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Table 20.6

Cancer of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx (Invasive)

Age-adjusted SEER Incidencea Rates by Year, Race and Sex

Year of Diagnosis All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
1975-2016 11.83 17.78 6.91 11.96 17.94 6.97 12.18 19.61 6.45
1975 13.21 21.20 7.09 13.31 21.73 6.94 13.37 20.16 8.23
1976 13.29 21.01 7.39 13.24 21.05 7.38 15.18 23.76 8.37
1977 12.73 20.11 6.94 12.60 19.87 7.00 14.51 23.86 6.77
1978 13.38 20.86 7.71 13.20 20.74 7.57 15.90 25.97 8.18
1979 14.03 21.93 7.98 13.72 21.64 7.72 18.46 28.16 10.77
1980 13.34 20.25 7.91 12.98 19.96 7.62 16.82 25.39 9.59
1981 13.58 20.84 7.91 13.41 20.53 7.95 16.60 28.16 7.36
1982 13.34 20.32 7.93 13.08 19.94 7.85 17.06 27.39 8.75
1983 13.28 21.20 7.24 13.25 21.21 7.28 16.13 26.08 8.32
1984 13.47 20.79 7.86 13.00 20.16 7.64 18.91 29.99 10.07
1985 13.33 19.82 8.24 13.28 19.62 8.36 15.98 25.82 8.41
1986 12.47 19.14 7.20 12.36 18.86 7.30 16.18 28.09 6.97
1987 13.21 20.54 7.52 13.11 20.17 7.68 16.81 30.00 6.99
1988 12.14 18.15 7.32 11.79 17.69 7.11 16.54 25.67 9.19
1989 12.13 18.31 7.29 11.85 17.72 7.32 15.75 27.16 7.05
1990 12.67 19.42 7.35 12.40 18.84 7.39 16.05 27.89 6.92
1991 12.16 18.34 7.25 12.08 18.09 7.32 14.56 23.93 7.41
1992 11.97 18.34 6.92 11.82 18.05 6.93 14.85 25.21 6.94
1993 12.42 18.70 7.29 12.20 18.35 7.21 15.64 25.06 8.10
1994 11.72 17.69 6.84 11.41 16.87 6.92 15.74 26.82 7.07
1995 11.54 16.95 7.20 11.52 16.73 7.34 13.58 22.71 6.66
1996 11.78 17.77 6.98 11.47 17.27 6.85 15.12 24.44 7.81
1997 11.51 17.36 6.74 11.52 17.21 6.85 11.58 18.55 6.18
1998 11.24 16.68 6.77 11.24 16.37 6.95 13.20 22.61 6.42
1999 10.59 15.56 6.48 10.48 15.42 6.35 11.95 20.27 5.83
2000 10.76 16.08 6.31 10.67 15.66 6.41 11.75 20.76 4.93
2001 10.85 15.56 6.92 10.92 15.62 6.95 12.11 19.03 7.01
2002 11.13 16.34 6.74 11.31 16.58 6.80 11.15 16.95 6.55
2003 10.53 15.65 6.19 10.49 15.64 6.04 11.89 17.22 7.66
2004 10.85 16.15 6.29 11.09 16.52 6.31 10.26 16.18 5.89
2005 10.74 15.67 6.53 10.89 16.05 6.40 11.19 16.73 7.06
2006 10.80 15.87 6.43 11.05 16.10 6.61 10.14 16.70 5.24
2007 10.84 16.11 6.28 11.13 16.55 6.30 10.17 15.78 5.89
2008 11.03 16.39 6.42 11.47 16.93 6.65 8.86 14.00 4.96
2009 11.06 16.40 6.38 11.30 16.73 6.44 10.66 16.22 6.36
2010 10.96 16.31 6.24 11.41 16.88 6.44 8.75 13.22 5.22
2011 11.31 16.79 6.53 11.93 17.67 6.77 9.05 14.26 5.07
2012 11.20 16.34 6.69 11.74 17.09 6.89 8.55 14.15 4.23
2013 11.50 17.26 6.51 12.02 18.07 6.63 9.56 14.84 5.49
2014 11.46 17.50 6.14 12.00 18.23 6.33 9.25 15.25 4.68
2015 11.81 17.48 6.86 12.45 18.55 6.95 8.86 13.80 5.30
2016 11.76 17.36 6.82 12.33 18.21 6.94 8.40 12.90 5.01

Footnotes:

Individual rates for diagnosis years 1975-1979 available in web browser version of Cancer Statistics Review.

a SEER 9 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, and Atlanta). Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).

- Statistic not shown. Rate based on less than 16 cases for the time interval.

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