.1 (31.0–35.1)	66.9 (64.9–69.0)
Marital status
Married	40.0 (38.9–41.1)	60.0 (58.9–61.1)	<0.0001
Not married	28.0 (26.8–29.2)	72.0 (70.8–73.2)
Education
Less than high school	14.2 (12.1–16.3)	85.8 (83.7–87.9)	<0.0001
High school graduate	27.0 (25.5–28.4)	73.0 (71.6–74.5)
Some college or college graduate	39.9 (38.6–41.2)	60.1 (58.8–61.4)
Advanced degree	49.5 (47.5–51.6)	50.5 (48.4–52.5)
Health status
Excellent, very good, or good	38.6 (37.7–39.6)	61.4 (60.4–62.3)	<0.0001
Fair or poor	23.1 (21.3–24.8)	76.9 (75.2–78.7)
Routine medical checkup in past year
Yes	37.6 (36.7–38.6)	62.4 (61.4–63.3)	<0.0001
No	29.2 (27.3–31.1)	70.8 (68.9–72.7)
Dental visit in past year
Yes	47.7 (46.7–48.7)	52.3 (51.3–53.3)	<0.0001
No	2.7 (2.1–3.3)	97.3 (96.7–97.9)
Alcohol use
None	30.1 (29.0–31.3)	69.9 (68.7–71.0)	<0.0001
Low risk	43.4 (42.0–44.7)	56.6 (55.3–57.9)
High risk	33.5 (30.9–36.1)	66.5 (63.9–69.1)
Survey year
2002	33.2 (31.7–34.8)	66.8 (65.2–68.3)	<0.0001
2004	34.1 (32.4–35.7)	65.9 (64.3–67.6)
2006	36.8 (35.1–38.5)	63.2 (61.5–64.9)
2008	39.8 (38.0–41.6)	60.2 (58.4–62.0)

^*Weighted to the Maryland population aged 40 years and older.