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 |