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Section 5

County Rates and Counts by Selected Sites and Sex
Table 5-45-1: Lake County Males 1998 - 2002

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2002 1998 - 2002 2002 1998 - 2002
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 1,215557.4 6,258588.2 567272.6 3,022297.5
Esophagus 2210.2 1089.9 136.1** 918.3
Stomach 2511.8 12612.3 136.2** 868.8
Colon excluding Rectum 10851.0 52951.8 5927.7 31030.6
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction 3415.4 23922.6 84.0** 464.5
Liver 187.8** 706.3 135.7** 666.3
Pancreas 2712.6 15715.1 3717.6 17116.7
Lung and Bronchus 19288.3 1,04898.1 17481.3 91187.2
Melanoma of the Skin 3114.1 11810.9 *# 262.6
Prostate 349159.3 1,875175.6 6133.2 34738.0
Urinary Bladder 8036.8 40038.5 94.6** 677.3
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 4018.0 19217.7 178.0** 858.5
Brain and Other Nervous System 114.8** 706.3 187.8** 615.6
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 5826.1 24322.5 188.8** 12311.9
Myeloma 146.5** 837.7 136.6** 565.6
Leukemia 2411.1 17316.3 2512.4 12612.7

Table 5-45-2: Lake County Females 1998 - 2002

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2002 1998 - 2002 2002 1998 - 2002
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 1,208430.2 5,896426.0 564193.5 2,735191.9
Colon excluding Rectum 11940.5 58340.4 4113.7 27318.8
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction 3311.3 15710.9 93.1** 352.4
Liver 51.7** 302.1 62.1** 342.4
Pancreas 2910.0 14910.4 3612.1 15810.9
Lung and Bronchus 17160.2 80057.0 12944.6 63844.7
Melanoma of the Skin 196.9** 926.9 93.2** 261.9
Breast 332120.1 1,775130.1 9031.2 47533.9
Cervix Uteri 228.4 13310.4 93.3** 423.1
Corpus Uteri 8430.6 36927.2 51.7** 312.2
Ovary 3513.0 18213.4 3110.9 1238.8
Urinary Bladder 279.3 1278.8 72.3** 412.8
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 3312.2 14710.7 175.8** 553.8
Brain and Other Nervous System 196.9** 735.4 93.2** 443.1
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 3713.5 21015.4 186.2** 785.5
Myeloma 103.4** 725.0 72.3** 433.0
Leukemia 2910.3 14610.4 155.0** 926.4

Rates are per 100,000; Age-adjusted, 2000 US Std Million 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, July 2005

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