Table 4.

Leading causes of cancer mortality overall, by center, and by sex among American Indian adults - the Strong Heart Study, 1989–2010 (n = 3516)

Rank	Cancer*	No. of Cancer Deaths	Cancer Mortality per 1000 person-years	95% Confidence Interval
Overall**
1	Lung	84	1.56	1.25	1.94
2	Colorectal	32	0.60	0.41	0.84
3	Unspecified	26	0.48	0.32	0.71
4	Kidney	22	0.41	0.26	0.62
5	Pancreas	21	0.39	0.24	0.60
6	Liver	15	0.28	0.16	0.46
7	Stomach	13	0.24	0.13	0.41
8	Lymphoma	12	0.22	0.12	0.39
Arizona**
1	Kidney	4	0.58	0.16	1.49
2	Unspecified	4	0.58	0.16	1.49
3	Pancreas	2	0.29	0.04	1.05
4	Liver	2	0.29	0.04	1.05
5	Colon***	1	0.15	0.00	0.81
6	Stomach	1	0.15	0.00	0.81
7	Lung	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
8	Lymphoma	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Oklahoma**
1	Lung	28	1.16	0.77	1.67
2	Colorectal	15	0.62	0.35	1.02
3	Kidney	10	0.41	0.20	0.76
4	Pancreas	10	0.41	0.20	0.76
5	Lymphoma	9	0.37	0.17	0.71
6	Unspecified	8	0.33	0.14	0.65
7	Liver	7	0.29	0.17	0.60
8	Stomach	7	0.29	0.17	0.60
Dakotas**
1	Lung	56	2.47	1.87	3.21
2	Colorectal	16	0.71	0.40	1.15
3	Unspecified	14	0.62	0.34	1.04
4	Pancreas	9	0.40	0.18	0.75
5	Kidney	8	0.35	0.15	0.70
6	Liver	6	0.27	0.10	0.58
7	Stomach	5	0.22	0.07	0.52
8	Lymphoma	3	0.13	0.0	0.39
Male
1	Lung	45	2.14	1.56	2.86
2	Prostate	16	0.76	0.43	1.23
3	Kidney	11	0.52	0.26	0.93
4	Pancreas	11	0.52	0.26	0.93
5	Colon***	8	0.38	0.16	0.75
6	Unspecified	8	0.38	0.16	0.758
7	Liver	6	0.29	0.11	0.62
8	Stomach	4	0.19	0.05	0.49
Female
1	Lung	39	1.19	0.85	1.63
2	Colorectal	24	0.73	0.47	1.09
3	Breast	22	0.67	0.42	1.02
4	Unspecified	18	0.55	0.33	0.87
5	Kidney	11	0.34	0.17	0.60
6	Pancreas	10	0.31	0.15	0.56
7	Liver	9	0.28	0.13	0.52
8	Lymphoma	9	0.28	0.13	0.52
9	Stomach	9	0.28	0.13	0.52

^*Cancers with the identical mortality rates are presented in alphabetical order

^**Overall and statewide rankings exclude breast and prostate cancer mortality.

^***No deaths from rectal cancer were reported for men or for AZ participants