Socio-Demographic Factors Related to Oral Cancer (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION Cancers of the oral cavity includes cancers which occur in the tongue, floor of the mouth, Buccal mucosa, alveolus, retro molar trig one, gingival, hard palate and lips. It is one of the major worldwide public health problems (Franceschi et al., 2000) with the incidence and mortality rising in several regions of the world, including Europe, South Central Asia (particularly Taiwan) and Australia (Parkin et al., 2005). The prevalence of diagnosed oral cancer worldwide around 40% occur in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (Ahluwalia, 2005). India has one of the highest rates in the world, accounting for one-third of the total cancers and unfortunately this form continues to rise (Pal and Mittal, 2004).