TABLE 2.

Average annual crude SCC head and neck cancers incidence rates and trends Non‐HPV‐related sites (2000–2016)

Non‐HPV‐related sites	Average annual rate (per 100,000)	Slope 1		Slope 2
		Years	APC	Years	APC
Total	33.6 (33.3–33.9)	2000–2003	−3.90*	2003–2016	−0.95*
Sex
Males	54.5 (54.0–55.1)	2000–2003	−4.29*	2003–2016	−1.27
Females	18.0 (17.7–18.3)	2000–2016	−1.09*
Race
Black	33.5 (32.6–34.4)	2000–2016	−2.33
White	34.9 (34.6–35.2)	2000–2003	−3.52	2003–2016	−0.85*
Sex and Race
White males	55.8 (55.2–56.4)	2000–2003	−1.22*	2003–2016	−1.22*
White females	19.1 (18.8–19.4)	2000–2016	−1.02*
Black males	64.0 (62.0–66.2)	2000–2016	−3.07*
Black females	13.6 (12.9–14.4)	2000–2016	−0.97

^*Indicates that the annual percent change (APC) is significantly different from zero at the alpha = 0.05 level.