Percent of Cancers Diagnosed at an Early Stage, Blacks, New York City, 1976-2009

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Year of Diagnosis Males Females
Oral Colorectal Lung Prostate Oral Colorectal Lung Breast Cervix Uterus Ovary
1976 26.9 29.4 21.7 52.7 39.0 36.5 20.0 37.5 51.7 52.6 18.2
1977 26.9 29.3 20.8 50.9 34.9 29.1 21.0 39.2 53.7 55.1 23.8
1978 30.7 34.1 21.5 51.1 35.2 30.3 15.6 37.7 52.1 56.1 32.4
1979 28.9 30.1 20.4 46.9 31.4 27.5 20.1 42.8 51.9 56.7 14.9
1980 29.7 37.8 17.5 46.1 37.5 29.7 19.8 39.6 52.0 64.5 19.5
1981 29.0 33.9 20.5 49.4 44.0 33.9 24.8 35.5 52.4 51.4 26.6
1982 26.6 27.5 22.0 48.8 38.5 31.2 20.9 35.9 49.5 58.2 18.7
1983 28.8 31.0 16.5 51.2 38.8 25.9 21.6 39.9 54.5 60.3 21.7
1984 22.5 35.6 23.9 52.6 33.3 34.8 18.5 43.2 52.1 59.9 17.0
1985 26.0 38.3 14.7 47.8 33.8 31.6 17.5 44.3 54.7 66.4 20.4
1986 34.8 34.2 16.5 51.0 44.1 32.2 17.2 42.0 47.3 49.5 24.2
1987 28.5 39.4 20.0 50.2 34.3 34.1 18.7 47.5 52.7 59.3 16.9
1988 25.2 36.1 19.4 54.6 32.4 34.2 19.9 45.7 49.1 53.4 20.2
1989 32.3 34.8 17.3 52.5 35.5 32.2 20.8 44.0 49.7 51.5 22.4
1990 23.8 30.3 20.7 51.1 35.1 30.7 15.1 46.5 50.2 50.4 22.0
1991 31.0 34.2 18.5 55.6 39.3 31.8 19.1 48.8 50.0 52.9 25.3
1992 24.1 36.7 17.3 62.8 32.8 32.2 19.8 48.7 48.4 57.8 25.0
1993 29.5 35.8 16.9 66.4 40.6 31.2 19.8 51.2 46.6 50.3 18.9
1994 24.8 31.1 17.4 68.0 40.8 33.2 21.7 51.2 51.4 53.8 21.4
1995 27.9 30.9 18.3 71.9 43.2 33.2 18.7 50.8 53.5 59.6 25.9
1996 33.1 28.2 19.6 77.8 32.9 35.1 16.6 51.0 48.5 62.4 32.6
1997 25.2 30.2 18.4 77.1 32.8 31.5 18.7 53.7 49.7 52.7 25.6
1998 29.5 27.3 18.5 80.3 33.3 28.2 18.5 56.5 57.4 56.8 20.4
1999 31.0 26.4 14.9 81.5 37.3 28.7 22.2 54.8 51.0 58.6 20.8
2000 21.6 32.0 14.7 84.6 45.3 32.2 17.7 52.5 55.8 54.2 17.0
2001* 27.4 29.2 14.1 85.9 34.6 31.4 17.5 57.8 39.1 58.3 20.9
2002 26.7 29.3 14.4 85.1 37.1 25.9 19.5 52.1 44.2 59.1 20.0
2003 21.7 38.9 14.6 88.1 41.8 34.6 16.7 53.1 45.0 55.4 19.4
2004* 19.5 38.9 16.2 87.1 38.0 39.4 22.2 53.5 39.3 49.7 23.8
2005 25.9 38.9 17.7 87.4 22.0 36.7 16.4 52.2 40.7 52.5 21.6
2006 24.3 41.3 15.4 86.6 34.3 40.5 16.5 53.4 37.4 52.6 21.5
2007 21.0 40.3 18.8 86.5 32.0 44.2 19.7 55.3 40.2 51.7 19.2
2008 24.8 40.5 17.2 86.5 27.6 40.3 22.2 54.4 42.5 49.5 23.5
2009 17.1 42.6 17.6 85.8 29.8 41.9 20.3 55.9 36.0 52.7 16.4

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Changes in staging schema 2001 and 2004 may affect the comparison in percents over time.

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2011.
  • Based on tumors with known stage at diagnosis. Early stage cancers are those which are confined to the organ of origin at diagnosis.
  • Stage at diagnosis among Blacks is not reported for melanomas or testicular cancers due to the small number of cases per year.