1998 Report Index

Idaho Resident Cancer Deaths -- 1998


    SEX
PRIMARY SITE OF CANCER TOTAL Male Female
TOTAL NEW CANCER CASES (invasive) 2,103 1,105 998
       
LIP, ORAL CAVITY AND PHARYNX 27 17 10
Lip - - -
Tongue 6 3 3
Major salivary glands 3 3 -
Gum - - -
Floor of Mouth - - -
Other and unspecified parts of mouth 5 4 1
Nasopharynx 2 1 1
Oropharynx 2 - 2
Hypopharynx 1 1 -
Other and ill-defined sites within lip, oral cavity, and pharynx 8 5 3
     
DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND PERITONEUM 462 253 209
Esophagus 47 41 6
Stomach 43 26 17
Small intestine, including duodenum 6 3 3
Colon 173 80 93
Rectum, rectosigmoid and anus 44 29 15
Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts 33 18 15
Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts 13 5 8
Pancreas 93 47 46
Peritoneum and retroperitoneum 2 - 2
Other and ill-defined sites within the digestive organs and peritonuem 8 4 4
       
RESPIRATORY AND INTRATHORACIC ORGANS 558 346 212
Nasal caviities, middle ear, and accessory sinuses 1 - 1
Larynx 11 9 2
Trachea, pleura, and other 543 334 209
Pleura 2 2 -
Thymus, heart and mediastinum 1 1 -
Other and ill-defined sites within the respiratory system and intrathoracic organs - - -
       
BONE, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, SKIN AND BREAST 235 39 196
Bone and articular cartilage 3 1 2
Connective and other soft tissues 15 4 11
Skin, melanoma 33 23 10
Other skin 12 9 3
Breast 172 - 172
       
GENITOURINARY ORGANS 383 225 158
Uterus, part unspecified 14 - 14
Cervix uteri 18 - 18
Placenta - - -
Body of uterus 20 - 20
Ovary and other uterine adenexa 66 - 66
Other and unspecified female genital organs 4 - 4
Prostate gland 155 155 -
Testis 2 2 -
Penis and other male genital organs - - -
Urinary bladder 55 41 14
Kidney and other and unspecified urinary organs 49 27 22
     
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED SITES 201 101 100
Eye 1 1 -
Brain 65 39 26
Other and unspecified parts of nervous system 2 1 1
Thyroid gland 5 1 4
Other endocrine glands 4 1 3
Other and ill-defined sites 12 6 6
Malignant neoplasm without specification of sites 112 52 60
       
LYMPHATIC AND HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE 237 124 113
Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma 5 2 2
Hodgkin's disease 6 3 3
Other malignant neoplasm of lymphoid and histiocytic tissue 94 44 50
Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative neoplasms 29 15 14
Lymphoid leukemia 30 21 9
Myeloid leukemia 52 28 24
Monocytic leukemia 1 - 1
Other specified leukemia 1 - 1
Leukemia of unspecified cell type 19 11 8

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