Table 1.

Age and sex distribution in 5015 salivary gland tumors.

Age (years)	Benign		(M/F)	Malignant		(M/F)	Total	(B/M)
	M	F		M	F
Major salivary glands (n = 4318)
0–9	2	1	2	1	1	1	5	1.5
10–19	42	56	0.8	8	8	1	114	6.1
20–29	103	158	0.7	9	13	0.7	283	12
30–39	195	258	0.8	31	26	1.2	510	7.9
40–49	238	319	0.7	36	30	1.2	623	8.4
50–59	411	367	1.1	69	63	1.1	910	5.9
60–69	481	336	1.4	102	83	1.2	1002	4.4
70–79	307	221	1.4	77	78	1	683	3.4
80+	72	50	1.4	35	21	1.7	178	2.2
Unknown	4	5	0.8	1	0	-	10	-
Minor salivary glands (n = 697)
0–9	0	1	0	0	0	-	1	-
10–19	4	14	0.3	0	2	0	20	9
20–29	19	23	0.8	2	8	0.3	52	4.2
30–39	20	33	0.6	11	12	0.9	76	2.3
40–49	34	37	0.9	11	25	0.4	107	2
50–59	21	38	0.6	30	36	0.8	125	0.9
60–69	29	35	0.8	48	49	1	161	0.7
70–79	18	30	0.6	30	37	0.8	115	0.7
80+	5	11	0.5	8	16	0.5	40	0.7
Total	2005	1993		509	508		5015

Abbreviations: M: male; F: female; M/F: ratios of male to female; B/M: ratios of benign to malignant; NOS: not otherwise specified.