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Published on 1 de abril de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.03.3024
Distribution of malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity in Ecuador: an epidemiological study from 2015 to 2019
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Frequency of hospitalizations and deaths from malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity by gender and year.
| 2015 | 828 (19%) | 513 (62%) | 315 (38%) | 141 (19%) | 76 (53.9%) | 65 (46.1%) |
| 2016 | 750 (17%) | 444 (59.2%) | 306 (40.8%) | 147 (20%) | 77 (52.4%) | 70 (47.6%) |
| 2017 | 832 (19%) | 469 (56.4%) | 363 (43.6%) | 138 (19%) | 74 (53.6%) | 64 (46.4%) |
| 2018 | 981 (22%) | 572 (58.3%) | 409 (41.7%) | 141 (19%) | 83 (58.9%) | 58 (41.1%) |
| 2019 | 1053 (24%) | 611 (58%) | 442 (42%) | 159 (22%) | 88 (55.3%) | 71 (44.7%) |
Notes: 1Absolute frequency. The percentages for the totals are by column; for males and females, they are by row.
Notes: Data from Ecuador for the period from 2015 to 2019.
Source: Prepared by the authors.