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. 2016 Jan 12;75:10.3402/ijch.v75.29787. doi: 10.3402/ijch.v75.29787

Table III.

Age-standardized incidence rates among Athabaskans/Dene by cancer site, sex and time period

Athabaskans/Dene (M) Athabaskans/Dene (F)


Site 89–93 94–98 99–03 04–08 1989–2008 89–93 94–98 99–03 04–08 1989–2008
Lip, oral cavity and pharynx
 Salivary glands 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.2 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.6 1.3 1.8
 Mouth 0.0 2.7 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.0 3.0 0.0 1.6 1.4
 Nasopharynx 5.8 3.7 6.4 3.1 4.7 3.2 2.3 0.0 2.2 1.9
Digestive organs
 Oesophagus 2.5 9.5 12.4 6.3 7.6 0.0 2.1 3.5 7.5 3.3
 Stomach 16.3 17.1 10.5 13.8 14.4 3.2 5.4 9.3 4.8 5.7
 Colon/rectum 50.3 75.5 88.3 72.3 71.6 42.9 42.3 63.7 69.5 54.6
 Liver 5.8 5.7 6.0 4.8 5.5 1.1 2.8 5.1 2.5 2.9
 Gallbladder/bile ducts 2.5 3.9 8.1 6.4 5.2 4.8 1.6 7.9 1.3 3.9
 Pancreas 9.0 7.3 12.0 8.9 9.3 9.4 8.5 8.9 10.4 9.3
Respiratory and intrathoracic organs
 Nasal cavities/sinuses 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Larynx 5.3 4.6 2.2 2.7 3.7 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.7 0.7
 Lung 64.4 74.2 64.5 69.3 68.1 35.7 34.2 59.4 51.5 45.2
Bone and soft tissues
 Bone 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.0 2.0 0.7 0.9
 Connective tissue 0.0 2.2 0.7 2.7 1.4 0.0 1.1 3.5 3.5 2.0
Skin
 Malignant melanoma skin 1.9 1.1 0.0 2.1 1.3 0.7 5.2 1.3 2.0 2.3
Breast
 Breast 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.2 88.8 100.4 138.2 125.8 113.3
Female genital organs
 Cervix uteri 19.1 5.6 7.9 7.3 10.0
 Corpus uteri 11.7 12.5 13.2 12.8 12.6
 Ovary 12.0 9.4 7.3 11.3 10.0
Male genital organs
 Prostate 82.0 51.3 76.3 75.2 71.2
 Testis 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.1
Urinary tract
 Kidney 11.8 17.1 21.3 13.6 15.9 9.7 8.6 12.9 14.1 11.3
 Bladder 7.0 12.9 13.9 11.3 11.3 2.8 4.1 2.6 5.0 3.6
Eye, brain and other CNS
 Eye 0.0 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Brain/CNS 2.8 3.3 2.5 10.2 4.7 0.0 4.1 3.9 12.2 5.0
Endocrine glands
 Thyroid 0.8 2.5 2.0 2.1 1.9 10.9 4.5 13.3 4.1 8.2
Lymphoid/haematopoietic tissues
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 4.5 11.5 15.1 10.3 10.3 6.4 3.5 6.8 10.1 6.7
 Hodgkin's disease 0.7 0.0 1.8 1.3 1.0 0.0 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.5
 Leukaemia 4.7 7.5 5.6 13.8 7.9 6.0 4.7 3.4 3.2 4.3
 Multiple myeloma 5.8 1.1 4.7 5.1 4.2 4.5 1.7 10.3 7.0 5.9
All others 32.9 29.6 26.0 25.0 28.4 25.0 11.7 25.6 23.7 21.5
All sites 324.4 350.9 392.7 373.3 360.3 301.2 282.7 415.7 395.9 348.9