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Table 1.16

Lifetime Risk (Percent) of Being Diagnosed with Cancer by Site and Race/Ethnicity Females, 21 SEER Areas, 2015-2017

Risk Estimates for All Races, Whites, Blacks

Site All Races Whites Blacks
Percent 95%
Confidence
Interval		 Percent 95%
Confidence
Interval		 Percent 95%
Confidence
Interval
Low High Low High Low High
All Sites 38.88 38.78 38.98 39.54 39.43 39.65 34.66 34.39 34.94
All Sites
(Invasive and In Situ)		 42.22 42.12 42.32 42.88 42.77 42.99 36.97 36.69 37.25
Oral Cavity and Pharynx 0.71 0.70 0.72 0.73 0.72 0.75 0.49 0.46 0.52
Esophagus 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.25 0.24 0.22 0.27
Stomach 0.66 0.65 0.68 0.56 0.55 0.58 0.92 0.87 0.97
Colon and Rectum 4.02 3.99 4.05 3.98 3.94 4.01 4.00 3.91 4.10
Colon and Rectum
(Invasive and In Situ)		 4.15 4.11 4.18 4.10 4.06 4.13 4.16 4.06 4.26
Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct 0.62 0.61 0.63 0.57 0.55 0.58 0.61 0.58 0.65
Pancreas 1.62 1.60 1.64 1.60 1.58 1.62 1.76 1.70 1.83
Larynx 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.13 0.16 0.14 0.18
Larynx
(Invasive and In Situ)		 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.17 0.15 0.19
Lung and Bronchus 6.04 6.00 6.08 6.36 6.31 6.40 4.89 4.78 4.99
Melanoma of the Skin 1.80 1.79 1.83 2.14 2.12 2.17 0.10 0.08 0.11
Melanoma of the Skin
(Invasive and In Situ)		 3.25 3.22 3.27 3.77 3.74 3.80 0.14 0.12 0.16
Breast 12.86 12.81 12.92 13.13 13.07 13.19 11.65 11.50 11.80
Breast
(Invasive and In Situ)		 15.23 15.18 15.29 15.43 15.36 15.49 14.02 13.86 14.18
Cervix Uteri 0.63 0.62 0.64 0.61 0.60 0.62 0.76 0.72 0.79
Corpus and Uterus, NOS 3.11 3.09 3.14 3.15 3.13 3.18 3.07 2.99 3.14
Corpus and Uterus, NOS
(Invasive and In Situ)		 3.13 3.10 3.16 3.17 3.14 3.20 3.09 3.02 3.17
Ovarya 1.22 1.21 1.24 1.27 1.25 1.29 0.95 0.90 0.99
Urinary Bladder (Invasive and In Situ) 1.17 1.15 1.18 1.25 1.23 1.27 0.85 0.80 0.90
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 1.26 1.24 1.27 1.29 1.27 1.31 1.25 1.20 1.30
Brain and Other Nervous System 0.55 0.54 0.56 0.61 0.60 0.62 0.32 0.29 0.35
Thyroid 1.88 1.86 1.90 1.96 1.94 1.98 1.16 1.12 1.20
Hodgkin Lymphoma 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.20 0.21 0.18 0.17 0.20
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 1.91 1.89 1.94 2.01 1.98 2.03 1.28 1.23 1.33
Myeloma 0.72 0.71 0.73 0.64 0.62 0.65 1.40 1.34 1.45
Leukemia 1.29 1.27 1.31 1.35 1.33 1.37 0.96 0.91 1.00
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.14 0.07 0.06 0.08
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 0.48 0.47 0.49 0.52 0.51 0.54 0.28 0.26 0.31
Acute Myeloid Leukemia 0.42 0.41 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.44 0.36 0.33 0.39
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.15 0.13 0.17
Kaposi Sarcoma 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.02 0.02 0.03
Mesothelioma 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02

Risk Estimates for Asians/Pacific Islanders, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Hispanics

Site for Asians/
Pacific Islanders		 American Indians/
Alaska Nativesa		 Hispanicsb
Percent 95%
Confidence
Interval		 Percent 95%
Confidence
Interval		 Percent 95%
Confidence
Interval
Low High Low High Low High
All Sites 34.13 33.77 34.49 28.91 27.52 30.44 36.26 35.95 36.58
All Sites
(Invasive and In Situ)		 36.63 36.26 37.00 30.25 28.84 31.81 38.56 38.24 38.88
Oral Cavity and Pharynx 0.70 0.65 0.76 0.47 0.34 0.82 0.54 0.50 0.59
Esophagus 0.17 0.14 0.20 0.32 0.14 0.74 0.18 0.15 0.21
Stomach 1.30 1.22 1.39 0.70 0.46 1.14 1.17 1.11 1.24
Colon and Rectum 3.96 3.83 4.10 4.52 3.96 5.24 3.85 3.74 3.97
Colon and Rectum
(Invasive and In Situ)		 4.08 3.94 4.22 4.55 3.99 5.28 4.01 3.90 4.12
Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct 1.15 1.08 1.23 1.00 0.79 1.39 1.21 1.14 1.27
Pancreas 1.63 1.55 1.73 1.12 0.86 1.57 1.75 1.67 1.83
Larynx 0.04 0.03 0.07 0.14 0.06 0.49 0.08 0.07 0.10
Larynx
(Invasive and In Situ)		 0.05 0.03 0.07 0.14 0.06 0.49 0.09 0.07 0.11
Lung and Bronchus 4.57 4.43 4.72 4.60 4.02 5.35 3.68 3.57 3.80
Melanoma of the Skin 0.15 0.12 0.18 0.46 0.34 0.80 0.56 0.52 0.60
Melanoma of the Skin
(Invasive and In Situ)		 0.21 0.18 0.24 0.75 0.58 1.13 0.92 0.87 0.97
Breast 10.95 10.77 11.13 7.92 7.29 8.70 10.61 10.46 10.76
Breast
(Invasive and In Situ)		 13.62 13.43 13.81 9.06 8.40 9.87 12.65 12.49 12.82
Cervix Uteri 0.64 0.60 0.69 0.62 0.49 0.96 0.87 0.83 0.91
Corpus and Uterus, NOS 2.48 2.40 2.57 1.96 1.70 2.39 2.86 2.78 2.94
Corpus and Uterus, NOS
(Invasive and In Situ)		 2.49 2.41 2.57 1.96 1.70 2.39 2.88 2.80 2.96
Ovaryc 1.06 1.01 1.12 0.83 0.66 1.21 1.24 1.19 1.30
Urinary Bladder (Invasive and In Situ) 0.68 0.63 0.75 0.69 0.49 1.09 0.80 0.74 0.86
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 0.79 0.74 0.85 1.53 1.28 1.97 1.44 1.38 1.50
Brain and Other Nervous System 0.36 0.33 0.40 0.32 0.15 0.73 0.51 0.47 0.55
Thyroid 2.00 1.93 2.06 1.31 1.05 1.75 1.95 1.90 2.01
Hodgkin Lymphoma 0.10 0.09 0.12 0.14 0.07 0.47 0.19 0.18 0.22
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 1.53 1.45 1.61 1.31 1.01 1.79 2.12 2.04 2.20
Myeloma 0.46 0.42 0.51 0.59 0.37 1.02 0.80 0.75 0.85
Leukemia 0.84 0.78 0.91 0.56 0.42 0.92 1.10 1.04 1.16
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia 0.11 0.10 0.14 0.13 0.08 0.45 0.19 0.17 0.21
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 0.14 0.11 0.17 0.11 0.04 0.45 0.26 0.23 0.29
Acute Myeloid Leukemia 0.39 0.35 0.43 0.14 0.07 0.48 0.40 0.37 0.44
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia 0.13 0.11 0.16 0.11 0.05 0.44 0.16 0.14 0.19
Kaposi Sarcoma 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.01 0.41 0.05 0.04 0.06
Mesothelioma 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.38 0.03 0.02 0.04

Footnotes:

Devcan Version 6.7.8, April 2020, National Cancer Institute (https://surveillance.cancer.gov/devcan/).

Source: SEER 21 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, Georgia excluding ATL/RG, Idaho, New York and Massachusetts).

Note: Invasive cancer only unless specified otherwise.

a Underlying incidence data for American Indian/Alaska Native are based on the PRCDA(Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Areas) counties.

b Hispanic is not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, Asian Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. Underlying incidence data for Hispanics are based on NHIA and exclude cases from the Alaska Native Registry.

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

A percent or confidence interval value of 0.00 represents a value that is below 0.005.

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