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Section 5

County Rates and Counts by Selected Sites and Sex
Table 5-45-1: Lake County Males 1997 - 2001

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2001 1997 - 2001 2001 1997 - 2001
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 1,353638.1 6,204596.6 623305.6 3,053309.3
Esophagus 209.1 10910.1 209.0 979.0
Stomach 2411.8 13113.2 2010.3 9810.2
Colon excluding Rectum 11958.3 53454.4 6732.7 30231.5
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction 3817.5 24523.8 115.4** 444.5
Liver 136.0** 605.5 126.0** 696.9
Pancreas 4621.7 15615.6 2712.7 16616.8
Lung and Bronchus 21398.5 1,064101.1 19491.7 93791.4
Melanoma of the Skin 3113.9 1019.5 63.2** 252.6
Prostate 429203.1 1,871178.9 7339.2 35840.8
Urinary Bladder 7436.4 39539.3 137.8** 708.0
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 3214.4 18817.7 168.4** 838.6
Brain and Other Nervous System 2210.1 746.7 136.0** 534.9
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 4722.1 21720.5 209.1 13112.8
Myeloma 177.9** 847.9 115.0** 575.7
Leukemia 4219.7 17817.2 2512.1 12613.0

Table 5-45-2: Lake County Females 1997 - 2001

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2001 1997 - 2001 2001 1997 - 2001
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 1,232445.6 5,736421.1 530186.8 2,678191.5
Colon excluding Rectum 10536.3 57240.6 5920.2 28720.2
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction 289.7 16711.9 62.1** 402.8
Liver 93.1** 271.9 93.0** 332.3
Pancreas 3110.7 14510.3 2910.0 15310.7
Lung and Bronchus 15454.9 75354.3 11238.8 62644.5
Melanoma of the Skin 176.5** 866.5 *# 211.5
Breast 388142.7 1,762131.3 10036.2 47534.9
Cervix Uteri 2811.1 14711.6 *# 463.5
Corpus Uteri 7828.5 34025.4 72.6** 332.4
Ovary 3813.8 19614.6 186.4** 1218.7
Urinary Bladder 268.8 1319.3 93.1** 443.1
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 2910.4 13710.1 134.5** 413.0
Brain and Other Nervous System 93.4** 634.7 93.3** 433.1
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 5219.6 21515.9 186.5** 805.7
Myeloma 175.7** 735.2 93.0** 453.2
Leukemia 3311.7 14010.2 207.2 886.3

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, February 2005

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