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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: P R Health Sci J. 2019 Sep;38(3):148–155.

Table 2.

Age-adjusted incidence and mortality of pancreatic cancer by sex, age group, and period: Puerto Rico, 2001–2015

Sex Age group INCIDENCE
MORTALITY
2001–2005
2006–2010
2011–2015
2001–2005
2006–2010
2011–2015
Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count
Male ≤ 64 years 1.9 159 2.5 219 3.5 301 1.8 148 2.0 177 2.6 232
≥ 65 years 36.1 343 36.6 400 48.5 612 41.7 390 35.6 379 44.8 556
Overall* 6.3 502 6.8 619 9.2 913 6.8 538 6.2 556 7.9 788
Female ≤ 64 years 1.2 113 1.7 171 2.2 217 1.0 96 1.2 127 1.5 153
≥ 65 years 28.6 362 30.9 441 38 623 30.3 384 31.3 447 35.2 573
Overall* 4.7 475 5.4 612 6.7 840 4.7 480 5.0 574 5.8 726
Overall ≤ 64 years 1.5 272 2.1 390 2.8 518 1.4 244 1.6 304 2.0 385
≥ 65 years 31.9 705 33.5 841 42.7 1,235 35.1 774 33.2 826 39.5 1,129
Overall* 5.4 977 6.0 1,231 7.8 1,753 5.6 1,018 5.6 1,130 6.7 1,514

Rates are per 100,000 and age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups - Census P25–1130). Incidence Data Source: Incidence case files of Puerto Rico from the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry (August 14, 2018). Mortality Data Source: Mortality case files provided by the Demographic Registry of Puerto Rico (October, 2017). Population Source: Vintage 2016 estimate series from the population division of the United States Census Bureau.

*

Data include known and unknown age.