Table. Characteristics and Mean Age of All Patients With Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Submitted for HPV Tumor Status Testing From February 2002 to January 2017.
| Characteristic | Total, No. (%) | HPV | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | ||||
| No. (%) | Age, Mean (SD), y | No. (%) | Age, Mean (SD), y | ||
| Total | 1068 | 114 (10.7) | 63.1 (13.1) | 954 (89.3) | 56.9 (9.4) |
| Sex | |||||
| Men | 905 (84.7) | 78 (68.4) | 64.5 (11.8) | 827 (86.7) | 57.0 (9.0) |
| Women | 163 (15.3) | 36 (31.6) | 60.2 (15.4) | 127 (13.3) | 56.1 (11.5) |
| Time | |||||
| 2002-2007 | 110 (10.3) | 11 (9.6) | 48.7 (17.2) | 99 (10.4) | 51.6 (8.9) |
| 2008-2010 | 315 (29.5) | 35 (30.7) | 61.9 (13.9) | 280 (29.4) | 56.2 (8.9) |
| 2011-2013 | 319 (29.9) | 39 (34.2) | 65.9 (9.5) | 280 (29.4) | 57.7 (9.6) |
| 2014-2017 | 324 (30.3) | 29 (25.4) | 66.4 (11.3) | 295 (30.9) | 58.5 (9.2) |
| Age at diagnosis, y | |||||
| <40 | 43 (4.0) | 8 (7.0) | NA | 35 (3.7) | NA |
| 40-49 | 178 (16.7) | 6 (5.3) | NA | 172 (18.0) | NA |
| 50-59 | 416 (39.0) | 24 (21.1) | NA | 392 (41.1) | NA |
| 60-69 | 320 (30.0) | 41 (36.0) | NA | 279 (29.2) | NA |
| 70-79 | 89 (8.3) | 26 (22.8) | NA | 63 (6.6) | NA |
| ≥80 | 22 (2.1) | 9 (7.9) | NA | 13 (1.4) | NA |
Abbreviations: HPV, human papillomavirus; NA, not applicable.