1997 Report Index

Idaho Resident Cancer Deaths -- 1997


    SEX
PRIMARY SITE OF CANCER TOTAL Male Female
TOTAL NEW CANCER CASES (invasive) 1,969 1,101 868
       
LIP, ORAL CAVITY AND PHARYNX 22 17 5
Lip - - -
Tongue 5 5 -
Major salivary glands 1 - 1
Gum 1 - -
Floor of Mouth 1 1 -
Other and unspecified parts of mouth 2 - 2
Nasopharynx 1 1 -
Oropharynx 4 3 1
Hypopharynx - - -
Other and ill-defined sites within lip, oral cavity, and pharynx 7 7 -
     
DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND PERITONEUM 442 253 189
Esophagus 61 50 11
Stomach 32 18 14
Small intestine, including duodenum 5 2 3
Colon 150 82 68
Rectum, rectosigmoid and anus 45 22 23
Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts 27 16 11
Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts 12 4 8
Pancreas 94 50 44
Peritoneum and retroperitoneum 4 3 1
Other and ill-defined sites within the digestive organs and peritonuem 12 6 6
       
RESPIRATORY AND INTRATHORACIC ORGANS 551 349 202
Nasal caviities, middle ear, and accessory sinuses 2 1 1
Larynx 13 7 6
Trachea, pleura, and other 529 334 195
Pleura 5 5 -
Thymus, heart and mediastinum 2 2 -
Other and ill-defined sites within the respiratory system and intrathoracic organs - - -
       
BONE, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, SKIN AND BREAST 225 39 186
Bone and articular cartilage 5 3 2
Connective and other soft tissues 14 5 9
Skin, melanoma 35 23 12
Other skin 12 7 5
Breast 159 1 158
       
BREAST 672 2 670
       
GENITOURINARY ORGANS 327 209 118
Uterus, part unspecified 8 - 8
Cervix uteri 17 - 17
Placenta - - -
Body of uterus 7 - 7
Ovary and other uterine adenexa 50 - 50
Other and unspecified female genital organs 2 - 2
Prostate gland 136 136 -
Testis - - -
Penis and other male genital organs 1 1 -
Urinary bladder 44 30 14
Kidney and other and unspecified urinary organs 62 42 20
     
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED SITES 188 102 86
Eye 1 - 1
Brain 65 40 25
Other and unspecified parts of nervous system 3 3 -
Thyroid gland 3 1 2
Other endocrine glands 3 - 3
Other and ill-defined sites 14 7 7
Malignant neoplasm without specification of sites 99 51 48
       
LYMPHATIC AND HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE 214 132 82
Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma 8 5 3
Hodgkin's disease 6 2 4
Other malignant neoplasm of lymphoid and histiocytic tissue 87 56 31
Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative neoplasms 37 21 16
Lymphoid leukemia 15 10 5
Myeloid leukemia 38 24 14
Monocytic leukemia 3 2 1
Other specified leukemia - - -
Leukemia of unspecified cell type 20 12 8

Source: "1997 Idaho Vital Statistics", Center for Vital Statistics and Health Policy, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. 10