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Table 1.12

Median Age of Cancer Patients at Diagnosisa, 2006-2010
By Primary Cancer Site, Race and Sex
Site All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
All Sites 66.0 66.0 65.0 66.0 67.0 65.0 62.0 63.0 62.0
Oral Cavity & Pharynx: 62.0 61.0 64.0 62.0 61.0 66.0 58.0 58.0 57.0
Lip 68.0 67.0 72.0 69.0 68.0 73.0 56.0 56.0 54.0
Tongue 61.0 61.0 63.0 62.0 61.0 64.0 59.0 60.0 57.0
Salivary gland 64.0 66.0 61.0 66.0 68.0 63.0 55.0 57.5 52.0
Floor of mouth 62.0 61.0 67.0 63.0 61.0 68.0 59.0 59.0 59.0
Gum & other oral cavity 67.0 64.0 71.0 68.0 65.0 73.0 59.0 59.0 60.0
Nasopharynx 55.0 55.0 56.0 58.0 57.0 61.0 52.0 53.0 51.0
Tonsil 57.0 57.0 60.0 57.0 57.0 60.0 57.0 57.5 56.5
Oropharynx 62.0 61.0 65.0 63.0 62.0 66.0 59.0 59.0 60.0
Hypopharynx 64.0 64.0 66.0 65.0 64.0 67.0 60.0 60.0 62.0
Other oral cavity & pharynx 65.0 64.0 70.0 65.0 64.0 70.0 62.0 60.5 66.5
Digestive System: 68.0 66.0 71.0 69.0 67.0 72.0 64.0 63.0 66.0
Esophagus 67.0 66.0 72.0 68.0 67.0 73.0 63.0 63.0 65.0
Stomach 69.0 68.0 71.0 70.0 69.0 72.0 67.0 66.0 69.0
Small intestine 66.0 65.0 67.0 66.0 65.0 67.0 63.0 63.0 63.0
Colon & Rectum: 69.0 67.0 71.0 70.0 68.0 72.0 64.0 63.0 65.0
Colon 71.0 69.0 73.0 72.0 70.0 74.0 65.0 64.0 67.0
Rectum 64.0 63.0 65.0 65.0 64.0 66.0 60.0 60.0 61.0
Anus, anal canal & anorectum 60.0 58.0 61.0 61.0 59.0 61.0 54.0 51.0 58.0
Liver & intrahepatic bile duct 63.0 61.0 69.0 63.0 62.0 70.0 59.0 59.0 62.0
Gallbladder 72.0 72.0 72.0 73.0 73.0 74.0 67.0 69.0 67.0
Other biliary 72.0 71.0 74.0 73.0 72.0 74.0 68.0 66.0 70.0
Pancreas 71.0 69.0 74.0 72.0 69.0 74.0 67.0 64.0 70.0
Retroperitoneum 60.0 60.0 60.5 61.0 60.0 62.0 58.0 56.0 58.0
Peritoneum, omentum & mesentery 68.0 63.5 68.0 68.0 65.0 68.0 65.0 54.0 66.0
Other digestive system 72.0 70.0 74.0 73.0 71.0 75.0 67.0 67.0 66.5
Respiratory System: 70.0 69.0 71.0 71.0 70.0 71.0 66.0 65.0 66.0
Nose, nasal cavity & middle ear 64.0 63.0 66.0 65.0 64.0 67.0 57.0 57.0 57.5
Larynx 65.0 65.0 64.0 65.0 65.0 64.0 62.0 62.0 60.0
Lung & bronchus 70.0 70.0 71.0 71.0 71.0 71.0 66.0 66.0 67.0
Pleura 72.0 73.0 67.5 73.0 72.5 76.0 - - -
Trachea & other respiratory organs 48.0 41.0 61.0 50.0 41.0 65.0 52.5 47.0 56.0
Bones & joints 42.0 40.0 45.0 44.0 41.0 46.0 36.0 32.0 41.0
Soft tissue (including heart) 58.0 59.0 58.0 60.0 61.0 59.0 51.0 48.0 53.0
Skin (excl. basal & squamous): 62.0 65.0 58.0 62.0 65.0 58.0 56.0 56.0 55.0
Melanoma of the skin 61.0 64.0 57.0 62.0 64.0 57.0 62.0 63.0 62.0
Other non-epithelial skin 71.0 72.0 69.0 73.0 73.0 71.0 48.0 51.0 48.0
Breast 61.0 68.0 61.0 62.0 69.0 62.0 58.0 64.0 58.0
Breast (in situ) 58.0 64.0 58.0 59.0 64.0 58.0 58.0 65.0 58.0
Female Genital System: 61.0 - 61.0 61.0 - 61.0 60.0 - 60.0
Cervix uteri 49.0 - 49.0 48.0 - 48.0 51.0 - 51.0
Corpus uteri 61.0 - 61.0 62.0 - 62.0 63.0 - 63.0
Uterus, NOS 66.0 - 66.0 68.0 - 68.0 63.0 - 63.0
Ovaryb 63.0 - 63.0 63.0 - 63.0 61.0 - 61.0
Vagina 67.0 - 67.0 68.0 - 68.0 61.0 - 61.0
Vulva 68.0 - 68.0 70.0 - 70.0 56.0 - 56.0
Other female genital system 63.0 - 63.0 64.0 - 64.0 59.0 - 59.0
Male Genital System: 66.0 66.0 - 66.0 66.0 - 63.0 63.0 -
Prostate 66.0 66.0 - 67.0 67.0 - 64.0 64.0 -
Testis 33.0 33.0 - 33.0 33.0 - 35.0 35.0 -
Penis 68.0 68.0 - 68.0 68.0 - 65.0 65.0 -
Other male genital system 66.5 66.5 - 67.5 67.5 - 54.0 54.0 -
Urinary System: 69.0 69.0 69.0 70.0 70.0 70.0 65.0 64.0 66.0
Urinary bladder 73.0 72.0 74.0 73.0 73.0 74.0 70.0 68.0 73.0
Kidney & renal pelvis 64.0 63.0 65.0 64.0 64.0 66.0 61.0 60.0 63.0
Ureter 75.0 74.0 76.0 75.0 74.0 77.0 73.0 74.0 69.5
Other urinary system 74.0 75.0 72.0 75.0 75.0 74.0 67.0 69.0 65.0
Eye & Orbit 61.0 61.0 60.0 62.0 62.0 61.0 6.0 6.0 3.0
Brain & Nervous System: 57.0 56.0 58.0 58.0 57.0 59.0 50.0 50.0 49.0
Brain 57.0 57.0 59.0 58.0 57.0 60.0 50.0 50.0 49.0
Cranial nerves & other nervous system 47.0 45.0 49.0 47.0 45.0 50.0 44.0 41.0 47.0
Endocrine System: 50.0 54.0 49.0 50.0 54.0 49.0 51.0 53.0 50.0
Thyroid 50.0 54.0 49.0 50.0 54.0 49.0 51.0 54.0 50.0
Other endocrine & thymus 53.0 51.0 55.0 53.0 51.0 56.0 51.0 50.0 52.0
Lymphoma: 64.0 63.0 66.0 65.0 64.0 67.0 54.0 52.0 57.0
Hodgkin lymphoma 38.0 40.0 36.0 39.0 41.0 37.0 36.0 37.0 34.0
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 66.0 65.0 68.0 67.0 66.0 69.0 57.0 55.0 60.0
Myeloma 69.0 68.0 70.0 70.0 69.0 71.0 66.0 65.0 66.0
Leukemia: 66.0 65.0 67.0 67.0 66.0 68.0 60.0 59.0 62.0
Lymphocytic: 65.0 65.0 67.0 66.0 65.0 67.0 62.0 60.0 65.0
Acute lymphocytic 14.0 14.0 13.0 14.0 14.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0
Chronic lymphocytic 71.0 70.0 73.0 72.0 70.0 74.0 69.0 68.0 72.0
Other lymphocytic 62.0 61.0 68.0 62.0 61.0 67.0 68.0 66.0 76.0
Myeloid & Monocytic: 66.0 66.0 66.0 67.0 67.0 67.0 58.0 58.0 58.0
Acute myeloid 67.0 67.0 67.0 68.0 68.0 68.0 59.0 58.0 60.0
Chronic myeloid 64.0 63.0 65.0 66.0 65.0 67.0 56.0 56.0 56.0
Acute monocytic 62.0 64.0 60.0 63.0 65.0 61.0 52.0 57.0 49.5
Other myeloid & monocytic 69.0 70.0 69.0 70.0 71.0 69.5 63.5 64.0 63.0
Other leukemia: 76.0 73.0 78.0 77.0 75.0 79.0 65.0 62.0 71.0
Other acute leukemia 75.0 71.0 78.0 77.0 73.0 80.0 61.5 56.0 66.5
Aleukemic, subleukemic & NOS 76.0 73.0 78.0 77.0 76.0 79.0 69.0 65.0 72.0
Kaposi Sarcoma 45.0 44.0 74.5 47.0 46.0 80.0 39.0 39.0 41.5
Mesothelioma 74.0 74.0 71.0 74.0 75.0 72.0 70.0 71.0 63.0
Ill-defined & unspecified 73.0 70.0 76.0 74.0 71.0 76.0 67.0 64.0 69.0

Footnotes:

a SEER 18 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey and Georgia excluding ATL/RG).

b Ovary excludes borderline cases or histologies 8442, 8451, 8462, 8472, and 8473.

- Statistic could not be calculated. Less than 16 cases were diagnosed during the time interval.

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