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Howard
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 297 299.3 137 331.1 160 284.0
Oral cavity and pharynx 9 8.7** 5 11.7** * #
Lip * # * # * #
Tongue * # * # * #
Major salivary glands * # * # * #
Floor of mouth * # * # * #
Gum and other mouth * # * # * #
Nasopharynx * # * # * #
Tonsil * # * # * #
Oropharynx * # * # * #
Hypopharynx * # * # * #
Pharynx and other oral cavity * # * # * #
Digestive system 51 50.5 20 48.3 31 53.6
Esophagus * # * # * #
Stomach 5 4.9** * # * #
Small intestine * # * # * #
Colon excluding rectum 26 24.8 10 24.7** 16 25.9**
Rectum and rectosigmoid 12 12.0** 5 12.0** 7 12.4**
Anus, anal canal, and anorectum * # * # * #
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct * # * # * #
Gallbladder * # * # * #
Other biliary * # * # * #
Pancreas * # * # * #
Retroperitoneum * # * # * #
Peritoneum * # * # * #
Other digestive organs * # * # * #
Respiratory system 69 73.4 41 100.7 28 54.7
Nasal cavity, ear, and sinuses * # * # * #
Larynx 8 8.4** 6 14.6** * #
Lung and bronchus 61 64.9 35 86.1 26 49.8
Trachea, pleura, and other respiratory organs * # * # * #
Bones and joints * # * # * #
Soft tissue (including heart) * # * # * #
Skin (excluding basal and squamous) 13 12.5** 10 24.0** * #
Melanoma of the skin 12 11.7** 9 21.6** * #
Other non-epithelial skin cancers * # * # * #
Breast 51 48.7 * # 51 86.1
Female genital system 24 24.2 -- -- 24 44.0
Cervix uteri * # -- -- * #
Corpus uteri 7 7.4** -- -- 7 13.5**
Uterus, NOS * # -- -- * #
Ovary 10 9.8** -- -- 10 17.8**
Vagina * # -- -- * #
Vulva * # -- -- * #
Other female genital organs * # -- -- * #
Male genital system 30 29.9 30 73.3 -- --
Prostate gland 28 28.1 28 68.2 -- --
Testis * # * # -- --
Penis * # * # -- --
Other male genital organs * # * # -- --
Urinary system 21 21.9 16 38.3** 5 10.5**
Urinary bladder 11 11.3** 9 22.1** * #
Kidney and renal pelvis 9 9.6** 6 13.8** * #
Ureter * # * # * #
Other urinary organs * # * # * #
Eye and orbit * # * # * #
Brain and other nervous system * # * # * #
Brain * # * # * #
Other nervous system * # * # * #
Endocrine system * # * # * #
Thyroid gland * # * # * #
Other endocrine (including thymus) * # * # * #
Lymphoma 11 10.9** 5 10.9** 6 10.5**
Hodgkin’s disease * # * # * #
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 8 7.9** * # 5 8.6**
Multiple myeloma * # * # * #
Leukemia 5 4.9** * # * #
Acute lymphocytic * # * # * #
Chronic lymphocytic * # * # * #
Acute myeloid * # * # * #
Chronic myeloid * # * # * #
Other leukemias * # * # * #
Other, ill-defined and unknown sites * # * # * #

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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