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Table 3b
Cancer Death Rates* by Site and Sex for Counties
Indiana, 1992 - 1996
All Races Females All Sites Lung & Bronchus Colon & Rectum Pancreas Lymphoma Leukemia Brain Stomach Multiple Myeloma Breast Ovary Cervix
INDIANA 145.2   36.4   15.8   6.9   6.1   5.1   3.6   2.1   2.5   25.7   7.9   3.0  
Adams 131.4 26.3 18.8 5.3 u 7.4 u 6.0 u 5.6 u 1.4 u 1.0 u 22.6 5.7 u 2.5 u
Allen 142.7 33.8 15.2 6.3 4.6 5.4 3.2 1.3 u 4.0 28.4 8.7 2.7
Bartholomew 146.0 29.1 18.6 7.3 u 6.7 u 3.4 u 4.2 u 4.1 u 2.9 u 26.3 9.1 3.6 u
Benton 100.2 23.3 u 6.1 u 7.1 u 3.2 u 3.7 u 1.0 u 1.0 u 3.0 u 12.2 u 7.2 u 1.6 u
Blackford 139.5 36.1 u 17.1 u 9.8 u 3.4 u 4.9 u 0.0 u 0.9 u 2.1 u 24.9 u 15.2 u 0.0 u
Boone 140.3 39.2 12.5 4.1 u 5.5 u 6.9 u 6.9 u 3.1 u 4.4 u 22.4 5.2 u 2.3 u
Brown 141.9 33.4 u 14.8 u 9.3 u 3.5 u 4.6 u 0.0 u 1.7 u 6.1 u 26.1 u 4.1 u 2.0 u
Carroll 133.3 25.3 14.2 u 5.5 u 7.4 u 3.0 u 4.2 u 0.0 u 3.9 u 19.3 u 6.4 u 2.9 u
Cass 153.4 44.6 13.2 10.9 u 7.2 u 2.9 u 2.9 u 1.5 u 0.5 u 32.8 5.7 u 0.0 u
Clark 173.3 s 53.6 s 16.2 6.5 8.9 6.3 u 3.8 u 0.7 u 2.4 u 27.7 8.6 3.7 u
Clay 116.8 34.3 10.4 u 3.1 u 6.3 u 3.3 u 3.0 u 2.6 u 2.2 u 18.3 11.1 u 0.5 u
Clinton 132.2 25.0 17.4 3.5 u 5.3 u 3.3 u 2.1 u 0.9 u 2.3 u 24.4 8.5 u 5.9 u
Crawford 140.1 31.6 u 13.8 u 12.0 u 5.4 u 8.2 u 0.0 u 5.4 u 0.0 u 25.6 u 6.9 u 1.4 u
Daviess 118.7 20.2 s 13.5 u 4.4 u 10.9 u 5.5 u 2.2 u 0.6 u 1.8 u 20.3 5.7 u 3.7 u
Dearborn 132.9 47.1 12.1 6.6 u 5.1 u 4.2 u 4.1 u 0.8 u 0.6 u 17.4 7.0 u 2.3 u
Decatur 129.2 29.0 11.5 u 6.5 u 3.7 u 6.1 u 2.2 u 3.4 u 1.5 u 21.4 u 9.4 u 1.5 u
DeKalb 135.2 32.5 15.0 6.6 u 3.5 u 7.0 u 3.6 u 0.0 u 0.7 u 25.6 4.9 u 2.4 u
Delaware 148.9 38.8 12.9 7.2 5.6 3.2 u 6.5 2.2 u 2.4 u 27.3 10.1 3.2 u
Dubois 106.2 s 15.4 s 12.3 u 7.1 u 5.3 u 5.3 u 1.6 u 1.6 u 0.0 u 17.1 8.5 u 3.1 u
Elkhart 134.8 35.2 16.5 5.9 6.7 4.6 3.4 u 1.7 u 1.6 u 23.4 5.5 3.0 u
Fayette 167.8 32.0 15.8 u 15.7 u 6.4 u 4.3 u 2.9 u 3.2 u 3.3 u 26.7 10.9 u 2.1 u
Floyd 138.1 39.8 14.4 6.1 u 8.6 5.3 u 3.7 u 1.5 u 1.0 u 19.3 8.6 u 5.1 u
Fountain 137.8 31.6 12.8 u 8.1 u 8.5 u 6.4 u 1.0 u 2.0 u 0.0 u 25.3 u 10.8 u 0.0 u
Franklin 136.2 26.4 u 16.9 u 7.3 u 6.4 u 6.0 u 5.8 u 2.8 u 2.9 u 15.4 u 14.0 u 5.8 u
Fulton 154.0 29.0 19.3 u 11.3 u 6.8 u 6.2 u 1.8 u 3.8 u 3.5 u 29.1 14.9 u 8.6 u
Gibson 139.1 29.1 14.1 4.1 u 3.2 u 4.1 u 1.4 u 1.9 u 1.6 u 31.5 13.3 u 2.9 u
Grant 156.5 33.5 14.9 9.0 4.1 u 8.2 u 5.8 u 2.3 u 1.2 u 27.7 7.6 u 5.1 u
Greene 96.7 s 13.2 u 15.7 8.0 u 6.6 u 4.9 u 2.6 u 0.8 u 0.8 u 13.8 u 5.6 u 2.9 u
Hamilton 128.3 34.3 16.0 6.1 6.9 5.6 3.4 u 1.4 u 1.9 u 28.1 5.8 u 1.2 u
Hancock 140.6 36.5 15.7 10.8 u 9.8 u 5.0 u 5.3 u 3.0 u 0.4 u 22.0 7.9 u 2.4 u
Harrison 134.8 30.4 18.5 5.9 u 4.3 u 1.6 u 6.0 u 2.6 u 2.6 u 26.7 7.9 u 1.9 u
Hendricks 162.0 39.7 16.1 10.1 5.8 u 10.2 3.1 u 1.2 u 3.1 u 26.2 8.6 2.0 u
Henry 134.0 33.8 9.3 8.4 u 5.1 u 4.8 u 3.8 u 1.1 u 1.8 u 23.0 8.2 u 5.4 u
Howard 143.9 40.8 16.8 5.5 u 3.5 u 7.3 3.2 u 1.6 u 2.4 u 22.6 6.4 u 2.9 u
Huntington 135.3 25.1 14.6 3.8 u 6.3 u 5.9 u 2.6 u 2.4 u 3.7 u 25.9 13.6 u 3.9 u
Jackson 127.6 25.3 16.4 5.8 u 3.1 u 2.6 u 3.1 u 1.2 u 3.1 u 28.5 4.6 u 1.8 u
Jasper 160.0 43.5 11.4 u 8.9 u 10.7 u 6.6 u 2.7 u 6.0 u 1.0 u 29.8 9.0 u 1.1 u
Jay 120.3 25.2 12.6 u 10.2 u 6.5 u 3.8 u 4.5 u 0.0 u 1.7 u 26.4 7.8 u 2.9 u
Jefferson 157.5 25.5 27.4 6.3 u 2.8 u 2.5 u 3.8 u 3.3 u 1.3 u 31.6 7.7 u 8.6 u
Jennings 156.7 48.6 8.1 u 11.1 u 7.0 u 3.9 u 4.1 u 0.7 u 3.5 u 24.4 10.1 u 7.6 u
Johnson 135.3 34.9 12.0 5.8 2.7 u 3.5 u 5.0 u 1.6 u 2.6 u 27.8 7.5 u 1.7 u
Knox 153.0 34.5 14.1 8.2 u 5.0 u 4.7 u 6.1 u 1.3 u 3.9 u 29.7 11.2 u 3.1 u
Kosciusko 136.9 34.2 20.2 5.5 u 3.9 u 3.6 u 3.3 u 1.7 u 2.2 u 30.5 3.8 u 2.5 u
LaGrange 122.6 19.8 u 17.8 u 11.0 u 7.0 u 1.9 u 3.9 u 3.2 u 0.7 u 17.6 u 6.6 u 4.0 u
Lake 162.2 s 35.4 18.8 7.9 6.8 5.6 3.5 3.8 s 2.5 31.2 s 8.9 4.0
LaPorte 165.3 42.2 17.6 6.2 7.7 3.4 u 2.4 u 4.1 u 1.7 u 31.7 7.7 2.6 u
Lawrence 131.5 31.7 20.6 6.5 u 3.5 u 4.0 u 4.4 u 4.9 u 1.8 u 18.0 6.0 u 1.7 u
Madison 151.2 41.4 18.2 7.9 6.9 4.6 3.3 u 1.7 u 2.0 u 25.8 9.1 2.6 u
Marion 156.2 s 43.4 s 15.1 8.0 5.9 5.3 3.4 2.1 3.1 25.8 7.7 3.3
Marshall 128.2 26.9 19.8 5.4 u 3.7 u 3.8 u 1.4 u 2.0 u 1.2 u 23.2 8.1 u 8.0 u
Martin 116.8 30.7 u 17.6 u 0.0 u 4.6 u 2.6 u 0.0 u 0.0 u 3.4 u 10.0 u 10.0 u 2.6 u
Miami 165.5 39.5 14.0 u 7.3 u 5.9 u 4.2 u 4.5 u 1.7 u 0.7 u 34.0 9.6 u 5.2 u
Monroe 129.5 31.6 14.0 7.2 7.4 3.6 u 6.9 u 1.2 u 1.8 u 23.0 5.9 u 1.7 u
Montgomery 152.8 31.3 19.5 7.8 u 6.2 u 4.5 u 4.8 u 0.0 u 4.2 u 24.3 12.4 u 5.3 u
Morgan 140.2 50.9 14.6 7.8 u 4.3 u 3.7 u 3.0 u 1.1 u 0.3 u 19.9 4.0 u 3.5 u
Newton 135.6 25.4 u 14.4 u 2.0 u 14.3 u 0.0 u 9.3 u 2.9 u 0.0 u 21.5 u 10.6 u 0.0 u
Noble 135.4 29.3 21.4 9.1 u 3.9 u 2.4 u 4.7 u 0.4 u 1.3 u 28.4 8.9 u 3.2 u
Ohio 146.7 39.1 u 6.6 u 5.2 u 7.2 u 0.0 u 7.3 u 0.0 u 3.2 u 27.9 u 5.8 u 15.1 u
Orange 118.5 22.8 u 17.7 u 8.8 u 4.7 u 1.9 u 6.9 u 0.7 u 1.6 u 16.8 u 4.4 u 0.0 u
Owen 113.4 17.8 u 12.1 u 4.5 u 1.8 u 4.7 u 1.2 u 3.2 u 3.9 u 24.3 u 11.7 u 1.6 u
Parke 158.4 43.4 25.7 u 5.7 u 1.9 u 7.2 u 1.8 u 0.0 u 3.5 u 30.1 u 11.1 u 5.6 u
Perry 152.8 30.6 15.5 u 5.7 u 8.2 u 6.0 u 5.6 u 6.1 u 4.6 u 27.4 4.5 u 1.9 u
Pike 128.0 13.9 u 12.1 u 10.3 u 8.6 u 7.6 u 2.7 u 6.0 u 5.0 u 15.0 u 9.9 u 2.3 u
Porter 150.3 41.4 16.7 6.1 6.6 5.3 u 4.1 u 1.4 u 2.8 u 25.5 9.5 1.2 u
Posey 137.3 28.8 18.6 u 4.1 u 8.0 u 7.0 u 3.0 u 5.0 u 2.8 u 23.5 u 5.0 u 2.4 u
Pulaski 157.8 25.7 u 18.7 u 4.7 u 5.1 u 7.3 u 5.5 u 2.1 u 1.8 u 23.2 u 7.3 u 6.4 u
Putnam 116.7 34.2 19.9 3.1 u 6.6 u 2.1 u 1.5 u 0.0 u 0.4 u 21.0 2.6 u 2.0 u
Randolph 114.2 25.6 13.2 u 4.2 u 11.1 u 5.6 u 1.6 u 0.0 u 0.9 u 23.9 5.4 u 0.0 u
Ripley 121.6 35.5 8.6 u 2.3 u 6.8 u 4.4 u 2.8 u 0.0 u 0.0 u 14.9 u 11.3 u 1.4 u
Rush 135.4 41.6 14.9 u 4.6 u 11.0 u 6.4 u 2.6 u 0.0 u 1.6 u 16.1 u 4.5 u 1.1 u
St. Joseph 140.7 34.4 15.7 6.8 7.8 4.7 4.2 3.0 2.9 24.9 8.5 2.1 u
Scott 136.6 29.7 u 15.9 u 7.3 u 4.9 u 7.6 u 3.5 u 0.0 u 2.0 u 21.9 u 5.9 u 10.6 u
Shelby 135.9 38.9 13.3 3.7 u 3.8 u 6.3 u 3.3 u 3.2 u 0.0 u 27.0 3.9 u 1.3 u
Spencer 131.8 30.9 14.3 u 1.5 u 5.0 u 7.2 u 1.1 u 0.7 u 1.1 u 26.5 u 14.0 u 2.7 u
Starke 146.7 40.5 16.0 u 10.6 u 6.4 u 2.6 u 1.8 u 3.0 u 3.6 u 25.4 u 5.1 u 1.6 u
Steuben 162.6 37.1 18.4 9.1 u 4.0 u 5.7 u 2.6 u 2.7 u 2.9 u 24.1 12.5 u 6.2 u
Sullivan 149.3 31.8 18.0 2.9 u 12.2 u 5.4 u 5.9 u 0.0 u 3.3 u 20.8 u 9.3 u 8.1 u
Switzerland 134.0 48.0 u 6.0 u 2.1 u 5.5 u 3.1 u 7.3 u 2.1 u 7.8 u 19.2 u 0.0 u 4.6 u
Tippecanoe 147.3 40.8 11.4 7.1 5.9 4.2 u 3.7 u 2.9 u 2.5 u 28.6 8.5 1.5 u
Tipton 136.3 45.8 17.8 u 3.3 u 3.4 u 2.6 u 3.4 u 0.7 u 5.6 u 21.6 u 4.0 u 4.1 u
Union 122.6 28.8 u 8.9 u 8.8 u 6.8 u 4.6 u 2.5 u 0.0 u 0.0 u 37.5 u 0.0 u 0.0 u
Vanderburgh 148.5 43.0 13.2 5.1 6.3 6.2 3.7 2.2 u 2.9 25.2 6.5 3.0
Vermillion 153.8 37.0 21.8 5.0 u 11.0 u 6.1 u 6.6 u 1.8 u 1.2 u 29.6 u 6.5 u 3.4 u
Vigo 149.9 39.7 19.0 4.5 8.1 5.4 3.1 u 2.0 u 2.0 u 23.6 10.2 2.5 u
Wabash 139.6 33.5 13.0 5.2 u 5.2 u 6.6 u 0.6 u 0.5 u 3.1 u 24.1 5.1 u 1.9 u
Warren 150.7 36.0 u 19.4 u 12.8 u 0.0 u 0.0 u 7.0 u 5.7 u 9.1 u 21.4 u 7.4 u 0.0 u
Warrick 142.7 25.0 28.1 4.8 u 8.5 u 4.7 u 2.9 u 2.1 u 6.2 u 25.6 6.4 u 3.2 u
Washington 141.6 45.1 15.5 u 5.4 u 5.0 u 6.9 u 5.9 u 2.2 u 4.6 u 23.8 4.9 u 2.9 u
Wayne 154.5 39.3 18.8 8.3 6.0 u 5.9 u 4.2 u 2.2 u 4.2 u 24.5 5.4 u 4.2 u
Wells 125.1 26.3 5.0 u 9.5 u 3.2 u 1.0 u 5.0 u 0.0 u 2.3 u 34.2 8.9 u 3.9 u
White 151.5 31.8 18.4 6.8 u 4.5 u 5.9 u 3.2 u 0.9 u 0.8 u 32.4 11.1 u 2.3 u
Whitley 140.2 29.6 15.3 u 10.6 u 3.9 u 5.9 u 1.5 u 1.5 u 1.7 u 28.9 10.5 u 2.5 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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