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 Rate
State
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Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate † cases per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval) 
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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 |
| Puerto Rico 2 | 4.4 (4.1, 4.7) | N/A | 210 | 51.6 |
| Utah 7 | 5.4 (5.0, 5.8) | 51 (47, 51) | 164 | 56.3 |
| Wyoming 2 | 5.5 (4.7, 6.3) | 50 (44, 51) | 41 | 59.2 |
| Nevada 2 | 5.8 (5.4, 6.1) | 49 (46, 51) | 224 | 55.8 |
| Arizona 2 | 5.9 (5.7, 6.1) | 48 (46, 51) | 550 | 60.1 |
| New Mexico 7 | 6.2 (5.8, 6.6) | 47 (42, 50) | 169 | 65.0 |
| Alabama 2 | 6.5 (6.2, 6.8) | 46 (41, 48) | 424 | 54.9 |
| District of Columbia 2 | 6.6 (5.7, 7.5) | 45 (24, 51) | 44 | 65.3 |
| California 7 | 6.7 (6.5, 6.8) | 44 (41, 47) | 3,078 | 64.5 |
| Colorado 2 | 6.9 (6.6, 7.2) | 43 (35, 46) | 470 | 63.6 |
| North Dakota 2 | 6.9 (6.1, 7.7) | 42 (21, 49) | 64 | 56.6 |
| Maryland 2 | 7.0 (6.7, 7.2) | 41 (34, 46) | 544 | 65.0 |
| South Dakota 2 | 7.2 (6.5, 8.0) | 40 (18, 47) | 79 | 61.9 |
| Rhode Island 2 | 7.2 (6.6, 7.9) | 39 (20, 47) | 107 | 69.9 |
| New Jersey 7 | 7.2 (7.0, 7.5) | 38 (30, 43) | 874 | 65.5 |
| Virginia 2 | 7.2 (7.0, 7.5) | 37 (30, 43) | 776 | 62.4 |
| New York 7 | 7.2 (7.1, 7.4) | 36 (31, 42) | 1,878 | 66.0 |
| Minnesota 2 | 7.3 (7.0, 7.6) | 35 (27, 43) | 525 | 55.9 |
| Idaho 7 | 7.3 (6.8, 7.9) | 34 (21, 45) | 168 | 62.2 |
| Texas 7 | 7.3 (7.2, 7.5) | 33 (30, 40) | 2,320 | 63.3 |
| Massachusetts 2 | 7.5 (7.2, 7.7) | 32 (25, 41) | 689 | 67.7 |
| Nebraska 2 | 7.5 (7.0, 8.1) | 31 (18, 43) | 178 | 59.2 |
| Connecticut 7 | 7.7 (7.4, 8.1) | 30 (19, 39) | 379 | 62.2 |
| Montana 2 | 7.8 (7.1, 8.5) | 29 (10, 43) | 117 | 65.4 |
| Washington 1 | 7.8 (7.5, 8.0) | 28 (20, 34) | 734 | 60.5 |
| Kansas 2 | 7.8 (7.4, 8.2) | 27 (17, 39) | 278 | 63.1 |
| Oregon 2 | 7.9 (7.5, 8.2) | 26 (17, 35) | 441 | 66.9 |
| Michigan 2 | 7.9 (7.7, 8.2) | 25 (18, 32) | 1,064 | 66.5 |
| Illinois 7 | 7.9 (7.7, 8.1) | 24 (18, 31) | 1,275 | 65.9 |
| Pennsylvania 2 | 8.0 (7.8, 8.2) | 23 (17, 30) | 1,424 | 66.2 |
| Wisconsin 2 | 8.1 (7.8, 8.4) | 22 (15, 31) | 638 | 63.0 |
| Hawaii 7 | 8.1 (7.5, 8.7) | 21 (6, 38) | 155 | 63.4 |
| Tennessee 2 | 8.3 (8.0, 8.5) | 20 (12, 28) | 728 | 64.8 |
| Alaska 2 | 8.4 (7.5, 9.3) | 19 (2, 41) | 69 | 65.7 |
| Delaware 2 | 8.4 (7.7, 9.1) | 18 (3, 36) | 116 | 66.0 |
| Mississippi 2 | 8.5 (8.0, 8.9) | 17 (5, 27) | 315 | 66.0 |
| Oklahoma 2 | 8.5 (8.1, 8.9) | 16 (6, 25) | 401 | 60.7 |
| New Hampshire 2 | 8.6 (8.0, 9.2) | 15 (3, 29) | 174 | 68.1 |
| North Carolina 2 | 8.6 (8.4, 8.9) | 14 (6, 20) | 1,146 | 67.3 |
| Georgia 7 | 8.6 (8.4, 8.9) | 13 (6, 20) | 1,092 | 67.8 |
| Ohio 2 | 8.7 (8.5, 8.9) | 12 (6, 19) | 1,345 | 67.8 |
| South Carolina 2 | 8.7 (8.4, 9.0) | 11 (5, 21) | 598 | 67.9 |
| Florida 2 | 8.8 (8.6, 8.9) | 10 (6, 17) | 2,735 | 61.2 |
| Indiana 2 | 8.8 (8.5, 9.1) | 9 (4, 19) | 736 | 67.6 |
| Iowa 7 | 9.0 (8.5, 9.4) | 8 (3, 19) | 365 | 61.6 |
| Vermont 2 | 9.0 (8.1, 10.0) | 7 (1, 29) | 83 | 68.0 |
| Louisiana 7 | 9.1 (8.7, 9.4) | 6 (3, 16) | 515 | 67.4 |
| Missouri 2 | 9.2 (8.9, 9.5) | 5 (2, 12) | 726 | 68.6 |
| Maine 2 | 9.3 (8.7, 9.9) | 4 (1, 19) | 197 | 66.5 |
| Arkansas 2 | 9.3 (8.8, 9.7) | 3 (1, 15) | 353 | 66.0 |
| Kentucky 7 | 9.8 (9.5, 10.2) | 2 (1, 5) | 567 | 69.1 |
| West Virginia 2 | 10.1 (9.5, 10.7) | 1 (1, 5) | 258 | 69.6 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/09/2026 4:04 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.
† 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.
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. The rates used in CI*Rank are all age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population using 19 age groups for SEER and NPCR areas. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2024 submission.
2 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2024 submission).
7 Source: SEER November 2024 submission.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
CI*Rank data for Puerto Rico is not available.