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Section 5

County Rates and Counts by Selected Sites and Sex
Table 5-46-1: LaPorte County Males 1997 - 2001

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2001 1997 - 2001 2001 1997 - 2001
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 308600.0 1,354540.1 142294.3 655272.6
Esophagus 610.6** 217.8 *# 218.2
Stomach 59.9** 166.7** *# 93.6**
Colon excluding Rectum 2550.5 10845.1 715.8** 5624.9
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction 1428.9** 5422.0 *# 156.2**
Liver 59.0** 114.0** *# 134.9**
Pancreas 815.7** 3112.0 1020.4** 2811.2
Lung and Bronchus 58111.9 263103.0 56112.6 22992.4
Melanoma of the Skin 1628.6** 5922.1 *# 207.4
Prostate 88175.7 372151.9 1434.1** 5125.2
Urinary Bladder 1531.7** 9340.2 *# 2411.4
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 3915.2 614.0** 249.7
Brain and Other Nervous System 59.9** 238.7 *# 135.1**
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 1222.3** 5521.3 1022.0** 2711.2
Myeloma *# 114.1** *# 124.7**
Leukemia 58.5** 3312.3 *# 197.2**

Table 5-46-2: LaPorte County Females 1997 - 2001

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2001 1997 - 2001 2001 1997 - 2001
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 295469.6 1,369437.9 104155.4 594181.4
Colon excluding Rectum 3756.6 13641.4 1319.1** 5917.4
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction 1117.1** 4313.0 *# 103.0**
Liver 57.9** 61.9** *# 71.9**
Pancreas 68.9** 257.2 913.5** 3710.7
Lung and Bronchus 4467.1 18658.3 2233.8 13542.0
Melanoma of the Skin 813.4** 3010.7 *# 3#
Breast 82131.2 405130.9 1523.7** 9530.1
Cervix Uteri 610.6** 2810.1 *# 51.8**
Corpus Uteri 1320.7** 8025.5 *# 72.0**
Ovary 1015.9** 5317.0 812.2** 3511.0
Urinary Bladder *# 4212.5 *# 113.0**
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 711.4** 3311.0 *# 196.0**
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 134.6** *# 4#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 710.8** 4815.3 *# 267.9
Myeloma *# 113.4** *# 61.8**
Leukemia *# 309.9 *# 195.9**

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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