Table 1 Case numbers, age-standardized (world) incidence/100,000, cumulative incidence (%, 0–74 y) and median age at diagnosis of oral and pharyngeal cancer patients in Finland and Sweden, 1970–2019
From: Incidence and survival in oral and pharyngeal cancers in Finland and Sweden through half century
FINLAND MEN | SWEDEN MEN | |||||||
Cancer | Number | Incidence | Cum Incidence | Median age | Number | Incidence | Cum Incidence | Median age |
Oral Cavity | 4243 | 2.4 | 0.28 | 63 | 7780 | 2.1 | 0.25 | 67 |
Oropharynx | 2519 | 1.4 | 0.18 | 61 | 6389 | 1.9 | 0.23 | 62 |
Nasopharynx | 481 | 0.29 | 0.03 | 61 | 1285 | 0.41 | 0.04 | 60 |
Hypopharynx | 993 | 0.53 | 0.07 | 66 | 2467 | 0.63 | 0.08 | 68 |
FINLAND WOMEN | SWEDEN WOMEN | |||||||
Cancer | Number | Incidence | Cum Incidence | Median age | Number | Incidence | Cum Incidence | Median age |
Oral Cavity | 3913 | 1.5 | 0.17 | 71 | 6417 | 1.4 | 0.15 | 73 |
Oropharynx | 998 | 0.46 | 0.05 | 60 | 2609 | 0.71 | 0.09 | 63 |
Nasopharynx | 281 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 64 | 637 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 65 |
Hypopharynx | 331 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 69 | 735 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 70 |