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. 2025;26(6):2015–2023. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2025.26.6.2015

Table 2.

Age-Standardised Incidence of OCSCC by Subsites for Each Sex and Ethnic Group

Subsites Sex Ethnicity
Māori Pasifika Asian European
Anterior tongue Female 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) 1.8 (1.2, 2.5) 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) 0.9 (0.8, 1.0)
Male 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) 1.6 (1.1, 2.3) 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) 1.3 (1.2, 1.4)
Alveolar/Gum Female 0.1 (0.1, 0.3) 0.4 (0.1, 0.8) 0.4 (0.2, 0.7) 0.3 (0.2, 0.3)
Male 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.2 (0.1, 0.6) 0.3 (0.2, 0.6) 0.3 (0.3, 0.4)
Floor of mouth Female 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.1 (0.0, 0.4) 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.2 (0.1, 0.2)
Male 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) 0.2 (0.1, 0.6) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.3 (0.3, 0.4)
Palate/Cheek Female 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.03 (0.0, 0.2) 0.1 (0.0, 0.1)
Male 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.3 (0.1, 0.7) 0.1 (0.0, 0.3) 0.1 (0.1, 0.1)
Buccal Female 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.4 (0.2, 0.9) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.2 (0.2, 0.3)
Male 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.5 (0.2, 1.0) 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) 0.3 (0.2, 0.3)
Undefined site/Not defined Female 0.04 (0.0, 0.2) 0.1 (0.0, 0.3) 0.1 (0.0, 0.1)
Male 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.1 (0.0, 0.4) 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.1 (0.1, 0.1)

No cases were observed in the palate/cheek for Pasifika females and in the undefined site for Asian females.