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Section 5

County Rates and Counts by Selected Sites and Sex
Table 5-75-1: Starke County Males 1997 - 2001

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2001 1997 - 2001 2001 1997 - 2001
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 69609.4 336592.8 25227.5 173317.5
Esophagus *# 58.0** *# 57.7**
Stomach *# 914.7** *# 58.6**
Colon excluding Rectum *# 1729.9** *# 1017.7**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 2139.4 *# 3#
Liver *# 1# *# 2#
Pancreas *# 1# *# 612.1**
Lung and Bronchus 1199.7** 80136.4 16142.3** 70122.6
Melanoma of the Skin *# 915.4** *# 1#
Prostate 25218.0 101177.8 *# 2453.0
Urinary Bladder *# 1425.3** *# 58.5**
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 712.8** *# 3#
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 814.5** *# 58.8**
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma *# 1020.3** *# 510.8**
Myeloma *# 712.5** *# 710.9**
Leukemia *# 1119.4** *# 611.4**

Table 5-75-2: Starke County Females 1997 - 2001

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2001 1997 - 2001 2001 1997 - 2001
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 57420.9 274411.9 27190.1 126183.9
Colon excluding Rectum *# 1318.5** *# 811.8**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 1318.5** *# 3#
Liver *# 1# *# 2#
Pancreas *# 811.4** *# 1013.9**
Lung and Bronchus 858.3** 4161.4 754.6** 3551.3
Melanoma of the Skin *# 58.7** *# 0#
Breast 16123.2** 89134.5 *# 2435.8
Cervix Uteri *# 4# *# 1#
Corpus Uteri 644.7** 1624.0** *# 1#
Ovary *# 1319.7** *# 710.6**
Urinary Bladder *# 68.5** *# 2#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 69.3** *# 3#
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 4# *# 0#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma *# 79.8** *# 56.8**
Myeloma *# 1# *# 3#
Leukemia *# 914.1** *# 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, February 2005

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