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Hancock
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 212 384.6 99 401.8 113 372.7
Oral cavity and pharynx 6 11.3** 5 21.3** * #
Lip * # * # * #
Tongue * # * # * #
Major salivary glands * # * # * #
Floor of mouth * # * # * #
Gum and other mouth * # * # * #
Nasopharynx * # * # * #
Tonsil * # * # * #
Oropharynx * # * # * #
Hypopharynx * # * # * #
Pharynx and other oral cavity * # * # * #
Digestive system 31 55.0 16 64.3** 15 46.1**
Esophagus * # * # * #
Stomach * # * # * #
Small intestine * # * # * #
Colon excluding rectum 18 31.4** 10 41.0** 8 24.0**
Rectum and rectosigmoid 6 11.0** * # * #
Anus, anal canal, and anorectum * # * # * #
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct * # * # * #
Gallbladder * # * # * #
Other biliary * # * # * #
Pancreas * # * # * #
Retroperitoneum * # * # * #
Peritoneum * # * # * #
Other digestive organs * # * # * #
Respiratory system 53 98.7 33 133.8 20 71.4
Nasal cavity, ear, and sinuses * # * # * #
Larynx * # * # * #
Lung and bronchus 48 89.9 30 123.4 18 64.6**
Trachea, pleura, and other respiratory organs * # * # * #
Bones and joints * # * # * #
Soft tissue (including heart) * # * # * #
Skin (excluding basal and squamous) 7 10.1** * # 5 12.6**
Melanoma of the skin 6 8.8** * # * #
Other non-epithelial skin cancers * # * # * #
Breast 35 59.4 * # 35 115.7
Female genital system 8 14.6** -- -- 8 28.5**
Cervix uteri * # -- -- * #
Corpus uteri * # -- -- * #
Uterus, NOS * # -- -- * #
Ovary * # -- -- * #
Vagina * # -- -- * #
Vulva * # -- -- * #
Other female genital organs * # -- -- * #
Male genital system 14 26.2** 14 54.4** -- --
Prostate gland 12 23.6** 12 48.9** -- --
Testis * # * # -- --
Penis * # * # -- --
Other male genital organs * # * # -- --
Urinary system 18 32.7** 13 51.3** 5 15.3**
Urinary bladder 15 27.4** 11 42.4** * #
Kidney and renal pelvis * # * # * #
Ureter * # * # * #
Other urinary organs * # * # * #
Eye and orbit * # * # * #
Brain and other nervous system 5 10.8** * # * #
Brain * # * # * #
Other nervous system * # * # * #
Endocrine system * # * # * #
Thyroid gland * # * # * #
Other endocrine (including thymus) * # * # * #
Lymphoma 11 19.3** * # 7 19.9**
Hodgkin’s disease * # * # * #
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 10 18.1** * # 6 17.6**
Multiple myeloma * # * # * #
Leukemia 7 14.4** 5 23.2** * #
Acute lymphocytic * # * # * #
Chronic lymphocytic * # * # * #
Acute myeloid * # * # * #
Chronic myeloid * # * # * #
Other leukemias * # * # * #
Other, ill-defined and unknown sites 7 11.6** * # * #

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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