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Porter
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 516 351.4 265 414.6 251 309.3
Oral cavity and pharynx 15 10.2** 10 14.0** 5 6.4**
Lip * # * # * #
Tongue * # * # * #
Major salivary glands * # * # * #
Floor of mouth * # * # * #
Gum and other mouth * # * # * #
Nasopharynx * # * # * #
Tonsil * # * # * #
Oropharynx * # * # * #
Hypopharynx * # * # * #
Pharynx and other oral cavity * # * # * #
Digestive system 97 64.6 53 82.6 44 49.8
Esophagus 7 4.5** 5 8.2** * #
Stomach 8 5.3** 5 7.1** * #
Small intestine * # * # * #
Colon excluding rectum 52 34.5 27 43.7 25 28.5
Rectum and rectosigmoid 14 9.8** 10 15.7** * #
Anus, anal canal, and anorectum * # * # * #
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct * # * # * #
Gallbladder * # * # * #
Other biliary * # * # * #
Pancreas 10 6.7** * # 6 6.5**
Retroperitoneum * # * # * #
Peritoneum * # * # * #
Other digestive organs * # * # * #
Respiratory system 81 56.4 44 66.5 37 48.0
Nasal cavity, ear, and sinuses * # * # * #
Larynx 7 5.5** 7 11.1** * #
Lung and bronchus 71 48.9 34 50.5 37 48.0
Trachea, pleura, and other respiratory organs * # * # * #
Bones and joints * # * # * #
Soft tissue (including heart) * # * # * #
Skin (excluding basal and squamous) 18 11.0** 11 14.5** 7 8.4**
Melanoma of the skin 16 10.0** 9 12.2** 7 8.4**
Other non-epithelial skin cancers * # * # * #
Breast 78 52.1 * # 78 98.6
Female genital system 28 17.8 -- -- 28 33.8
Cervix uteri 5 2.5** -- -- 5 5.0**
Corpus uteri 9 5.9** -- -- 9 10.7**
Uterus, NOS * # -- -- * #
Ovary 12 8.2** -- -- 12 15.6**
Vagina * # -- -- * #
Vulva * # -- -- * #
Other female genital organs * # -- -- * #
Male genital system 79 55.2 79 129.4 -- --
Prostate gland 77 53.8 77 126.6 -- --
Testis * # * # -- --
Penis * # * # -- --
Other male genital organs * # * # -- --
Urinary system 42 28.7 25 40.4 17 19.7**
Urinary bladder 25 17.4 17 28.1** 8 9.2**
Kidney and renal pelvis 17 11.3** 8 12.4** 9 10.5**
Ureter * # * # * #
Other urinary organs * # * # * #
Eye and orbit * # * # * #
Brain and other nervous system 13 9.3** 7 10.3** 6 8.0**
Brain 13 9.3** 7 10.3** 6 8.0**
Other nervous system * # * # * #
Endocrine system * # * # * #
Thyroid gland * # * # * #
Other endocrine (including thymus) * # * # * #
Lymphoma 26 18.4 15 23.1** 11 14.2**
Hodgkin’s disease * # * # * #
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 25 17.7 14 21.6** 11 14.2**
Multiple myeloma 6 4.4** * # * #
Leukemia 12 9.4** 9 15.3** * #
Acute lymphocytic * # * # * #
Chronic lymphocytic * # * # * #
Acute myeloid 5 3.8** * # * #
Chronic myeloid * # * # * #
Other leukemias * # * # * #
Other, ill-defined and unknown sites 10 6.5** 6 8.6** * #

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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