Cancer Among Hispanics In New Jersey

Cancer Among Hispanics In New Jersey

Table 3. Cancer Mortality by Race and Ethnicity,
New Jersey, 1990-1996
Age Adjusted Rates per 100,000 (US 1970 population)

Cancer Sites	Hispanics			Non-Hispanic Whites			Blacks
Cancer Sites	Counts	Male	Female	Counts	Male	Female	Counts	Male	Female
All Sites	4,667	149.6	100.8	108,167	222.1	156.8	13,806	290.9	170.7

Buccal Cavity and Pharynx	98	4.2	1.1	1,504	3.9	1.7	323	8.3	2.2
Lip	-	-	-	16	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
Tongue	31	1.6	0.2	417	1.1	0.5	83	2.1	0.7
Salivary Glands	8	0.3	-	148	0.4	0.2	17	0.3	0.2
Floor of Mouth	6	0.4	-	64	0.2	0.1	21	0.5	0.1
Gum & Other Mouth	15	0.5	0.3	258	0.6	0.3	46	1.2	0.2
Nasopharynx	11	0.3	0.2	132	0.3	0.2	25	0.6	0.2
Tonsil	-	-	-	46	0.1	0.0	19	0.5	-
Oropharynx	6	0.2	-	77	0.2	0.1	23	0.5	0.2
Hypopharynx	-	-	-	73	0.3	0.0	21	0.6	-
Other Buccal Cavity & Pharynx	14	0.6	-	273	0.8	0.3	67	1.9	0.3

Digestive System	1,262	41.5	27.6	27,419	58.1	34.4	3,522	73.8	43.5
Esophagus	90	4.3	1.0	1,940	6.1	1.3	536	14.8	4.0
Stomach	261	9.0	4.9	3,094	7.3	3.3	534	12.7	5.6
Small Intestine	6	-	-	218	0.5	0.3	29	0.6	0.3
Colon Excluding Rectum	408	12.5	9.8	11,704	23.2	15.3	1,231	23.0	17.3
Rectum & Rectosigmoid	50	1.6	1.0	1,820	4.0	2.2	176	3.9	2.1
Anus, Anal Canal, and Anorectum	-	-	-	78	0.1	0.1	15	0.3	0.2
Liver	138	4.9	2.6	1,807	4.5	1.9	219	5.1	2.2
Gallbladder	39	0.8	1.2	481	0.5	0.9	48	0.5	1.0
Other Biliary	19	0.4	0.5	443	0.8	0.6	36	0.6	0.6
Pancreas	231	7.8	5.5	5,589	10.6	8.1	664	12.0	9.7
Retroperitoneum	-	-	-	53	0.1	0.1	8	-	0.1
Peritoneum, Omentum, and Mesentery	7	-	0.3	113	0.2	0.2	10	-	0.2
Other Digestive Organs	5	-	-	79	0.1	0.1	16	0.2	0.3

Respiratory System	990	42.8	15.2	29,620	72.0	37.3	3,886	99.6	36.7
Nasal Cavity, Middle Ear, and Accessory Sinuses	7	0.4	-	91	0.2	0.1	18	0.4	0.1
Larynx	28	1.4	-	730	2.3	0.5	171	5.1	0.9
Lung & Bronchus	947	40.7	14.8	28,514	68.6	36.4	3,672	93.4	35.4
Pleura	5	-	-	223	0.7	0.1	11	0.3	-
Trachea, Mediastinum & Other RespiratoryOrgans	-	-	-	62	0.2	0.1	14	0.3	0.1

Bones & Joints	13	0.5	-	112	0.3	0.2	13	0.3	-

Soft Tissue (Including Heart)	32	0.9	0.5	661	1.3	1.2	103	1.5	1.4

Skin (Excluding Basal and Squamous)	61	1.9	0.9	2,128	5.5	2.4	114	2.9	0.9
Melanomas	30	1.0	0.4	1,563	4.0	1.9	26	0.5	0.3
Other non-Epithelial Skin	31	0.9	0.5	565	1.5	0.5	88	2.4	0.6

Breast	430	-	18.1	9,780	0.3	30.3	1,265	0.3	32.6

Female Genital System	317	-	13.5	5,377	-	16.5	821	-	21.3
Cervix Uteri	107	-	4.1	656	-	2.3	259	-	6.3
Corpus Uteri	30	-	1.4	613	-	1.8	93	-	2.5
Uterus, NOS	45	-	2.1	774	-	2.2	135	-	3.6
Ovary	117	-	5.1	3,072	-	9.5	300	-	8.0
Vagina	5	-	0.2	59	-	0.2	15	-	0.4
Vulva	8	-	0.4	156	-	0.4	12	-	0.3
Other Female Genital System	5	-	0.2	47	-	0.2	7	-	0.2

Male Genital System	271	20.3	-	6,588	25.8	-	1,184	53.3	-
Prostate	262	20.0	-	6,485	25.4	-	1,172	53.0	-
Testis	5	0.1	-	63	0.3	-	9	0.2	-
Penis	-	-	-	31	0.1	-	-	-	-
Other Male Genital Organs	-	-	-	9	0.0	-	-	-	-

Urinary System	175	7.5	3.0	4,876	12.9	4.6	391	8.7	4.6
Bladder	94	4.4	1.6	2,736	7.4	2.2	184	3.9	2.4
Kidney & Renal Pelvis	79	3.0	1.4	2,033	5.2	2.3	194	4.5	2.0
Ureter	-	-	-	59	0.2	0.0	-	-	-
Other Urinary Organs	-	-	-	48	0.1	0.1	11	0.2	0.1

Eye & Orbit	-	-	-	41	0.1	0.1	-	-	-

Brain and Other Nervous System	139	3.6	2.9	2,456	5.7	3.9	164	2.8	2.0
Brain	139	3.6	2.9	2,406	5.5	3.8	159	2.8	1.9
Other Nervous System				50	0.1	0.1	5	-	-

Endocrine System	16	-	0.5	398	0.7	0.7	53	0.7	0.9
Thyroid	8	-	0.3	253	0.4	0.4	23	0.3	0.4
Other Endocrine (Including Thymus)	8	-	0.2	145	0.3	0.3	30	0.4	0.4

Lymphomas	256	7.4	5.4	4,424	9.2	6.1	367	6.4	4.6
Hodgkin's Disease	24	0.5	0.5	310	0.8	0.4	41	0.7	0.4
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	232	6.8	4.9	4,114	8.5	5.7	326	5.7	4.2

Multiple Myeloma	91	3.1	2.0	1,685	3.4	2.3	333	6.1	4.9

Leukemias	221	6.0	4.3	3,772	8.2	5.1	351	6.9	4.1
Lymphocytic Leukemias	51	1.6	0.9	1,070	2.4	1.4	102	2.2	1.2
Granulocytic (Myeloid) Leukemias	104	2.7	1.9	1,396	3.0	2.0	132	2.6	1.4
Monocytic Leukemias	-	-	-	53	0.1	0.1	-	-	-
Other Leukemias	62	1.6	1.4	1,253	2.7	1.6	113	2.0	1.5

Ill-Defined and Unspecified Sites	290	9.4	5.7	7,293	14.6	10.1	913	19.0	10.9