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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, 2014
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis

WARNING: The Prevalence Estimates presented on this page utilize a different tumor selection criteria from previous CSR releases and are NOT directly comparable to estimates from previous CSR releases.
Please see the Prevalence Comparison Chapter of this CSR for more information.

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 <22e 0 to <39e >=39g
All Races b Both Sexes 135,174 79,645 49,058 31,079 19,170 12,429 311,049 338,188 8,714 346,902
Males 94,793 54,023 32,240 19,170 11,779 7,070 210,257 225,397 4,836 230,233
Females 40,381 25,622 16,818 11,909 7,391 5,359 100,792 112,791 3,878 116,669
White b Both Sexes 117,625 69,563 42,874 27,002 16,731 10,924 271,118 294,815 7,531 302,346
Males 83,404 47,826 28,664 16,875 10,485 6,347 185,705 199,275 4,176 203,451
Females 34,221 21,737 14,210 10,127 6,246 4,577 85,413 95,540 3,355 98,895
Black b Both Sexes 10,089 5,087 3,510 2,048 1,279 891 21,817 23,750 401 24,151
Males 6,767 3,155 1,981 1,084 618 419 13,509 14,270 167 14,437
Females 3,322 1,932 1,529 964 661 472 8,308 9,480 234 9,714
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 4,849 3,149 1,904 1,377 + + 11,600 + + +
Males 3,067 1,891 1,113 799 + + 7,065 + + +
Females 1,782 1,258 791 578 + + 4,535 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 7,369 4,040 2,303 1,547 + + 15,651 + + +
Males 4,835 2,325 1,415 828 + + 9,591 + + +
Females 2,534 1,715 888 719 + + 6,060 + + +

Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2014, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 22 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex

WARNING: The Prevalence Estimates presented on this page utilize a different tumor selection criteria from previous CSR releases and are NOT directly comparable to estimates from previous CSR releases.
Please see the Prevalence Comparison Chapter of this CSR for more information.

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 0.0857% 0.0004% 0.0025% 0.0067% 0.0172% 0.0497% 0.1439% 0.2721% 0.3339% 0.3226% 0.0776%
Males 0.1165% 0.0004% 0.0024% 0.0066% 0.0167% 0.0612% 0.2101% 0.4154% 0.5009% 0.4783% 0.1119%
Females 0.0557% 0.0005% 0.0027% 0.0068% 0.0178% 0.0382% 0.0805% 0.1427% 0.1972% 0.2288% 0.0485%
White c Both Sexes 0.0951% 0.0005% 0.0024% 0.0065% 0.0166% 0.0484% 0.1517% 0.2936% 0.3652% 0.3478% 0.0823%
Males 0.1307% 0.0004% 0.0021% 0.0064% 0.0154% 0.0613% 0.2233% 0.4489% 0.5464% 0.5198% 0.1195%
Females 0.0597% 0.0006% 0.0027% 0.0065% 0.0179% 0.0350% 0.0807% 0.1483% 0.2128% 0.2428% 0.0498%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0492% - 0.0035% 0.0068% 0.0132% 0.0363% 0.1092% 0.1967% 0.2072% 0.1605% 0.0531%
Males 0.0640% - 0.0031% 0.0081% 0.0118% 0.0393% 0.1524% 0.3033% 0.3255% 0.2356% 0.0754%
Females 0.0358% - 0.0039% 0.0056% 0.0144% 0.0336% 0.0714% 0.1132% 0.1248% 0.1232% 0.0364%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0673% - 0.0024% 0.0076% 0.0228% 0.0620% 0.1224% 0.1899% 0.2295% 0.2426% 0.0635%
Males 0.0853% - 0.0030% 0.0070% 0.0263% 0.0731% 0.1727% 0.2719% 0.3272% 0.3240% 0.0858%
Females 0.0508% - 0.0017% 0.0083% 0.0196% 0.0521% 0.0791% 0.1227% 0.1532% 0.1925% 0.0456%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0295% 0.0005% 0.0019% 0.0046% 0.0108% 0.0260% 0.0709% 0.1442% 0.1973% 0.1994% 0.0435%
Males 0.0357% - 0.0017% 0.0044% 0.0102% 0.0312% 0.0951% 0.1984% 0.2852% 0.2803% 0.0587%
Females 0.0231% - 0.0022% 0.0047% 0.0115% 0.0207% 0.0475% 0.0972% 0.1317% 0.1506% 0.0312%

Footnotes:

a US 2014 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2014 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2014 US population estimates based on the average of 2013 and 2014 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the first invasive tumor for each cancer site diagnosed during the previous 39/22 years.

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: 39 years for 1975-2014 SEER 9 data; 22 years for 1992-2014 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 39 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 <39 and >=39.

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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