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Section 5

County Rates and Counts by Selected Sites and Sex
Table 5-75-1: Starke County Males 1995 - 1999

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
1999 1995 - 1999 1999 1995 - 1999
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All sites 77645.8 291498.2 35291.2 157273.4
Esophagus *# 4# *# 1#
Stomach *# 915.8** *# 58.3**
Colon excluding Rectum *# 1831.2** *# 1118.9**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction 873.6** 1629.2** *# 4#
Liver *# 0# *# 2#
Pancreas *# 3# *# 610.5**
Lung and Bronchus 17140.6** 65109.9 12102.3** 59101.6
Melanoma of the Skin 546.3** 611.2** *# 1#
Prostate 26208.9 82135.6 541.3** 2036.7
Urinary Bladder *# 1423.3** *# 4#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 610.3** *# 1#
Brain *# 813.6** *# 3#
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma *# 612.3** *# 3#
Myeloma *# 813.8** *# 1219.8**
Leukemia *# 813.8** *# 4#

Table 5-75-2: Starke County Females 1995 - 1999

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
1999 1995 - 1999 1999 1995 - 1999
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All sites 52377.4 247366.7 26191.5 123178.0
Colon excluding Rectum *# 1419.6** *# 1318.4**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 710.1** *# 3#
Liver *# 0# *# 2#
Pancreas *# 710.3** *# 1115.2**
Lung and Bronchus *# 2942.0 750.4** 3144.4
Melanoma of the Skin *# 4# *# 0#
Breast 20144.0 80117.8 857.4** 2637.3
Cervix Uteri *# 711.5** *# 1#
Corpus Uteri *# 1624.1** *# 1#
Ovary *# 1117.1** *# 69.7**
Urinary Bladder *# 57.4** *# 2#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 710.4** *# 2#
Brain *# 1# *# 0#
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma *# 1115.4** *# 56.7**
Myeloma *# 2# *# 3#
Leukemia *# 69.3** *# 4#

Rates are per 100,000; Age-adjusted, 2000 U.S. Standard Million.
* Fewer than 5 cases, number suppressed to protect confidentiality.
** Rates based on fewer than 20 cases are unstable.
# Rate cannot be calculated.


Source: Indiana State Department of Health - Indiana State Cancer Registry and the Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, March 2003

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