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Section 5

County Rates and Counts by Selected Sites and Sex
Table 5-75-1: Starke County Males 1996 - 2000

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2000 1996 - 2000 2000 1996 - 2000
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 65540.6 315549.4 39347.0 175321.5
Esophagus *# 4# *# 57.7**
Stomach *# 813.1** *# 58.6**
Colon excluding Rectum *# 1832.1** *# 1119.8**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 1935.1** *# 4#
Liver *# 0# *# 2#
Pancreas *# 1# *# 612.1**
Lung and Bronchus 19154.6** 77128.9 16130.0** 66114.3
Melanoma of the Skin *# 813.5** *# 1#
Prostate 20171.7 92159.0 884.6** 2350.1
Urinary Bladder *# 1221.1** *# 58.5**
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 712.2** *# 3#
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 712.3** *# 4#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 546.9** 919.0** *# 612.4**
Myeloma *# 712.3** *# 914.6**
Leukemia *# 1017.5** *# 59.3**

Table 5-75-2: Starke County Females 1996 - 2000

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2000 1996 - 2000 2000 1996 - 2000
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 63460.1 260389.9 29209.6 125184.9
Colon excluding Rectum *# 1217.6** *# 1218.1**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction 534.6** 1217.3** *# 3#
Liver *# 1# *# 2#
Pancreas *# 79.9** *# 1115.7**
Lung and Bronchus 14107.2** 3755.0 964.7** 3348.0
Melanoma of the Skin *# 4# *# 0#
Breast 18129.0** 84125.8 538.0** 2435.7
Cervix Uteri *# 57.7** *# 1#
Corpus Uteri *# 1014.8** *# 1#
Ovary *# 1117.0** *# 812.4**
Urinary Bladder *# 68.5** *# 2#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 710.6** *# 3#
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 3# *# 0#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma *# 912.6** *# 56.8**
Myeloma *# 3# *# 2#
Leukemia *# 1015.5** *# 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, October 2004

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