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. 2022 Sep 1;17(9):e0272522. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272522

Table 3. The relative distribution and prevalence of cancer cases by type in the All of Us Research Program from self-reported survey data and electronic medical record by race/ethnicity.

NH-White African American/Black
EHR Survey data EHR + Survey EHR Survey data EHR + survey
N % dist prevalence N % dist prevalence N % dist prevalence N % dist prevalence N % dist prevalence N % dist prevalence
Population 105,678 67,991 47,345 41,515 6,746 4,971
Total Cancer 15,776 - 14.9% 11,276 - 16.6% 6,125 - 12.9% 3,361 - 8.1% 669 - 9.9% 328 - 6.6%
Bladder 783 4.96% 0.74% 440 3.90% 0.65% 279 4.56% 0.59% 84 2.5% 0.20% ~ NA ~ ~ NA ~
Blood 3,136 19.88% 2.97% 983 8.72% 1.45% 583 9.52% 1.23% 730 21.7% 1.76% 30 4.5% 0.44% ~ NA ~
Bone 229 1.45% 0.22% 142 1.26% 0.21% 86 1.40% 0.18% 41 1.2% 0.10% ~ NA ~ ~ NA ~
Brain 398 2.52% 0.38% 151 1.34% 0.22% 89 1.45% 0.19% 92 2.7% 0.22% ~ NA ~ ~ NA ~
Breast 4,382 27.78% 4.15% 3,422 30.35% 5.03% 2,124 34.68% 4.49% 875 26.0% 2.11% 210 31.4% 3.11% 125 38.1% 2.51%
Cervix 282 1.79% 0.27% 711 6.31% 1.05% 148 2.42% 0.31% 143 4.3% 0.34% 51 7.6% 0.76% ~ NA ~
Colon & Rectum 1,683 10.67% 1.59% 604 5.36% 0.89% 330 5.39% 0.70% 398 11.8% 0.96% 43 6.4% 0.64% 18 5.5% ~
Endocrine System 1,221 7.74% 1.16% 104 0.92% 0.15% 56 0.91% 0.12% 213 6.3% 0.51% ~ NA ~ ~ NA ~
Endometrium 788 4.99% 0.75% 399 3.54% 0.59% 187 3.05% 0.39% 268 8.0% 0.65% 19 2.8% ~ ~ NA ~
Esophagus 166 1.05% 0.16% 93 0.82% 0.14% 52 0.85% 0.11% 23 0.7% 0.06% ~ NA ~ ~ NA ~
Eye 92 0.58% 0.09% 62 0.55% 0.09% 27 0.44% 0.06% 13 0.4% ~ ~ NA ~ ~ NA ~
Head & Neck 1,559 9.88% 1.48% 296 2.63% 0.44% 138 2.25% 0.29% 23 0.7% 0.06% ~ NA ~ ~ NA ~
Kidney 817 5.18% 0.77% 399 3.54% 0.59% 258 4.21% 0.54% 212 6.3% 0.51% 31 4.6% 0.46% 22 6.7% 0.44%
Lung 700 4.44% 0.66% 389 3.45% 0.57% 244 3.98% 0.52% 219 6.5% 0.53% 25 3.7% 0.37% ~ NA ~
Other Site NA NA ~ 1,499 13.29% 2.20% 601 9.81% 1.27% ~ NA ~ 90 13.5% 1.33% 42 12.8% 0.84%
Ovary 501 3.18% 0.47% 284 2.52% 0.42% 170 2.78% 0.36% 103 3.1% 0.25% 25 3.7% 0.37% ~ NA ~
Pancreas 346 2.19% 0.33% 94 0.83% 0.14% 61 1.00% 0.13% 76 2.3% 0.18% ~ NA ~ ~ NA ~
Prostate 2,837 17.98% 2.68% 1,915 16.98% 2.82% 1,155 18.86% 2.44% 605 18.0% 1.46% 114 17.0% 1.69% 60 18.3% 1.21%
Stomach 174 1.10% 0.16% 59 0.52% 0.09% 29 0.47% 0.06% 51 1.5% 0.12% ~ NA ~ ~ NA ~
Thyroid 1,068 6.77% 1.01% 798 7.08% 1.17% 493 8.05% 1.04% 182 5.4% 0.44% 33 4.9% 0.00% 15 4.6% ~

*Skin cancer is excluded from the analysis as it is not differentiated as malignant/non-malignant/melanoma in AoU survey.

** Less than 20 cancers are excluded from analysis and indicated as ~.