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Delaware
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 465 336.0 209 351.7 256 328.1
Oral cavity and pharynx 11 7.5** 6 9.9** 5 5.6**
Lip * # * # * #
Tongue * # * # * #
Major salivary glands * # * # * #
Floor of mouth * # * # * #
Gum and other mouth * # * # * #
Nasopharynx * # * # * #
Tonsil * # * # * #
Oropharynx * # * # * #
Hypopharynx * # * # * #
Pharynx and other oral cavity * # * # * #
Digestive system 77 49.2 33 54.5 44 44.8
Esophagus * # * # * #
Stomach * # * # * #
Small intestine * # * # * #
Colon excluding rectum 47 30.1 23 37.5 24 25.9
Rectum and rectosigmoid 7 4.9** * # * #
Anus, anal canal, and anorectum * # * # * #
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct * # * # * #
Gallbladder * # * # * #
Other biliary * # * # * #
Pancreas 7 3.9** * # 7 6.0**
Retroperitoneum * # * # * #
Peritoneum * # * # * #
Other digestive organs * # * # * #
Respiratory system 95 68.1 54 89.3 41 53.7
Nasal cavity, ear, and sinuses * # * # * #
Larynx * # * # * #
Lung and bronchus 89 64.2 49 81.4 40 52.8
Trachea, pleura, and other respiratory organs * # * # * #
Bones and joints * # * # * #
Soft tissue (including heart) * # * # * #
Skin (excluding basal and squamous) 11 9.0** 6 10.7** 5 7.3**
Melanoma of the skin 8 6.7** * # 5 7.3**
Other non-epithelial skin cancers * # * # * #
Breast 89 65.9 * # 88 119.0
Female genital system 24 18.8 -- -- 24 35.1
Cervix uteri * # -- -- * #
Corpus uteri 11 8.6** -- -- 11 16.0**
Uterus, NOS * # -- -- * #
Ovary 9 7.3** -- -- 9 13.6**
Vagina * # -- -- * #
Vulva * # -- -- * #
Other female genital organs * # -- -- * #
Male genital system 47 36.0 47 81.0 -- --
Prostate gland 47 36.0 47 81.0 -- --
Testis * # * # -- --
Penis * # * # -- --
Other male genital organs * # * # -- --
Urinary system 39 27.4 26 42.0 13 17.7**
Urinary bladder 25 17.6 17 27.5** 8 11.3**
Kidney and renal pelvis 12 8.6** 8 12.8** * #
Ureter * # * # * #
Other urinary organs * # * # * #
Eye and orbit * # * # * #
Brain and other nervous system 6 5.6** 5 10.4** * #
Brain * # * # * #
Other nervous system * # * # * #
Endocrine system 6 4.8** * # 5 7.1**
Thyroid gland * # * # * #
Other endocrine (including thymus) * # * # * #
Lymphoma 26 19.4 14 23.2** 12 15.2**
Hodgkin’s disease * # * # * #
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 24 18.0 12 20.3** 12 15.2**
Multiple myeloma * # * # * #
Leukemia 6 4.7** * # * #
Acute lymphocytic * # * # * #
Chronic lymphocytic * # * # * #
Acute myeloid * # * # * #
Chronic myeloid * # * # * #
Other leukemias * # * # * #
Other, ill-defined and unknown sites 23 16.2 8 13.3** 15 17.8**

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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