Abstract

SOCIOECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS IN NORTH CENTRAL REGION

*Deepika Pal, Neeru Bala and Jitendra Kumar Verma

ABSTRACT

The bulk of people in underdeveloped countries live in rural areas with extremely little understanding about disease outbreaks and risk factors. The majority of HNC patients are from rural areas and often use tobacco products, including cigarettes, bidis, and smoked tobacco. Socioeconomic status is a concept that is difficult to quantify. Its makeup depends on a variety of elements, including work, family income, educational level, living situation, and social standing. Aim: The main objective of this research is to find out the socioeconomic and demographic disparities in north central region of India in selected individuals suffering from head and neck cancer in JK cancer institute, Kanpur. Methodology: 500 individuals with head and neck malignancies were included in the group of this nonrandomized experimental research design also known as interventional study. The data was analyzed by using SPSS.25 statistical tools i.e. Frequency, Percentage, etc. Result: Our study showed a predominance of male percentage than female of 82.6% and 17.4%. Where, 41.6% of the cases were found in age of 40-50 years; whereas least cases were 7.8% in 18-29 years. The quantification of socio-economic study revealed that 55% of HNC cases were recorded from upper lower income group, mostly belonged to rural area (82.6%) with Inter pass/diploma pass education background (28%) and maximum income of 10002-29972 (40.8%). Conclusion: This study indicates the significant association between sociodemographic factors and occurrence of HNC. Demographic characteristics (age) and socioeconomic status (higher lower income) were found to be significantly associated with Head and Neck cancer.

Keywords: Head and Neck cancer, Demographic, Socioeconomic, Disparities, Uttar Pradesh.