Age-specific incidence rates (per 100,000 persons) and age-specific AAPC of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and oropharyngeal carcinoma in Taiwan, 1981-2000
| Age at diagnosis (y) | Time period (calendar year) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasopharyngeal carcinoma | Oropharyngeal carcinoma | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1981-1985 | 1986-1990 | 1991-1995 | 1996-2000 | AAPC | 1981-1985 | 1986-1990 | 1991-1995 | 1996-2000 | AAPC | ||||||||||
| 20-24 | 1.31 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 1.04 | −1.66* | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.42 | 0.48 | 4.84† | |||||||||
| 25-29 | 2.54 | 2.25 | 2.09 | 2.02 | −1.56* | 0.59 | 0.79 | 0.99 | 1.84 | 8.71‡ | |||||||||
| 30-34 | 5.68 | 4.61 | 4.39 | 4.71 | −0.82 | 1.24 | 1.84 | 3.34 | 5.64 | 11.37‡ | |||||||||
| 35-39 | 9.09 | 8.64 | 8.74 | 8.21 | −0.41 | 2.82 | 4.13 | 7.30 | 12.60 | 11.02‡ | |||||||||
| 40-44 | 13.73 | 12.59 | 12.84 | 11.93 | −1.50‡ | 5.70 | 8.45 | 14.04 | 22.10 | 9.70‡ | |||||||||
| 45-49 | 18.69 | 15.06 | 14.23 | 13.97 | −2.00‡ | 7.95 | 12.11 | 21.26 | 32.37 | 9.40‡ | |||||||||
| 50-54 | 22.20 | 17.21 | 16.89 | 16.54 | −1.98‡ | 10.95 | 15.76 | 24.52 | 41.15 | 9.17‡ | |||||||||
| 55-59 | 19.08 | 16.99 | 18.84 | 16.97 | −0.60 | 12.04 | 17.40 | 27.43 | 42.06 | 9.01‡ | |||||||||
| 60-64 | 19.02 | 15.43 | 17.63 | 16.09 | −0.62 | 14.41 | 17.13 | 27.16 | 40.00 | 7.86‡ | |||||||||
| 65-69 | 16.04 | 11.74 | 14.20 | 14.44 | 0.01 | 19.63 | 18.86 | 24.85 | 35.03 | 4.99‡ | |||||||||
| 70-74 | 10.59 | 12.02 | 10.68 | 13.18 | 1.30* | 16.08 | 22.20 | 26.43 | 33.22 | 4.69‡ | |||||||||
| 75-79 | 5.84 | 6.26 | 8.84 | 10.00 | 3.93‡ | 12.83 | 18.90 | 26.69 | 30.86 | 5.18‡ | |||||||||