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 157,000 (0.11% of) men and 87,000 (0.07% 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
U.S. 2006 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2006 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER 9 registries (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, and Atlanta) and 1/1/2006.
| 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 | 157,250 | 23 | 492 | 1318 | 3276 | 14,407 | 37,003 | 40,095 | 60,638 |
| Female | 87,223 | 101 | 501 | 1668 | 3489 | 8222 | 15,686 | 18,110 | 39,446 | |
| Percent of Total Population | Male | 0.0732 | not enough data | 0.0018 | 0.0050 | 0.0144 | 0.0548 | 0.1667 | 0.2775 | 0.6367 |
| Female | 0.0372 | 0.0004 | 0.0022 | 0.0066 | 0.0142 | 0.0289 | 0.0607 | 0.1009 | 0.2926 |
Last Reviewed
February 2018