Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report by State
Oral Cavity & Pharynx (Late Stage^), 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
State
|
Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate † cases per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
Average Annual Count
|
Percent of Cases with Late Stage
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | 7.7 (7.7, 7.8) | N/A | 32,341 | 64.3 |
| West Virginia 2 | 10.1 (9.5, 10.7) | 1 (1, 5) | 258 | 69.6 |
| Kentucky 7 | 9.8 (9.5, 10.2) | 2 (1, 5) | 567 | 69.1 |
| Arkansas 2 | 9.3 (8.8, 9.7) | 3 (1, 15) | 353 | 66.0 |
| Maine 2 | 9.3 (8.7, 9.9) | 4 (1, 19) | 197 | 66.5 |
| Missouri 2 | 9.2 (8.9, 9.5) | 5 (2, 12) | 726 | 68.6 |
| Louisiana 7 | 9.1 (8.7, 9.4) | 6 (3, 16) | 515 | 67.4 |
| Vermont 2 | 9.0 (8.1, 10.0) | 7 (1, 29) | 83 | 68.0 |
| Iowa 7 | 9.0 (8.5, 9.4) | 8 (3, 19) | 365 | 61.6 |
| Indiana 2 | 8.8 (8.5, 9.1) | 9 (4, 19) | 736 | 67.6 |
| Florida 2 | 8.8 (8.6, 8.9) | 10 (6, 17) | 2,735 | 61.2 |
| South Carolina 2 | 8.7 (8.4, 9.0) | 11 (5, 21) | 598 | 67.9 |
| Ohio 2 | 8.7 (8.5, 8.9) | 12 (6, 19) | 1,345 | 67.8 |
| Georgia 7 | 8.6 (8.4, 8.9) | 13 (6, 20) | 1,092 | 67.8 |
| North Carolina 2 | 8.6 (8.4, 8.9) | 14 (6, 20) | 1,146 | 67.3 |
| New Hampshire 2 | 8.6 (8.0, 9.2) | 15 (3, 29) | 174 | 68.1 |
| Oklahoma 2 | 8.5 (8.1, 8.9) | 16 (6, 25) | 401 | 60.7 |
| Mississippi 2 | 8.5 (8.0, 8.9) | 17 (5, 27) | 315 | 66.0 |
| Delaware 2 | 8.4 (7.7, 9.1) | 18 (3, 36) | 116 | 66.0 |
| Alaska 2 | 8.4 (7.5, 9.3) | 19 (2, 41) | 69 | 65.7 |
| Tennessee 2 | 8.3 (8.0, 8.5) | 20 (12, 28) | 728 | 64.8 |
| Hawaii 7 | 8.1 (7.5, 8.7) | 21 (6, 38) | 155 | 63.4 |
| Wisconsin 2 | 8.1 (7.8, 8.4) | 22 (15, 31) | 638 | 63.0 |
| Pennsylvania 2 | 8.0 (7.8, 8.2) | 23 (17, 30) | 1,424 | 66.2 |
| Illinois 7 | 7.9 (7.7, 8.1) | 24 (18, 31) | 1,275 | 65.9 |
| Michigan 2 | 7.9 (7.7, 8.2) | 25 (18, 32) | 1,064 | 66.5 |
| Oregon 2 | 7.9 (7.5, 8.2) | 26 (17, 35) | 441 | 66.9 |
| Kansas 2 | 7.8 (7.4, 8.2) | 27 (17, 39) | 278 | 63.1 |
| Washington 1 | 7.8 (7.5, 8.0) | 28 (20, 34) | 734 | 60.5 |
| Montana 2 | 7.8 (7.1, 8.5) | 29 (10, 43) | 117 | 65.4 |
| Connecticut 7 | 7.7 (7.4, 8.1) | 30 (19, 39) | 379 | 62.2 |
| Nebraska 2 | 7.5 (7.0, 8.1) | 31 (18, 43) | 178 | 59.2 |
| Massachusetts 2 | 7.5 (7.2, 7.7) | 32 (25, 41) | 689 | 67.7 |
| Texas 7 | 7.3 (7.2, 7.5) | 33 (30, 40) | 2,320 | 63.3 |
| Idaho 7 | 7.3 (6.8, 7.9) | 34 (21, 45) | 168 | 62.2 |
| Minnesota 2 | 7.3 (7.0, 7.6) | 35 (27, 43) | 525 | 55.9 |
| New York 7 | 7.2 (7.1, 7.4) | 36 (31, 42) | 1,878 | 66.0 |
| Virginia 2 | 7.2 (7.0, 7.5) | 37 (30, 43) | 776 | 62.4 |
| New Jersey 7 | 7.2 (7.0, 7.5) | 38 (30, 43) | 874 | 65.5 |
| Rhode Island 2 | 7.2 (6.6, 7.9) | 39 (20, 47) | 107 | 69.9 |
| South Dakota 2 | 7.2 (6.5, 8.0) | 40 (18, 47) | 79 | 61.9 |
| Maryland 2 | 7.0 (6.7, 7.2) | 41 (34, 46) | 544 | 65.0 |
| North Dakota 2 | 6.9 (6.1, 7.7) | 42 (21, 49) | 64 | 56.6 |
| Colorado 2 | 6.9 (6.6, 7.2) | 43 (35, 46) | 470 | 63.6 |
| California 7 | 6.7 (6.5, 6.8) | 44 (41, 47) | 3,078 | 64.5 |
| District of Columbia 2 | 6.6 (5.7, 7.5) | 45 (24, 51) | 44 | 65.3 |
| Alabama 2 | 6.5 (6.2, 6.8) | 46 (41, 48) | 424 | 54.9 |
| New Mexico 7 | 6.2 (5.8, 6.6) | 47 (42, 50) | 169 | 65.0 |
| Arizona 2 | 5.9 (5.7, 6.1) | 48 (46, 51) | 550 | 60.1 |
| Nevada 2 | 5.8 (5.4, 6.1) | 49 (46, 51) | 224 | 55.8 |
| Wyoming 2 | 5.5 (4.7, 6.3) | 50 (44, 51) | 41 | 59.2 |
| Utah 7 | 5.4 (5.0, 5.8) | 51 (47, 51) | 164 | 56.3 |
| Puerto Rico 2 | 4.4 (4.1, 4.7) | N/A | 210 | 51.6 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 2:28 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
Rates are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.
^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
CI*Rank data for Puerto Rico is not available.