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Top 10 Cancers in New Mexico, 2000-2004

by sex and ethnicity

with average annual rates and numbers of new cases

NON-HISPANIC WHITE

 

MALES

FEMALES

Rank

Cancer

Rate

#

Cancer

Rate

#

1

Prostate

167.2

863

Breast

133.1

759

2

Lung

69.7

350

Lung

48.6

294

3

Colon & Rectum

51.8

257

Colon & Rectum

37.7

229

4

Melanoma of the Skin

36.4

174

Melanoma of the Skin

23.8

118

5

Urinary Bladder

36.0

176

Uterus

21.7

127

6

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

20.8

101

Thyroid

20.2

94

7

Leukemia

20.7

96

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

16.3

94

8

Oral Cancer

17.1

88

Ovary

13.4

77

9

Kidney

14.2

71

Leukemia

11.7

64

10

Pancreas

11.1

56

Urinary Bladder

9.2

56

HISPANIC

 

MALES

FEMALES

Rank

Cancer

Rate

#

Cancer

Rate

#

1

Prostate

135.9

339

Breast

91.0

292

2

Colon & Rectum

55.1

138

Colon & Rectum

34.0

102

3

Lung

46.6

109

Lung

23.3

69

4

Kidney

19.4

53

Uterus

15.9

51

5

Urinary Bladder

19.0

44

Thyroid

13.9

48

6

Liver

15.5

42

Ovary

11.2

35

7

Stomach

14.5

36

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

10.9

34

8

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

13.9

38

Cervix

9.7

33

9

Pancreas

13.5

32

Kidney

9.6

30

10

Leukemia

12.8

37

Pancreas

9.3

28

AMERICAN INDIAN

 

MALES

FEMALES

Rank

Cancer

Rate

#

Cancer

Rate

#

1

Prostate

59.1

27

Breast

44.4

32

2

Colon & Rectum

32.5

17

Colon & Rectum

20.4

14

3

Kidney

17.7

9

Ovary

15.4

11

4

Lung

17.1

7

Uterus

13.7

10

5

Stomach

16.8

7

Kidney

12.8

8

6

Liver

13.8

7

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

10.3

7

7

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

11.0

6

Stomach

9.6

6

8

Pancreas

6.9

3

Thyroid

7.8

7

9

Myeloma

6.4

3

Cervix

7.8

6

10

Oral Cancer

6.3

3

Gallbladder

6.7

4

BLACK

 

MALES

FEMALES

Rank

Cancer

Rate

#

Cancer

Rate

#

1

Prostate

167.5

24

Breast

69.5

11

2

Lung

82.3

10

Colon & Rectum

35.4

5

3

Colon & Rectum

41.4

6

Lung

33.0

5

4

Urinary Bladder

13.6

1

Uterus

15.3

2

5

Stomach

13.4

2

Thyroid

13.3

2

6

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

12.3

2

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

12.1

2

7

Myeloma

10.6

1

Leukemia

12.1

2

8

Oral Cancer

10.5

1

Ovary

9.2

1

9

Kidney

10.3

2

Urinary Bladder

8.1

1

10

Pancreas

9.9

2

Brain

7.4

2

 

 

Rates are per 100,000; age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Million (18 age groups) standard

Numbers are average number of cancers per year between 2000 and 2004

DATA SOURCE: CRTC New Mexico Tumor Registry