HPV genotypes detected in cervical cancers from Alaska Native women, 1980–2007

Figures & data

Table I Age, ethnicity, tumor stage, diagnosis year and geographic distribution of Alaska Native women with invasive cervical cancer, and Alaska Native women with cervical cancer specimens available, 1980–2007

Age range (years)	16–89	23–80
Mean	42.5	44.4
Median	41	41
Ethnicity (n=62)	%	%
Inupiaq/Yupik	43.9	54.8
Athabascan	44.6	30.6
Aleut	11.5	14.5
SEER summary stage	%	%
Local	58.7	52.0
Regional	28.4	36.0
Distant	10.1	12.0
Unknown	2.7	0
Year of diagnosis	%	%
1980–1984	25.5	24.3
1985–1989	21.9	11.2
1990–1994	16.3	17.7
1995–1999	14.2	17.7
2000–2004	9.9	12.9
2005–2007*	12.0	16.1
Geographic region (IHS Service Unit)	%	%
Anchorage	34.0	46.8
Fairbanks	15.6	3.2
Yukon-Kuskokwim	16.3	24.2
Southeast	10.6	4.8
Kotzebue	7.1	4.8
Ketchikan	5.7	3.2
Norton Sound	5.7	4.8
Arctic Slope	2.8	3.2
Bristol Bay	2.1	4.8

Table II Number and percentage of HPV genotypes detected in invasive cervical cancer specimens, Alaska Native women, 1980–2007 (N=62)

HPV type	Number	%
16	26	41.9
18	6	9.6
16+6^a	1	1.6
16+18	2	3.2
16+33	1	1.6
16+54^a	1	1.6
18+68	1	1.6
31	1	1.6
33+68	1	1.6
33	3	4.8
39+59	1	1.6
45	3	4.8
58	1	1.6
59	5	8.0
73	2	3.2
82	1	1.6
69^b	1	1.6
Total	57^c	91.9

a Low-risk HPV type.

b Non-oncogenic HPV type.

c HPV was not detected in 5 specimens.