Table 3. Age-adjusted incidence rates of leading cancers in Sikkim State registered between 2004 and 2005 in the PBCR.

Serial No.	Leading cancer	No. of cases	%	AAR
Males
1	Gastric cancer	57	18.15	14.20
2	Esophageal cancer	32	10.19	7.73
3	Liver cancer	25	7.96	6.02
4	Laryngeal cancer	22	7.01	4.98
5	Lung cancer	21	6.69	5.18
6	Nasopharyngeal cancer	19	6.05	4.06
7	Tongue cancer	8	2.55	2.11
8	Hypopharyngeal cancer	7	2.23	1.97
9	Brain cancer	7	2.23	1.16
10	Oral cancer (except tongue cancer)	6	1.91	1.33
	All sites	314	100.00	73.61
Females
1	Breast cancer	46	14.24	13.32
2	Cervical cancer	39	12.07	9.35
3	Esophageal cancer	33	10.22	6.78
4	Lung cancer	17	5.26	6.22
5	Gastric cancer	14	4.33	3.90
6	Liver cancer	13	4.02	2.79
7	Laryngeal	13	4.02	3.43
8	Nasopharyngeal cancer	10	3.10	1.81
9	Myeloid leukemia	9	2.79	2.61
10	Skin cancer	9	2.79	3.12
	All sites	323	100.00	88.16

The data are from the PBCRs of National Cancer Registry Programme of Indian Council of Medical Research. The total population in Sikkim State are 540 851 (288 484 males and 252 367 females).