| Cancer | 1983-87 | 1988-92 | ||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Bronchus | 87.8 | 34.5 | 85.1 | 36.2 |
| Colon | 32.1 | 25.7 | 30.7 | 24.2 |
| Rectum | 13.6 | 9.6 | 12.8 | 8.8 |
| Stomach | 10.8 | 4.2 | 11.2 | 4.4 |
| Pancreas | 10.1 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 7.1 |
| Kidney | 10.1 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 6.1 |
| Esophagus | 8.7 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 2.1 |
| Larynx | 10.1 | 2.1 | 9.9 | 2.1 |
| Melanoma | 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
| Liver | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 1.3 |
| Mouth | 4.5 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 1.7 |
| Small Int. | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Breast | 0.7 | 82.7 | 0.9 | 86.1 |
| 1983-87, United States = black and white populations in Alameda, San Francisco, Connecticut, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Detroit | ||||
| 1988-92, United States = black and white populations in Connecticut, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Detroit, and Hispanic and non-Hispanic white populations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New Mexico, and black populations in Los Angeles and San Francisco | ||||