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Section 5

County Rates and Counts by Selected Sites and Sex
Table 5-75-1: Starke County Males 1999 - 2003

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2003 1999 - 2003 2003 1999 - 2003
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 54436.4 329559.3 36297.7 168295.9
Esophagus *# 813.2** *# 812.6**
Stomach *# 4# *# 4#
Colon excluding Rectum 648.6** 2339.6 *# 813.5**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 2138.7 *# 4#
Liver *# 1# *# 2#
Pancreas *# 2# *# 2#
Lung and Bronchus 1182.1** 70113.4 16119.6** 71117.6
Melanoma of the Skin *# 813.7** *# 1#
Prostate 16131.8** 103177.0 *# 2247.7
Urinary Bladder *# 1422.7** *# 2#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 1117.9** *# 3#
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 712.5** *# 3#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma *# 1323.0** *# 816.0**
Myeloma *# 57.5** *# 57.8**
Leukemia *# 611.0** *# 712.4**

Table 5-75-2: Starke County Females 1999 - 2003

Primary Site Incidence Mortality
2003 1999 - 2003 2003 1999 - 2003
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
All Sites 60430.1 305445.2 22147.7 132185.9
Colon excluding Rectum 853.5** 2129.2 *# 912.9**
Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction *# 1420.5** *# 2#
Liver *# 3# *# 2#
Pancreas *# 79.3** *# 911.9**
Lung and Bronchus 1067.3** 4869.2 640.1** 3549.4
Melanoma of the Skin *# 710.5** *# 0#
Breast 1391.8** 88130.2 *# 2333.0
Cervix Uteri *# 68.4** *# 3#
Corpus Uteri 1069.6** 2333.4 *# 1#
Ovary *# 1117.0** *# 57.0**
Urinary Bladder *# 912.5** *# 1#
Kidney and Renal Pelvis *# 811.3** *# 4#
Brain and Other Nervous System *# 4# *# 3#
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma *# 56.8** *# 3#
Myeloma *# 3# *# 3#
Leukemia *# 914.2** *# 57.0**

Rates are per 100,000; Age-adjusted, 2000 US Std Population (Census P25-1130).
* 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 2006

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