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Table 20.27

Cancer of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx (Invasive)

United States Cancer Prevalence Estimates

Estimated United States Cancer Prevalence Counts a on January 1, 2012
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis
Race/Ethnicity Sex Years Since Diagnosis Completeh
0 to <5 5 to <10 10 to <15 15 to <20 20 to <25 25 to <30 0 to <20e 0 to <37e >=37g
All Races b Both Sexes 108,762 66,555 42,301 26,989 17,258 11,366 252,895 282,380 8,728 291,108
Males 76,856 45,595 27,558 16,900 10,165 6,484 171,885 188,848 4,931 193,779
Females 31,906 20,960 14,743 10,089 7,093 4,882 81,010 93,532 3,797 97,329
White b Both Sexes 93,692 57,853 36,599 23,463 15,216 9,917 218,927 244,661 7,471 252,132
Males 66,971 40,346 24,141 14,938 9,167 5,807 150,908 166,123 4,232 170,355
Females 26,721 17,507 12,458 8,525 6,049 4,110 68,019 78,538 3,239 81,777
Black b Both Sexes 8,294 4,536 3,183 1,860 1,080 891 18,408 20,530 422 20,952
Males 5,530 2,719 1,881 962 478 380 11,314 12,172 167 12,339
Females 2,764 1,817 1,302 898 602 511 7,094 8,358 255 8,613
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 4,029 2,673 1,722 + + + 9,517 + + +
Males 2,620 1,631 1,010 + + + 5,892 + + +
Females 1,409 1,042 712 + + + 3,625 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 6,104 3,112 2,047 + + + 12,560 + + +
Males 3,997 1,887 1,250 + + + 7,795 + + +
Females 2,107 1,225 797 + + + 4,765 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2012, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 20 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex
Race/Ethnicity Sex Age Specific (Crude) Age-Adjustedf
All Ages 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ All Ages
All Races c Both Sexes 0.0708% 0.0005% 0.0024% 0.0062% 0.0163% 0.0474% 0.1310% 0.2300% 0.2663% 0.2386% 0.0658%
Males 0.0970% 0.0005% 0.0020% 0.0060% 0.0157% 0.0596% 0.1946% 0.3547% 0.4014% 0.3507% 0.0953%
Females 0.0453% 0.0004% 0.0029% 0.0065% 0.0169% 0.0353% 0.0700% 0.1173% 0.1568% 0.1723% 0.0406%
White c Both Sexes 0.0772% 0.0005% 0.0024% 0.0062% 0.0152% 0.0461% 0.1358% 0.2467% 0.2863% 0.2489% 0.0687%
Males 0.1067% 0.0004% 0.0019% 0.0056% 0.0143% 0.0595% 0.2043% 0.3803% 0.4296% 0.3658% 0.1000%
Females 0.0478% 0.0005% 0.0030% 0.0068% 0.0161% 0.0323% 0.0679% 0.1220% 0.1673% 0.1791% 0.0410%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0426% - 0.0023% 0.0063% 0.0137% 0.0354% 0.1040% 0.1634% 0.1812% 0.1263% 0.0472%
Males 0.0557% - 0.0017% 0.0081% 0.0123% 0.0376% 0.1473% 0.2578% 0.2760% 0.2030% 0.0672%
Females 0.0306% - 0.0029% 0.0046% 0.0149% 0.0335% 0.0662% 0.0894% 0.1149% 0.0891% 0.0321%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0594% - 0.0024% 0.0063% 0.0232% 0.0588% 0.1173% 0.1643% 0.1967% 0.2040% 0.0570%
Males 0.0767% - 0.0030% 0.0061% 0.0259% 0.0725% 0.1653% 0.2398% 0.2906% 0.2810% 0.0784%
Females 0.0435% - 0.0017% 0.0066% 0.0208% 0.0467% 0.0760% 0.1018% 0.1241% 0.1570% 0.0398%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0246% 0.0004% 0.0015% 0.0046% 0.0098% 0.0240% 0.0640% 0.1261% 0.1635% 0.1739% 0.0380%
Males 0.0300% - 0.0011% 0.0044% 0.0094% 0.0281% 0.0891% 0.1783% 0.2480% 0.2288% 0.0520%
Females 0.0190% - 0.0019% 0.0048% 0.0101% 0.0198% 0.0399% 0.0813% 0.1008% 0.1410% 0.0266%

Footnotes:

a US 2012 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2012 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2012 US population estimates based on the average of 2011 and 2012 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the First Malignant Primary Only for a person.

b Statistics based on SEER 9 Areas.

c Statistics based on SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 37 years for 1975-2012 SEER 9 data; 20 years for 1992-2012 SEER 11 data (used to calculate prevalence for Hispanics and Asian Pacific Islanders).

f Percentages are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130) by 5-year age groups.

g Cases diagnosed more than 37 years ago were estimated using the completeness index method (Capocaccia et. al. 1997, Merrill et. al. 2000).

h Complete prevalence is obtained by summing 0 to <37 and >=37.

i Age-specific completeness index was approximated using empirical data from historical Connecticut tumor registry.

- Statistic not shown. Statistic based on fewer than 5 cases estimated alive in SEER for the time interval.

+ Not available.

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