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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, 2013
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 <21e 0 to <38e >=38g
All Races b Both Sexes 111,858 68,930 43,767 28,840 17,144 11,802 264,846 292,631 8,051 300,682
Males 78,943 47,378 28,716 18,000 10,233 6,795 180,085 195,801 4,479 200,280
Females 32,915 21,552 15,051 10,840 6,911 5,007 84,761 96,830 3,572 100,402
White b Both Sexes 96,634 59,621 38,015 25,179 14,923 10,459 229,456 253,694 6,920 260,614
Males 68,960 41,709 25,365 15,910 9,147 6,142 158,279 172,373 3,858 176,231
Females 27,674 17,912 12,650 9,269 5,776 4,317 71,177 81,321 3,062 84,383
Black b Both Sexes 8,360 4,855 3,182 1,846 1,189 819 19,035 21,048 382 21,430
Males 5,684 2,951 1,859 971 555 366 11,815 12,610 153 12,763
Females 2,676 1,904 1,323 875 634 453 7,220 8,438 229 8,667
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 4,170 2,698 1,776 + + + 10,054 + + +
Males 2,666 1,638 1,037 + + + 6,169 + + +
Females 1,504 1,060 739 + + + 3,885 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 6,441 3,466 2,136 + + + 13,569 + + +
Males 4,283 2,047 1,336 + + + 8,447 + + +
Females 2,158 1,419 800 + + + 5,122 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2013, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 21 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 0.0735% 0.0004% 0.0025% 0.0065% 0.0161% 0.0476% 0.1335% 0.2388% 0.2701% 0.2447% 0.0672%
Males 0.1005% 0.0003% 0.0023% 0.0063% 0.0155% 0.0594% 0.1969% 0.3680% 0.4081% 0.3542% 0.0969%
Females 0.0471% 0.0004% 0.0027% 0.0066% 0.0167% 0.0359% 0.0728% 0.1222% 0.1576% 0.1793% 0.0416%
White c Both Sexes 0.0805% 0.0004% 0.0024% 0.0064% 0.0149% 0.0465% 0.1396% 0.2572% 0.2914% 0.2586% 0.0705%
Males 0.1114% 0.0003% 0.0021% 0.0062% 0.0136% 0.0596% 0.2084% 0.3962% 0.4393% 0.3750% 0.1023%
Females 0.0498% 0.0005% 0.0028% 0.0066% 0.0162% 0.0329% 0.0714% 0.1273% 0.1678% 0.1881% 0.0422%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0435% - 0.0033% 0.0058% 0.0143% 0.0342% 0.1033% 0.1709% 0.1785% 0.1197% 0.0472%
Males 0.0571% - 0.0033% 0.0071% 0.0139% 0.0365% 0.1447% 0.2698% 0.2809% 0.1798% 0.0673%
Females 0.0311% - 0.0034% 0.0045% 0.0147% 0.0321% 0.0671% 0.0936% 0.1071% 0.0901% 0.0320%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0603% - 0.0020% 0.0072% 0.0225% 0.0601% 0.1159% 0.1665% 0.1979% 0.2016% 0.0572%
Males 0.0771% - 0.0022% 0.0065% 0.0259% 0.0724% 0.1640% 0.2408% 0.2845% 0.2754% 0.0778%
Females 0.0448% - 0.0017% 0.0080% 0.0194% 0.0493% 0.0744% 0.1054% 0.1307% 0.1564% 0.0406%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0260% 0.0004% 0.0015% 0.0048% 0.0096% 0.0253% 0.0683% 0.1303% 0.1623% 0.1704% 0.0388%
Males 0.0320% - 0.0014% 0.0045% 0.0090% 0.0301% 0.0934% 0.1852% 0.2467% 0.2267% 0.0532%
Females 0.0200% - 0.0016% 0.0051% 0.0101% 0.0203% 0.0442% 0.0830% 0.0998% 0.1365% 0.0271%

Footnotes:

a US 2013 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2013 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2013 US population estimates based on the average of 2012 and 2013 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 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 38 years for 1975-2013 SEER 9 data; 21 years for 1992-2013 SEER 13 data (excluding the Alaska Navtive Registry) 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 38 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 <38 and >=38.

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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