Epidemiological Profile of Salivary Gland Tumors in Southern Iranian Population: A Retrospective Study of 405 Cases

Table 1

Distribution of benign and malignant SGTs according to age, gender, tumor behavior, and tumor location.

Characteristics	(%)	Mean
Age (years)
Total	405 (100)	47.4
0-20	20 (4.9)	16.5
20-40	133 (32.8)	32.1
40-60	152 (37.5)	51.1
60-80	93 (22.9)	66.8
>80	7 (1.7)	83.7
Gender
Female	219 (54.1)
Male	186 (45.9)
Benign/malignant
Benign	302 (74.5)
Malignant	103 (25.4)
Tumor location
Major salivary gland
Parotid	339 (83.7)
Submandibular	50 (12.3)
Sublingual	1 (0.2)
Total	390 (96.2)
Minor salivary gland	15 (3.7)