Digestive System
| Primary Site |
Race |
Male |
Female |
0 I II |
III IV |
All |
| Esophagus |
African American |
6.9% |
3.7% |
7.6% |
12.9% |
10.4% |
| |
Other races |
0% |
0.5% |
0.4% |
0.8% |
0.6% |
| |
Caucasian |
74% |
14.8% |
91.9% |
86.3% |
89% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Stomach |
African American |
13.7% |
10.5% |
22.1% |
22.6% |
22.4% |
| |
Other races |
1.3% |
1% |
3.5% |
1.9% |
2.5% |
| |
Caucasian |
50.5% |
23% |
74.4% |
75.5% |
75.1% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Small Intestine |
African American |
11% |
7.5% |
16.7% |
23.2% |
20.7% |
| |
Other races |
1.4% |
0.7% |
2.8% |
3.6% |
3.3% |
| |
Caucasian |
39.7% |
39.7% |
80.6% |
73.2% |
76.1% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Colon Excluding Rectum |
African American |
9.6% |
11.4% |
24.3% |
23.2% |
23.6% |
| |
Other races |
0.8% |
1.3% |
1.7% |
2.1% |
1.9% |
| |
Caucasian |
39.5% |
37.3% |
74% |
74.8% |
74.5% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction |
African American |
7.8% |
6.5% |
13.1% |
16.3% |
14.6% |
| |
Other races |
1% |
0.8% |
2% |
2.1% |
2% |
| |
Caucasian |
53.2% |
30.6% |
84.9% |
81.6% |
83.3% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anus, Anal Canal and Anorectum |
African American |
15.8% |
5.9% |
24.7% |
25% |
24.8% |
| |
Other races |
0.0% |
1.3% |
0% |
2.3% |
0.9% |
| |
Caucasian |
28.9% |
48% |
75.3% |
72.7% |
74.4% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct |
African American |
18% |
3.9% |
19.9% |
24.7% |
21.9% |
| |
Other races |
2.4% |
0.9% |
2.2% |
4.2% |
3.1% |
| |
Caucasian |
53.4% |
21.5% |
77.9% |
71.1% |
75% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gallbladder |
African American |
3.3% |
11.7% |
9.5% |
16.9% |
14.2% |
| |
Other races |
0.8% |
1.7% |
2.4% |
2.8% |
2.7% |
| |
Caucasian |
29.2% |
53.3% |
88.1% |
80.3% |
83.2% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other Biliary |
African American |
4% |
6% |
5.5% |
9.6% |
7.3% |
| |
Other races |
2% |
0.5% |
2.2% |
4.1% |
3% |
| |
Caucasian |
48.8%
|
39.5% |
92.3% |
86.3% |
89.6% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pancreas |
African American |
6.6% |
7.4% |
12% |
16.4% |
14.2% |
| |
Other races |
1% |
0.3% |
1.6% |
1.2% |
1.4% |
| |
Caucasian |
45.3% |
39.4% |
86.4% |
82.5% |
84.4% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other Digestive Organs* |
African American |
4.7% |
5.4% |
5% |
11.4% |
9.4% |
| |
Other races |
0% |
1.3% |
0% |
4.5% |
3.1% |
| |
Caucasian |
31.5% |
57% |
95% |
84.1% |
87.5% |
| |
|
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|
|
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*Other digestive organs include: Peritoneum, omentum, mesentery, retroperitoneum and 'other.'
Compiled from the Siteman Cancer Center’s oncology data services, 2007-2011.