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Haddock and Whippy (unpublished data);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Baumann et al (unpublished data)