TABLE 2.

Age-adjusted OPC^* mortality rates per 100,000 per year, ^† by anatomical site, 1998–2002.^‡

ANATOMICAL SITE	MORTALITY RATE§ (PERCENTAGE OF ALL SITES)
	Whites			Blacks
	Male and Female	Male	Female	Male and Female	Male	Female
Lip	0 (1)	0.1 (1)	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (1)
Oral Cavity	1.1 (43)	1.5 (39)	0.8 (49)	1.4 (35)	2.4 (34)	0.7 (37)
Tongue	0.6 (24)	0.9 (23)	0.4 (26)	0.8 (19)	1.4 (19)	0.4 (19)
Floor of mouth	0.1 (2)	0.1 (2)	0 (2)	0.1 (2)	0.2 (2)	0 (2)
Gum and other oral cavity	0.4 (17)	0.5 (14)	0.3 (22)	0.6 (13)	0.9 (13)	0.3 (16)
Pharynx	0.7 (26)	1.1 (27)	0.4 (23)	1.4 (33)	2.3 (33)	0.6 (32)
Tonsil	0.2 (7)	0.3 (8)	0.1 (6)	0.4 (9)	0.7 (9)	0.1 (7)
Oropharynx	0.2 (7)	0.3 (7)	0.1 (6)	0.4 (10)	0.8 (11)	0.2 (10)
Hypopharynx	0.1 (5)	0.2 (5)	0.1 (3)	0.2 (5)	0.4 (6)	0.1 (4)
Nasopharynx	0.2 (7)	0.3 (7)	0.1 (8)	0.3 (8)	0.5 (7)	0.2 (11)
Major Salivary Glands	0.3 (10)	0.4 (10)	0.2 (10)	0.2 (5)	0.2 (3)	0.2 (8)
Other Oral Cavity and Pharynx	0.5 (20)	0.9 (22)	0.3 (16)	1.1 (27)	2.1 (29)	0.4 (22)
TOTAL	2.6	3.9	1.6	4.1	7.1	1.9

^*OPC: Oral and pharyngeal cancer.

^†Includes all ages. All rates were adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population (19 age groups). Mortality rates are for the entire United States.

^‡Source: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.⁷

^§Reported mortality rates were based on rates calculated to two decimal places; apparent discrepancies in totals are the result of rounding.