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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2010;11(0 2):99–106.

Table 2.

Population-based Cancer Incidence Registry Data for Pacific Islanders - Females (/100,000)

French Polynesians Hawaiians Chamorros Maori New Caledonians
1997* 2007** 1997* 2007** 1996–8# 2005–7# 1997* 1997## 2007##
Buccal 3.7 1.9 2.1 2.7 4.1 0.0 2.2 6.1 0.9
Pharynx 2.2 0.3 1.2 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.7 1.5 1.4
Nasopharynx - 0.9 - 0.2 5.1 4.5 - 0.0 0.7
Oesophagus 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.8 1.0 0.0 2.1 1.5 0.6
Stomach 7.5 5.0 10.4 8.3 5.1 0.9 13.7 6.7 3.0
Colon 4.8 5.6 16.6 18.9 8.1 14.5 16.0 13.4 13.1
Rectum 4.0 3.5 8.2 9.5 5.1 7.3 9.2 5.1 5.0
Liver 3.6 4.4 2.6 4.4 5.1 3.6 3.6 1.2 1.7
Gallbladder 1.6 2.2 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.4
Pancreas 3.5 4.5 7.2 11.5 2.0 4.5 6.7 0.0 4.4
Larynx 1.7 0.3 0.6 1.4 1.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.0
Trachea, lung 28.1 23.6 35.0 45.9 15.3 31.8 72.9 23.3 18.9
Breast 65.7 75.1 83.9 118.9 42.7 51.8 77.1 59.9 72.7
Ovary 11.0 8.2 8.3 8.8 7.1 0.0 12.2 14.5 3.1
Corpus uteri 9.7 12.9 20.6 28.0 13.2 22.6 15.8 10.2 19.0
Cervix uteri 27.7 15.6 8.6 9.3 6.1 4.5 32.2 20.0 19.7
Kidney 1.5 2.1 3.0 3.9 1.0 0.9 3.5 0.0 3.3
Bladder 1.9 3.3 3.2 3.7 0.0 0.0 2.2 4.9 3.5
Brain 4.6 4.0 2.9 4.5 0.0 0.9 4.0 1.0 0.0
Thyroid 15.9 37.4 9.1 10.4 3.1 10.9 6.5 60.4 27.7
Non-Hodgkin 4.4 6.4 5.0 8.0 3.1 4.5 6.7 2.5 3.9
Leukemia 7.1 7.2 6.6 7.7 2.0 5.5 7.8 9.0 6.0

Total 253 261 263 335 132 170 340 265 263
*

Data from Parkin et al., 2002;

#

Haddock and Whippy (unpublished data);

##

Baumann et al (unpublished data)