Table 2. Mortality by oral and oropharyngeal cancer, according to the anatomical site, Uruguay, 1997-2014. Absolute and relative frequencies of deaths and an average of the coefficients annually adjusted by sex and age (by 100,000 inhabitants).

Anatomical site	Number of deaths	%	Mean of the annual coefficients
Lip	32	1.88	0.05
Base of the tongue	224	13.18	0.43
Other parts of the tongue	440	25.88	0.78
Gums	9	0.53	0.02
Floor of the mouth	187	11.00	0.34
Palate	107	6.29	0.18
Other parts of the mouth	107	6.29	0.18
Parotid gland	186	10.94	0.30
Other major salivary glands	12	0.71	0.02
Tonsils	198	11.65	0.37
Oropharynx	194	11.41	0.36
Total	1,696	100.00