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Table 1b 
Cancer Death Rates* by Site and Sex for Counties 
Indiana, 1992-1996
All Races Both Sexes All Sites Lung & Bronchus Colon & Rectum Pancreas Lymphoma Leukemia Brain Kidney & Renal Pelvis Esophagus Bladder Stomach Multiple Myeloma
INDIANA 176.8   55.1   18.8   8.5   7.5   6.5   4.2   4.0   3.6   3.4   3.1   3.1  
Adams 151.6 36.3 s 20.7 8.8 u 6.9 u 6.4 u 6.7 u 6.6 u 5.0 u 3.6 u 2.5 u 2.5 u
Allen 176.5 52.6 19.3 8.8 5.8 7.1 4.4 3.9 3.7 2.8 2.2 5.1 u
Bartholomew 169.9 49.4 19.5 7.5 10.1 4.1 u 5.1 u 2.6 u 4.2 u 4.2 u 3.9 u 3.8 u
Benton 150.4 41.9 9.3 u 12.5 u 4.6 u 7.3 u 4.9 u 3.9 u 1.3 u 6.2 u 4.4 u 5.0 u
Blackford 191.3 59.6 19.9 8.6 u 8.4 u 5.5 u 8.0 u 11.8 u 3.6 u 3.0 u 2.5 u 1.1 u
Boone 170.6 56.9 18.1 8.5 4.8 u 7.9 6.5 u 2.9 u 3.6 u 1.2 u 2.6 u 2.9 u
Brown 169.6 51.6 11.7 u 10.1 u 6.4 u 6.6 u 3.5 u 3.3 u 2.1 u 3.1 u 1.7 u 5.4 u
Carroll 161.5 44.5 15.4 6.5 u 10.9 u 4.9 u 3.3 u 4.5 u 5.5 u 2.4 u 4.0 u 4.8 u
Cass 177.1 58.2 18.6 9.8 9.4 3.6 u 4.2 u 4.2 u 3.3 u 1.7 u 2.4 u 2.4 u
Clark 199.5 s 73.5 s 18.6 7.4 9.3 8.3 4.9 5.6 3.3 u 3.5 1.8 u 2.8 u
Clay 168.0 57.4 14.9 6.0 u 8.9 u 5.6 u 4.9 u 3.9 u 3.6 u 5.1 u 4.5 u 2.4 u
Clinton 160.0 42.3 18.6 7.6 u 8.5 u 7.5 u 3.0 u 4.3 u 1.8 u 3.6 u 1.8 u 2.9 u
Crawford 154.5 51.1 13.4 u 9.7 u 4.6 u 7.7 u 2.1 u 2.7 u 0.0 u 0.0 u 2.8 u 3.7 u
Daviess 163.7 43.2 19.8 7.1 u 11.3 6.3 u 2.5 u 8.0 u 2.7 u 1.9 u 2.8 u 1.9 u
Dearborn 173.3 60.3 17.8 9.3 6.2 u 5.6 u 3.7 u 3.6 u 6.1 u 3.4 u 2.0 u 1.1 u
Decatur 157.5 46.4 15.0 5.2 u 6.1 u 8.8 u 1.8 u 4.0 u 2.0 u 6.7 u 3.0 u 0.9 u
DeKalb 162.5 51.4 18.4 9.7 4.9 u 5.9 u 4.0 u 2.4 u 5.6 u 4.4 u 1.7 u 1.5 u
Delaware 182.3 60.0 15.9 8.3 6.6 4.9 6.1 5.5 2.6 3.8 2.9 2.6 u
Dubois 147.4 s 33.5 s 17.3 7.5 u 7.9 u 6.6 u 4.9 u 3.8 u 4.8 u 1.9 u 2.8 u 0.0 u
Elkhart 159.3 s 48.0 18.0 8.3 7.5 6.1 4.1 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.4 2.1 u
Fayette 202.6 54.2 20.1 13.7 7.8 u 7.6 u 5.5 u 6.5 u 4.2 u 2.6 u 6.3 u 2.0 u
Floyd 178.0 58.6 17.8 8.1 10.2 8.4 5.3 3.6 u 5.2 2.1 u 2.7 u 1.5 u
Fountain 176.6 59.8 18.8 8.4 u 7.1 u 6.7 u 3.0 u 7.7 u 2.0 u 2.9 u 2.6 u 1.7 u
Franklin 148.8 36.6 16.8 8.6 u 6.9 u 5.4 u 5.4 u 6.7 u 0.8 u 5.8 u 4.6 u 2.4 u
Fulton 195.0 50.5 22.7 10.5 u 9.1 u 8.3 u 2.4 u 7.2 u 3.5 u 4.3 u 3.0 u 2.7 u
Gibson 172.7 52.1 16.1 4.6 u 6.5 u 8.2 u 2.9 u 2.8 u 4.1 u 2.3 u 3.5 u 2.1 u
Grant 184.3 56.2 20.2 11.0 5.9 6.1 5.6 3.5 u 4.1 u 5.3 3.2 u 1.4 u
Greene 141.5 s 38.2 s 17.7 6.8 u 8.1 u 6.4 u 5.1 u 5.7 u 2.1 u 3.2 u 3.1 u 1.1 u
Hamilton 145.9 s 42.7 s 17.6 6.1 7.3 7.1 4.1 2.5 u 5.2 2.7 u 2.0 u 2.5 u
Hancock 167.8 54.4 16.3 9.0 9.7 9.3 6.5 u 2.8 u 2.3 u 3.0 u 2.6 u 1.4 u
Harrison 164.6 53.5 22.7 8.8 u 5.4 u 3.5 u 5.6 u 1.8 u 0.7 u 4.0 u 3.5 u 1.3 u
Hendricks 193.8 62.5 18.9 9.8 8.5 10.2 4.1 u 2.6 u 4.0 u 3.8 u 2.5 u 3.4 u
Henry 163.6 56.8 12.2 s 9.8 7.3 5.2 u 3.9 u 3.6 u 5.1 u 3.2 u 1.5 u 2.1 u
Howard 177.2 62.5 18.2 9.4 5.6 7.3 4.1 3.6 u 3.3 u 3.1 u 2.7 u 3.4 u
Huntington 155.8 45.3 14.7 7.7 u 8.6 5.1 u 2.9 u 1.7 u 3.4 u 3.3 u 2.4 u 2.5 u
Jackson 161.7 48.9 13.6 7.8 6.5 u 5.6 u 3.2 u 4.0 u 2.9 u 4.7 u 2.4 u 3.4 u
Jasper 182.1 57.1 16.5 7.6 u 10.0 u 11.1 u 3.5 u 2.0 u 5.4 u 1.4 u 6.3 u 2.7 u
Jay 160.1 47.7 14.1 11.1 u 6.9 u 3.1 u 3.3 u 3.7 u 5.2 u 3.9 u 1.3 u 3.0 u
Jefferson 178.6 48.3 21.9 7.8 u 6.7 u 5.7 u 4.6 u 3.1 u 2.3 u 2.9 u 4.0 u 0.7 u
Jennings 191.3 65.8 9.9 u 11.8 u 7.4 u 6.7 u 5.6 u 8.0 u 2.2 u 2.6 u 4.8 u 4.0 u
Johnson 165.4 54.4 18.1 7.8 4.3 s 5.6 4.2 3.8 u 3.3 u 2.2 u 2.6 u 3.0 u
Knox 181.7 52.3 19.8 9.3 5.4 u 7.3 6.1 u 5.9 u 4.9 u 1.2 u 2.4 u 5.0 u
Kosciusko 166.8 47.9 21.5 7.2 6.0 6.5 3.9 u 4.0 u 1.7 u 5.1 2.3 u 3.1 u
LaGrange 150.4 36.1 s 19.1 14.4 6.4 u 4.0 u 2.8 u 5.3 u 4.3 u 3.6 u 3.9 u 1.8 u
Lake 193.3 s 55.4 22.1 s 9.2 7.7 7.2 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.1 5.5 s 3.3 u
LaPorte 187.0 55.3 21.4 6.7 7.6 4.9 2.2 u 5.5 4.7 3.6 6.1 2.2 u
Lawrence 168.7 53.1 21.3 5.5 u 5.5 u 5.8 u 3.4 u 3.9 u 2.4 u 4.1 u 5.7 u 3.1 u
Madison 185.5 60.7 21.1 9.2 8.6 6.7 5.2 3.3 3.3 2.9 1.7 u 2.5 u
Marion 191.9 s 62.9 s 18.2 9.9 7.2 6.8 3.7 4.2 5.2 s 3.5 2.9 3.8 u
Marshall 158.5 49.0 20.0 6.4 u 6.4 u 6.8 2.5 u 2.8 u 2.5 u 3.0 u 2.6 u 2.4 u
Martin 181.7 51.4 24.2 u 9.4 u 7.6 u 7.3 u 1.8 u 2.9 u 2.1 u 4.3 u 3.4 u 7.5 u
Miami 183.5 56.7 20.3 9.6 u 8.9 u 4.9 u 3.2 u 3.6 u 3.4 u 5.1 u 2.0 u 2.7 u
Monroe 165.5 49.9 17.7 7.8 8.8 4.7 4.3 3.3 u 3.2 u 2.3 u 3.1 u 2.8 u
Montgomery 174.2 44.1 23.8 9.7 5.6 u 6.0 u 5.2 u 5.2 u 1.5 u 2.4 u 1.4 u 4.7 u
Morgan 187.4 72.0 s 19.1 8.1 7.1 6.9 5.2 u 3.3 u 1.8 u 6.1 u 2.9 u 3.8 u
Newton 176.0 42.1 19.3 u 3.1 u 14.6 u 4.8 u 7.1 u 4.4 u 6.7 u 1.1 u 4.3 u 0.0 u
Noble 168.8 50.6 22.3 9.1 6.8 u 5.5 u 5.6 u 2.6 u 1.4 u 3.6 u 1.6 u 3.6 u
Ohio 173.7 51.8 u 14.2 u 12.2 u 9.2 u 2.0 u 3.7 u 5.0 u 6.7 u 3.7 u 5.7 u 3.4 u
Orange 164.0 46.8 18.1 13.8 u 3.1 u 2.3 u 4.7 u 2.1 u 3.8 u 5.0 u 2.2 u 2.5 u
Owen 148.1 43.9 14.5 u 6.5 u 6.0 u 6.8 u 3.3 u 4.1 u 3.8 u 1.7 u 1.7 u 4.6 u
Parke 164.2 54.0 25.5 8.4 u 3.3 u 7.2 u 2.1 u 2.8 u 2.1 u 2.6 u 1.5 u 4.6 u
Perry 181.0 52.4 23.2 6.9 u 8.3 u 5.5 u 5.4 u 5.8 u 5.8 u 1.9 u 6.2 u 4.7 u
Pike 157.6 44.7 12.7 u 7.1 u 10.2 u 6.7 u 4.6 u 3.3 u 0.0 u 0.7 u 5.7 u 6.5 u
Porter 178.2 57.3 19.9 7.2 7.9 5.5 5.0 3.7 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.2 u
Posey 176.6 52.5 24.9 7.0 u 7.3 u 8.4 u 5.0 u 6.6 u 1.4 u 1.1 u 4.8 u 3.4 u
Pulaski 185.5 50.8 17.0 u 7.3 u 4.8 u 4.0 u 5.3 u 3.7 u 8.3 u 6.5 u 1.2 u 2.9 u
Putnam 162.5 59.2 21.1 5.5 u 9.3 u 4.7 u 1.5 u 5.1 u 3.8 u 3.6 u 2.0 u 1.7 u
Randolph 139.8 s 43.5 12.3 5.1 u 13.0 7.5 u 3.9 u 2.4 u 3.3 u 2.0 u 0.8 u 0.5 u
Ripley 165.1 55.5 15.0 6.3 u 9.8 u 3.8 u 3.9 u 6.5 u 0.8 u 4.4 u 1.7 u 2.1 u
Rush 178.1 58.8 18.0 7.1 u 13.5 u 7.6 u 2.4 u 5.1 u 2.9 u 2.1 u 0.5 u 3.4 u
St. Joseph 168.8 47.1 s 18.7 8.2 8.6 6.2 4.9 3.5 3.7 4.1 3.6 3.7 u
Scott 209.8 78.4 19.5 9.8 u 8.5 u 10.6 u 6.8 u 6.6 u 0.6 u 4.8 u 3.6 u 2.0 u
Shelby 176.5 62.8 18.1 7.5 u 6.6 u 5.1 u 4.7 u 6.0 u 4.0 u 5.7 u 3.6 u 1.9 u
Spencer 179.0 55.7 13.5 7.0 u 8.4 u 6.9 u 3.5 u 3.2 u 3.8 u 4.4 u 2.5 u 1.9 u
Starke 175.3 62.1 18.8 7.8 u 7.9 u 5.0 u 0.9 u 2.1 u 1.7 u 1.2 u 3.2 u 7.0 u
Steuben 168.2 52.1 16.4 6.1 u 5.1 u 7.6 u 2.4 u 1.9 u 3.5 u 5.1 u 2.6 u 1.6 u
Sullivan 173.6 57.8 22.7 5.8 u 9.1 u 6.9 u 7.5 u 2.3 u 3.3 u 2.1 u 0.0 u 2.8 u
Switzerland 181.1 70.0 12.1 u 3.5 u 11.4 u 1.6 u 11.7 u 4.4 u 5.5 u 4.5 u 1.2 u 6.6 u
Tippecanoe 179.5 61.0 15.7 8.3 7.5 4.5 4.6 3.9 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.1 u
Tipton 158.1 56.5 13.4 u 4.6 u 6.5 u 4.2 u 4.9 u 1.8 u 6.2 u 3.5 u 2.1 u 6.0 u
Union 146.8 41.8 u 17.5 u 6.2 u 11.9 u 2.4 u 5.1 u 5.1 u 0.0 u 5.2 u 0.0 u 1.6 u
Vanderburgh 186.0 62.4 17.9 8.0 8.5 7.3 4.9 5.1 2.9 2.8 3.1 3.1 u
Vermillion 172.6 52.6 25.2 4.9 u 11.5 u 5.1 u 4.7 u 1.0 u 3.2 u 2.9 u 2.4 u 3.7 u
Vigo 173.7 55.9 21.1 6.7 8.3 7.1 3.4 2.9 2.4 u 4.5 2.3 u 2.4 u
Wabash 176.7 56.1 18.1 8.4 7.2 u 10.4 0.8 u 3.4 u 1.1 u 5.5 u 1.1 u 3.3 u
Warren 171.1 52.7 18.9 u 10.6 u 1.9 u 3.7 u 7.0 u 4.7 u 3.5 u 1.4 u 3.2 u 6.2 u
Warrick 176.1 53.1 25.9 7.2 8.3 8.7 4.3 u 4.6 u 2.7 u 2.3 u 1.6 u 4.1 u
Washington 181.7 60.6 18.1 9.1 u 6.3 u 10.0 u 5.2 u 7.1 u 2.2 u 4.0 u 4.3 u 2.5 u
Wayne 177.2 54.3 20.6 9.6 7.3 6.4 3.5 u 3.2 u 2.4 u 3.0 u 3.9 u 5.1 u
Wells 157.5 51.9 12.9 6.8 u 4.8 u 5.9 u 3.4 u 3.7 u 0.5 u 2.9 u 1.6 u 4.4 u
White 174.7 49.8 18.3 10.1 u 5.3 u 6.4 u 1.8 u 4.1 u 4.0 u 2.3 u 2.0 u 2.2 u
Whitley 169.0 49.8 16.8 8.2 u 5.4 u 6.2 u 1.9 u 4.3 u 4.3 u 1.1 u 3.0 u 1.6 u

Notes: * Five-year, average-annual, age-adjusted rates per 100,000 population are standardized to the 1970 Standard Million. 
"u" Unstable rate, based on fewer than 20 deaths.
"s" Significantly different from the Indiana rate. 
Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, revised April 2000

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