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LaPorte
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 497 371.6 270 452.9 227 310.7
Oral cavity and pharynx 15 12.2** 11 19.0** * #
Lip * # * # * #
Tongue 6 4.7** * # * #
Major salivary glands * # * # * #
Floor of mouth * # * # * #
Gum and other mouth * # * # * #
Nasopharynx * # * # * #
Tonsil * # * # * #
Oropharynx * # * # * #
Hypopharynx * # * # * #
Pharynx and other oral cavity * # * # * #
Digestive system 98 69.1 50 82.9 48 58.8
Esophagus 9 7.0** 6 10.7** * #
Stomach * # * # * #
Small intestine * # * # * #
Colon excluding rectum 47 33.0 30 49.7 17 19.6**
Rectum and rectosigmoid 20 13.7 6 9.3** 14 18.7**
Anus, anal canal, and anorectum * # * # * #
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 10 7.1** * # 6 7.3**
Gallbladder * # * # * #
Other biliary * # * # * #
Pancreas 5 3.5** * # * #
Retroperitoneum * # * # * #
Peritoneum * # * # * #
Other digestive organs * # * # * #
Respiratory system 84 65.7 61 104.9 23 34.4
Nasal cavity, ear, and sinuses * # * # * #
Larynx 11 9.3** 7 12.6** * #
Lung and bronchus 71 54.8 53 90.7 18 26.1**
Trachea, pleura, and other respiratory organs * # * # * #
Bones and joints * # * # * #
Soft tissue (including heart) * # * # * #
Skin (excluding basal and squamous) 16 12.4** 10 16.1** 6 8.6**
Melanoma of the skin 14 11.0** 9 14.8** 5 7.0**
Other non-epithelial skin cancers * # * # * #
Breast 59 44.1 * # 59 84.4
Female genital system 36 26.1 -- -- 36 50.0
Cervix uteri 6 3.6** -- -- 6 7.6**
Corpus uteri 16 11.9** -- -- 16 22.1**
Uterus, NOS * # -- -- * #
Ovary 9 7.3** -- -- 9 14.3**
Vagina * # -- -- * #
Vulva * # -- -- * #
Other female genital organs * # -- -- * #
Male genital system 83 60.2 83 135.7 -- --
Prostate gland 80 58.1 80 131.7 -- --
Testis * # * # -- --
Penis * # * # -- --
Other male genital organs * # * # -- --
Urinary system 44 32.5 28 46.3 16 19.3**
Urinary bladder 29 20.7 18 29.6** 11 12.3**
Kidney and renal pelvis 13 10.4** 9 15.1** * #
Ureter * # * # * #
Other urinary organs * # * # * #
Eye and orbit * # * # * #
Brain and other nervous system 5 4.5** * # * #
Brain 5 4.5** * # * #
Other nervous system * # * # * #
Endocrine system * # * # * #
Thyroid gland * # * # * #
Other endocrine (including thymus) * # * # * #
Lymphoma 24 18.7 10 16.4** 14 19.4**
Hodgkin’s disease * # * # * #
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 23 17.4 9 13.9** 14 19.4**
Multiple myeloma * # * # * #
Leukemia 11 8.4** 6 11.1** 5 6.3**
Acute lymphocytic * # * # * #
Chronic lymphocytic * # * # * #
Acute myeloid * # * # * #
Chronic myeloid * # * # * #
Other leukemias * # * # * #
Other, ill-defined and unknown sites 11 8.1** 5 8.8** 6 7.2**

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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