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Section 5

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

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2001 1997 - 2001 2001 1997 - 2001
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 46639.6 212608.5 18271.6** 82243.0
Esophagus *# 1# *# 1#
Stomach *# 3# *# 1#
Colon excluding Rectum *# 1949.4** *# 823.7**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 616.3** *# 2#
Liver *# 1# *# 0#
Pancreas *# 4# *# 3#
Lung and Bronchus 11158.9** 36105.5 8125.2** 2059.9
Melanoma of the Skin *# 719.7** *# 1#
Prostate 7105.2** 54158.5 *# 1030.1**
Urinary Bladder 570.5** 1955.5** *# 1#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 824.5** *# 2#
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 4# *# 2#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 676.8** 1539.7** *# 719.4**
Myeloma *# 2# *# 3#
Leukemia *# 3# *# 3#

Table 5-5-2: Blackford County Females 1997 - 2001

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2001 1997 - 2001 2001 1997 - 2001
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 43481.1 221497.3 20216.1 88186.9
Colon excluding Rectum 877.6** 2451.6 *# 918.2**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 512.4** *# 1#
Liver *# 3# *# 1#
Pancreas *# 714.9** *# 511.6**
Lung and Bronchus *# 2963.7 550.8** 1837.8**
Melanoma of the Skin *# 717.1** *# 3#
Breast 10116.0** 70154.7 *# 1634.4**
Cervix Uteri *# 513.9** *# 2#
Corpus Uteri *# 718.6** *# 1#
Ovary *# 613.3** *# 714.5**
Urinary Bladder *# 4# *# 1#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 4# *# 1#
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 1# *# 0#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma *# 1737.4** *# 612.5**
Myeloma *# 1# *# 1#
Leukemia *# 512.4** *# 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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