Oral cancer prevalence has decreased from the mid 1960s until the latest (2004) National Cancer Institute Survey.
Table 1 presents oral cancer prevalence in total number and percent of population for adult men and women of all ages.
Oral Cancer Prevalence (Table 1)
- In 2004 approximately 151,000 (0.10% of) men and 85,000 (0.05% of) women had oral cancer.
- There are more people with oral cancer in older age groups.
Table 1: Oral Cancer, Total Number of Cases by Gender and Age
Total number of US oral cancer cases and percent of population, by selected characteristics, 2004
Source: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, National Cancer Institute
Surveillance Research Program, based on November 2006 submission of SEER Series 17 (2000–2004)
|
|
Gender |
All Ages |
0 to 9 |
10 to 19 |
20 to 29 |
30 to 39 |
40 to 49 |
50 to 59 |
60 to 69 |
70 plus |
|
Total Number |
Male |
150,946 |
46 |
527 |
1324 |
3270 |
14,521 |
32,689 |
37,725 |
60,844 |
|
Female |
84,910 |
85 |
511 |
1519 |
3268 |
8168 |
14,433 |
18,310 |
38,616 |
|
Percent of Total Population |
Male |
0.1049 |
0.0002 |
0.0025 |
0.0064 |
0.0155 |
0.0652 |
0.1897 |
0.3606 |
0.5803 |
|
Female |
0.0572 |
0.0004 |
0.0025 |
0.0078 |
0.0157 |
0.0359 |
0.0796 |
0.1559 |
0.2443 |