Respiratory System
| Primary Site |
Race |
Male |
Female |
0 I II |
III IV |
All |
| Lung and Bronchus |
African American |
8.7% |
9.4% |
14.4% |
21.8% |
18.9% |
| |
Other Races |
0.6% |
0.5% |
1% |
1.2% |
1.1% |
| |
Caucasian |
42.1% |
38.6% |
84.6% |
76.9% |
79.9% |
| |
|
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|
|
|
|
| Larynx |
African American |
14.9% |
4.6% |
15.7% |
24% |
20.8% |
| |
Other Races |
0.9% |
0.3% |
0.8% |
1% |
1% |
| |
Caucasian |
60.3% |
19.1% |
83.5% |
75% |
78.3% |
| |
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|
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|
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| Other Respiratory*** |
African American |
5% |
5.9% |
5.6% |
14.3% |
11.9% |
| |
Other Races |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| |
Caucasian |
61.4% |
27.7% |
94.4% |
85.7% |
88.1% |
***Other respiratory includes: Nasal cavity, middle ear, accessory sinuses, trachea, mediastinum and 'other.'
Compiled from the Siteman Cancer Center’s oncology data services, 2007-2011.