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Table I - 3
Bartholomew
Incidence Rate1 by Primary Site and Sex: Cases Diagnosed in 1996, Indiana

Primary Site

Total

Males Females
Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
All sites 273 348.2 128 372.5 145 330.1
Oral cavity and pharynx * # * # * #
Lip * # * # * #
Tongue * # * # * #
Major salivary glands * # * # * #
Floor of mouth * # * # * #
Gum and other mouth * # * # * #
Nasopharynx * # * # * #
Tonsil * # * # * #
Oropharynx * # * # * #
Hypopharynx * # * # * #
Pharynx and other oral cavity * # * # * #
Digestive system 53 67.8 20 60.8 33 71.3
Esophagus * # * # * #
Stomach * # * # * #
Small intestine * # * # * #
Colon excluding rectum 32 40.3 12 36.7** 20 42.0
Rectum and rectosigmoid 8 9.8** * # 5 11.1**
Anus, anal canal, and anorectum * # * # * #
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct * # * # * #
Gallbladder * # * # * #
Other biliary * # * # * #
Pancreas * # * # * #
Retroperitoneum * # * # * #
Peritoneum * # * # * #
Other digestive organs * # * # * #
Respiratory system 48 63.1 30 89.0 18 45.0**
Nasal cavity, ear, and sinuses * # * # * #
Larynx * # * # * #
Lung and bronchus 44 57.0 27 80.1 17 40.9**
Trachea, pleura, and other respiratory organs * # * # * #
Bones and joints * # * # * #
Soft tissue (including heart) * # * # * #
Skin (excluding basal and squamous) 13 14.7** 9 21.3** * #
Melanoma of the skin 12 13.8** 8 19.5** * #
Other non-epithelial skin cancers * # * # * #
Breast 48 56.6 * # 47 101.7
Female genital system 14 18.2** -- -- 14 32.9**
Cervix uteri * # -- -- * #
Corpus uteri 5 6.7** -- -- 5 12.4**
Uterus, NOS * # -- -- * #
Ovary 6 7.8** -- -- 6 14.0**
Vagina * # -- -- * #
Vulva * # -- -- * #
Other female genital organs * # -- -- * #
Male genital system 27 36.8 27 81.9 -- --
Prostate gland 25 34.3 25 76.7 -- --
Testis * # * # -- --
Penis * # * # -- --
Other male genital organs * # * # -- --
Urinary system 22 28.3 17 49.0** 5 11.5**
Urinary bladder 10 12.6** 8 22.9** * #
Kidney and renal pelvis 11 14.4** 8 23.5** * #
Ureter * # * # * #
Other urinary organs * # * # * #
Eye and orbit * # * # * #
Brain and other nervous system * # * # * #
Brain * # * # * #
Other nervous system * # * # * #
Endocrine system 6 7.4** * # 6 14.3**
Thyroid gland 5 5.6** * # 5 10.6**
Other endocrine (including thymus) * # * # * #
Lymphoma 14 18.3** 9 23.9** 5 13.1**
Hodgkin’s disease * # * # * #
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 12 15.3** 9 23.9** * #
Multiple myeloma * # * # * #
Leukemia 5 5.7** * # * #
Acute lymphocytic * # * # * #
Chronic lymphocytic * # * # * #
Acute myeloid * # * # * #
Chronic myeloid * # * # * #
Other leukemias * # * # * #
Other, ill-defined and unknown sites 12 15.6** 6 17.1** 6 14.2**

1 Per 100,000; Age-adjusted, 1970 U.S. Standard Million. Excludes in situ cancers except bladder, and also excludes basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin.
* Fewer than 5 cases, number suppressed to protect confidentiality.
** Rates based on fewer than twenty cases are unstable.
# Rate cannot be calculated.
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Source:  Indiana State Department of Health - Indiana State Cancer Registry and the Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, January 2001

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