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Table VI
Comparison of Indiana and the Nation
1996
Males
Site Indiana National
Number Percent Number Percent
Prostate 2,839 23.5% 317,100 41.5%
Lung 2,535 21.0% 98,900 13.1%
Colon & Rectum 1,541 12.7% 67,600 8.8%
Bladder 832 6.9% 38,300 5.7%
Lymphoma 607 5.0% 33,900 4.4%
Melanomas of Skin 348 2.9% 21,800 4.4%
Oral 394 3.3% 20,100 2.6%
Kidney 447 3.7% 18,500 2.6%
Leukemia 316 2.6% 15,300 2.0%
Stomach 160 1.3% 14,000 2.3%
Pancreas 242 2.0% 12,400 1.6%
Liver 98 0.8% 10,800 2.0%
Other 1,736 14.4% 95,600 12.5%
Subtotal 10,359 85.6% 668,700 84.1%
TOTAL 12,095 100.0% 764,300 100.0%
Females
Site Indiana National
Number Percent Number Percent
Breast 3,768 30.8% 184,300 31.0%
Lung 1,616 13.2% 78,100 13.1%
Colon & Rectum 1,525 12.5% 65,900 11.1%
Corpus Uteri & Unspecified 824 6.7% 34,000 5.7%
Ovary 471 3.9% 26,700 4.5%
Lymphoma 574 4.7% 26,300 4.4%
Melanomas of Skin 273 2.2% 16,500 2.8%
Cervix Uteri 297 2.4% 15,700 2.6%
Bladder 318 2.6% 14,600 2.5%
Pancreas 247 2.0% 13,900 2.3%
Leukemia 255 2.1% 12,300 2.1%
Kidney 275 2.3% 12,100 2.0%
Other 1,779 14.6% 94,450 15.9%
Subtotal 10,443 85.4% 500,400 84.1%
TOTAL 12,222 100.0% 594,850 100.0%

Source:  Indiana State Department of Health - Indiana State Cancer Registry and the Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, January 2001. National Rates are from the American Cancer Society Cancer Facts and Figures. Figures exclude basal and squamous cell skin cancers and in situ carcinoma except bladder.

Top 5 Cancers

Comparison of the National Rate with the Indiana Rate
of the Top 5 Cancers for Males, 1996

Top 5 Cancers for Males

Comparison of the National Rate with the Indiana Rate
of the Top 5 Cancers for Females, 1996

Top 5 Cancers for Females

Source for national rates: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute.

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