Table 2.
Invasive cancer IRsa by primary site, Appalachian Region and US non-Appalachiab, males and females, all races, 2004–2011
| Southern Appalachia |
Central Appalachia |
Northern Appalachia |
All Appalachia |
US non- Appalachia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males rate |
Females rate |
Males rate |
Females rate |
Males rate |
Females rate |
Males rate |
Females rate |
Males rate |
Females rate |
|
| All sites | 568.7c | 402.3c | 561.6c | 427.2c | 567.1c | 449.3c | 565.8c | 428.7c | 543.0 | 418.2 |
| Oral cavity and pharynx | 18.9c | 6.6c | 18.0c | 6.4 | 16.7 | 6.3 | 17.8c | 6.4c | 16.5 | 6.2 |
| Esophagus | 8.0c | 1.6c | 8.6 | 1.6c | 10.0g | 1.9 | 9.0c | 1.7c | 8.5 | 1.9 |
| Stomach | 8.7c | 4.4c | 8.1c | 3.9c | 10.0c | 4.2c | 9.0c | 4.2c | 9.5 | 4.7 |
| Colon and rectum | 55.0c | 39.1 | 55.5c | 41.0c | 58.0c | 43.8c | 56.6c | 41.8c | 52.4 | 39.5 |
| Liver and intrahepatic bile duct | 9.2c | 2.9c | 8.0c | 2.7c | 8.2c | 2.6c | 8.4c | 2.8c | 10.7 | 3.6 |
| Pancreas | 13.7 | 10.2c | 12.8c | 9.5c | 14.2c | 11.0c | 13.6 | 10.3c | 13.7 | 10.7 |
| Larynx | 8.5c | 1.9c | 8.8c | 2.3c | 7.4c | 1.7c | 8.2c | 2.0c | 6.6 | 1.4 |
| Lung and bronchus | 101.9c | 56.5c | 110.4c | 67.0c | 89.4c | 58.2c | 100.4c | 61.0c | 79.5 | 54.7 |
| Melanoma of the skin (whites) | 31.8c | 22.6c | 28.9c | 19.8c | 21.3c | 15.9c | 27.4 | 19.1c | 27.4 | 17.8 |
| Breast | - | 145.5c | - | 138.4c | - | 151.3c | - | 145.2c | - | 153.0 |
| Invasive | - | 117.3c | - | 115.0c | - | 121.5 | - | 118.2c | - | 122.4 |
| In situ | - | 28.2c | - | 23.4c | - | 29.7c | - | 27.0c | - | 30.5 |
| Cervix uteri | - | 8.2 | - | 8.8c | - | 7.9 | - | 8.3c | - | 7.9 |
| Corpus and uterus, NOS | - | 18.8c | - | 24.5 | - | 31.1c | - | 25.2c | - | 24.5 |
| Ovary | - | 12.4 | - | 12.4 | - | 13.4c | - | 12.7c | - | 12.3 |
| Prostate | 150.6c | - | 130.2c | - | 142.6c | - | 139.9c | - | 147.0 | - |
| Testis | 4.5c | - | 5.3 | - | 6.7c | - | 5.5 | - | 5.5 | - |
| Urinary bladder | 34.5c | 7.8c | 37.7c | 9.4 | 45.4c | 11.3c | 39.8c | 9.7c | 37.0 | 9.3 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 21.2 | 11.1 | 21.8c | 11.9c | 20.8 | 11.8c | 21.2 | 11.7c | 21.1 | 11.0 |
| Brain and other nervous system | 8.0 | 5.9 | 8.3c | 6.1c | 8.4c | 6.1c | 8.3c | 6.1c | 7.9 | 5.7 |
| Thyroid | 5.0c | 14.6c | 5.9 | 17.4 | 7.7g | 25.5c | 6.3c | 19.2c | 6.0 | 17.7 |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | 3.0 | 2.2c | 2.9c | 2.3 | 3.6c | 2.9c | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 21.5c | 14.9c | 23.1 | 16.2 | 24.6c | 17.7c | 23.3 | 16.4 | 23.4 | 16.3 |
| Myeloma | 7.6 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 4.5c | 7.1c | 4.6c | 7.3c | 4.7c | 7.5 | 4.9 |
| Leukemia | 16.0c | 9.8c | 16.9 | 10.3 | 17.6c | 10.9c | 16.9 | 10.4c | 16.7 | 10.2 |
Abbreviation: NOS, not otherwise specified.
a
Rates are per 100,000 persons age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.
b
Southern Appalachia includes Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina; Central Appalachia includes Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia; Northern Appalachia includes Maryland, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; US non-Appalachia includes all counties not in Appalachia.
c
The rate ratio indicates that the rate is significantly different than the US non-Appalachia rate (P < 0.05).