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. 2015 Dec 31;10(12):e0146185. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146185

Table 1. Trends in crude cancer incidence over time, by type and gender, from 1968 to 2012 in Singapore a .

Oropharyngeal SCC Non-oropharyngeal HNC Anal SCC Anal non-SCC ICC b
Gender Year of diagnosis Person-years n Incidence (per 100,000) n Incidence (per 100,000) n Incidence (per 100,000) n Incidence (per 100,000) n Incidence (per 100,000)
Men 1968–1972 2,608,200 59 2.26 93 3.57 4 0.15 5 0.19 NA NA
1973–1977 3,111,100 59 1.90 110 3.54 9 0.29 8 0.26 NA NA
1978–1982 3,576,850 55 1.54 123 3.44 4 0.11 7 0.20 NA NA
1983–1987 4,108,400 64 1.56 145 3.53 7 0.17 17 0.41 NA NA
1988–1992 4,700,300 74 1.57 135 2.87 8 0.17 23 0.49 NA NA
1993–1997 5,276,530 76 1.44 156 2.96 6 0.11 18 0.34 NA NA
1998–2002 5,784,960 119 2.06 194 3.35 9 0.16 25 0.43 NA NA
2003–2007 6,216,165 139 2.24 181 2.91 11 0.18 49 0.79 NA NA
2008–2012 6,871,900 183 2.66 213 3.10 19 0.28 69 1.00 NA NA
TOTAL 42,254,405 828 1.96 1,350 3.19 77 0.18 221 0.52 NA NA
Women 1968–1972 2,477,300 4 0.16 39 1.57 4 0.16 4 0.16 603 24.34
1973–1977 3,020,100 4 0.13 34 1.13 5 0.17 7 0.23 676 22.38
1978–1982 3,519,250 15 0.43 53 1.51 12 0.34 2 0.06 751 21.34
1983–1987 4,079,100 10 0.25 56 1.37 10 0.25 11 0.27 896 21.97
1988–1992 4,682,260 14 0.30 68 1.45 9 0.19 11 0.23 998 21.31
1993–1997 5,349,900 15 0.28 84 1.57 6 0.11 25 0.47 1,130 21.12
1998–2002 5,960,376 23 0.39 102 1.71 25 0.42 23 0.39 1,038 17.42
2003–2007 6,480,899 33 0.51 100 1.54 15 0.23 29 0.45 1,014 15.65
2008–2012 7,200,600 52 0.72 132 1.83 20 0.28 35 0.49 913 12.68
TOTAL 42,769,785 170 0.40 668 1.56 106 0.25 147 0.34 8,019 18.75
All All 85,024,190 998 1.17 2,018 2.37 183 0.22 368 0.43 8,019 18.75

a Non-age-standardized incidence per 100,000 person-years

b Only women are included in the person-years denominator when calculating incidence of ICC

Abbreviations: SCC = squamous cell carcinoma; HNC = head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; ICC = invasive cervical cancer; n = number of cases