Skip to main content
. 2011 Feb 1;104(5):886–891. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6606091

Table 1. Age standardised incidence rates of oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancers in Australiaa.

  Potentially HPV-associated cancers
  Tonsil b
Base of tongue and lingual tonsil c
Other oropharynx d
Comparison cancers e
Time Count (%) Rate f 95% CI Count (%) Rate 95% CI Count (%) Rate 95% CI Count (%) Rate 95% CI
1982–2005
 Total 3898 (100) 0.98 0.95–1.01 2610 (100) 0.66 0.63–0.68 2336 (100) 0.58 0.56–0.61 28 379 (100) 7.12 7.04–7.21
 Females 925 (23.7) 0.45 0.42–0.48 623 (23.9) 0.30 0.27–0.32 493 (21.1) 0.23 0.21–0.25 6591 (23.2) 3.11 3.03–3.18
 Males 2973 (76.3) 1.54 1.49–1.60 1987 (76.1) 1.04 0.99–1.08 1843 (78.9) 0.97 0.92–1.01 21 788 (76.8) 11.58 11.42–11.73
                         
2000–2005
 Total 1315 (100) 1.09 1.03–1.15 954 (100) 0.79 0.74–0.84 661 (100) 0.55 0.50–0.59 7453 (100) 6.17 6.03–6.31
 Females 282 (21.4) 0.46 0.40–0.51 227 (23.8) 0.36 0.31–0.41 128 (19.3) 0.20 0.16–0.23 1866 (25.0) 2.89 2.76–3.03
 Males 1033 (78.6) 1.74 1.64–1.85 727 (76.2) 1.23 1.14–1.32 533 (80.6) 0.91 0.84–0.99 5587 (75.0) 9.75 9.5–10.01
                         
1994–1999
 Total 993 (100) 0.95 0.89–1.01 786 (100) 0.75 0.70–0.80 650 (100) 0.62 0.57–0.67 7296 (100) 6.99 6.83–7.15
 Females 236 (23.8) 0.44 0.38–0.49 190 (24.2) 0.35 0.30–0.39 149 (22.9) 0.27 0.22–0.31 1803 (24.7) 3.23 3.08–3.38
 Males 757 (76.2) 1.50 1.39–1.61 596 (75.8) 1.19 1.09–1.28 501 (77.1) 1.02 0.93–1.11 5493 (75.3) 11.16 10.86–11.45
                         
1988–1993
 Total 833 (100) 0.90 0.84–0.97 518 (100) 0.57 0.52–0.62 558 (100) 0.60 0.55–0.65 7114 (100) 7.70 7.52–7.88
 Females 202 (24.3) 0.42 0.36–0.48 128 (24.7) 0.26 0.22–0.31 122 (21.9) 0.24 0.20–0.29 1559 (21.9) 3.18 3.02–3.33
 Males 631 (75.7) 1.42 1.31–1.54 390 (75.3) 0.90 0.80–0.99 436 (78.1) 0.98 0.88–1.07 5555 (78.1) 12.72 12.37–13.06
                         
1982–1987
 Total 757 (100) 0.92 0.85–0.98 352 (100) 0.43 0.39–0.48 467 (100) 0.57 0.52–0.62 6516 (100) 8.02 7.82–8.22
 Females 205 (27.1) 0.48 0.41–0.55 78 (22.2) 0.18 0.14–0.22 94 (20.1) 0.22 0.17–0.26 1363 (20.9) 3.17 3.00–3.34
 Males 552 (72.9) 1.41 1.29–1.53 274 (77.8) 0.71 0.62–0.79 373 (79.9) 0.97 0.86–1.07 5153 (79.1) 13.50 13.11–13.86

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; HPV=human papillomavirus.

a

Squamous cell carcinomas.

b

Tonsil (including Waldeyer's ring) – C09.0, C09.1, C09.8, C09.9 and C14.2.

c

Base of tongue and lingual tonsil – C01.9 and C02.4.

d

Other oropharynx – C02.8, C10.2, C10.8, C10.9, C14.0 and C14.8.

e

Comparison cancers (Ryerson et al, 2008) –

(a) Oral tongue – C02.0, C02.1, C02.2, C02.3 and C02.9.

(b) Other oral cavity sites – C03.0, C03.1, C03.9, C04.0, C04.1, C04.8, C04.9, C05.0, C06.0, C06.1, C06.2, C06.8 and C06.9.

(c) Larynx – C32.0, C32.1, C32.2, C32.3, C32.8 and C32.9.

(d) Other oropharynx sites – C05.1, C05.2, C05.8, C05.9, C10.0, C10.1 and C10.3.

f

Rates are per 100 000 population and are age standardised to the 2001 Australian population (5 year age groups). (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008.)