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TABLE 2-17 Cancer Incidence Among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Non-Hispanic White Women, Age Adjusted to 1970 U.S. Standard
Incidence per 100,000 Population
Data Source and Region
Stomach
Colon and Rectum
Lung and Bronchus
Breast
Cervix Uteri
Gallbladder
All Sites
IHS
Aberdeen
9.0
16.4
32.1
46.7
23.5
4.6
212.7
Alaska
8.9
90.2
58.4
51.5
29.5
14.4
355.6
Albuquerque
18.6
22.0
12.1
19.5
31.3
6.7
214.9
Bemidji
6.8
57.7
52.3
20.4
10.8
5.3
214.9
Billings
5.0
19.2
37.8
42.2
32.3
2.8
232.0
Navajo
9.5
9.5
4.1
26.0
24.4
9.6
170.3
Oklahoma
3.9
18.5
12.1
30.9
11.4
3.0
124.1
Phoenix
5.6
13.1
10.9
18.8
20.5
16.1
167.5
Portland
1.5
19.7
10.3
20.1
8.8
5.6
132.2
All IHS regions
6.8
20.8
16.8
30.2
19.5
7.1
173.2
SEER program (non-Hispanic whites)
3.9
39.2
43.7
115.7
7.5
1.4
354
NOTE: IHS estimates are from 1980 to 1987. SEER program estimates are from 1988 to 1992.
