Table III.
Age-standardized incidence rates among Athabaskans/Dene by cancer site, sex and time period
| Athabaskans/Dene (M) | Athabaskans/Dene (F) | |||||||||
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| 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 |