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Section 5

County Rates and Counts by Selected Sites and Sex
Table 5-75-1: Starke County Males 1998 - 2002

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2002 1998 - 2002 2002 1998 - 2002
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 62529.4 338583.7 33283.9 169304.2
Esophagus *# 711.9** *# 812.8**
Stomach *# 813.9** *# 59.1**
Colon excluding Rectum 765.2** 2137.1 *# 915.7**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 2138.6 *# 4#
Liver *# 1# *# 1#
Pancreas *# 1# *# 3#
Lung and Bronchus 1292.6** 75123.9 1185.7** 69118.5
Melanoma of the Skin *# 813.7** *# 1#
Prostate 16145.0** 107187.0 *# 2555.2
Urinary Bladder *# 1423.5** *# 3#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 914.9** *# 3#
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 712.4** *# 3#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 542.8** 1324.0** *# 612.2**
Myeloma *# 57.4** *# 69.1**
Leukemia *# 915.7** *# 59.7**

Table 5-75-2: Starke County Females 1998 - 2002

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2002 1998 - 2002 2002 1998 - 2002
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 70505.0 306449.7 28187.9 138195.8
Colon excluding Rectum 536.9** 1825.5** *# 1014.3**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 1318.6** *# 3#
Liver *# 2# *# 3#
Pancreas *# 79.5** *# 1114.8**
Lung and Bronchus 1283.0** 4870.4 638.7** 3549.7
Melanoma of the Skin *# 711.2** *# 0#
Breast 21154.9 98144.8 *# 2536.5
Cervix Uteri *# 68.4** *# 1#
Corpus Uteri *# 1724.6** *# 2#
Ovary *# 1218.3** *# 57.0**
Urinary Bladder *# 79.8** *# 2#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 811.4** *# 57.6**
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 4# *# 2#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma *# 68.1** *# 4#
Myeloma *# 2# *# 3#
Leukemia *# 1116.9** *# 79.7**

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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