Percent of Cancers Diagnosed at an Early Stage, Blacks, New York State, 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 26.8 32.7 21.4 53.9 43.1 35.6 21.4 38.5 54.1 51.2 18.9
1977 30.0 33.6 22.2 49.8 35.8 29.8 22.1 40.6 54.0 61.5 25.5
1978 32.6 34.5 24.4 49.4 31.6 31.1 20.0 39.1 53.8 55.7 31.1
1979 29.5 31.3 21.5 49.3 33.9 28.0 21.7 43.5 51.9 57.0 14.8
1980 30.1 36.8 19.5 48.2 37.7 30.6 18.8 40.3 51.2 62.9 20.7
1981 28.9 31.7 21.5 50.6 39.7 33.9 25.4 37.5 55.1 55.6 26.4
1982 28.5 27.9 21.3 50.5 38.8 29.8 22.1 37.7 48.0 62.7 19.6
1983 28.2 32.2 18.1 51.7 45.6 26.7 24.1 40.7 54.5 61.7 22.7
1984 22.4 38.2 22.7 52.6 33.0 33.9 20.0 43.8 51.9 60.0 16.1
1985 26.5 39.6 17.1 48.5 37.8 30.5 20.3 46.2 54.4 65.6 20.8
1986 32.0 35.5 18.6 50.0 44.3 33.3 20.3 42.8 50.4 53.8 20.3
1987 28.3 40.7 21.0 50.4 30.9 34.5 23.0 47.8 52.4 58.4 19.0
1988 27.2 35.3 21.8 52.6 32.6 33.7 21.6 45.9 52.9 56.4 21.6
1989 28.9 33.7 18.1 53.1 34.8 33.4 19.7 44.4 47.8 53.6 20.5
1990 26.0 32.0 21.9 52.0 37.7 33.1 15.7 47.3 50.4 48.9 18.9
1991 30.5 37.3 20.2 57.9 36.7 32.4 19.8 50.2 50.9 53.1 27.9
1992 27.7 37.7 20.1 63.9 36.3 33.8 19.6 50.4 46.8 57.6 24.0
1993 27.9 37.1 19.4 68.2 39.1 31.5 21.9 50.9 48.3 52.2 22.2
1994 24.6 32.6 18.0 68.5 41.9 32.8 23.0 51.9 53.2 56.4 20.0
1995 25.0 33.1 19.7 72.2 42.2 33.5 18.9 51.6 53.5 58.5 28.6
1996 28.1 30.4 20.8 78.0 38.8 34.9 18.5 53.5 47.9 60.8 30.6
1997 24.5 31.3 19.4 76.4 39.4 33.0 20.1 53.8 52.1 56.3 23.8
1998 31.8 30.0 18.7 80.1 35.2 29.7 19.5 57.3 58.6 59.4 24.4
1999 28.8 31.2 16.8 82.1 35.9 30.1 23.7 55.9 51.0 60.4 21.8
2000 22.9 34.3 15.3 84.4 41.1 32.7 17.9 53.2 55.7 55.4 15.9
2001* 26.9 31.6 15.7 86.3 28.6 33.5 18.0 57.9 42.5 58.8 20.3
2002 27.8 35.3 16.4 85.6 34.1 28.4 20.3 51.5 43.6 58.2 20.9
2003 20.4 38.2 15.0 87.0 38.6 35.1 16.4 52.9 48.0 56.1 18.4
2004* 18.9 38.0 16.8 86.1 38.6 41.2 21.9 52.3 40.8 51.6 24.2
2005 22.2 38.3 17.8 87.6 21.5 37.2 16.0 50.9 39.5 52.3 21.1
2006 21.4 40.3 17.1 86.4 35.3 40.8 18.6 53.3 39.6 52.8 24.1
2007 20.9 41.5 19.9 86.5 31.6 42.8 20.8 54.7 40.1 51.6 20.4
2008 23.6 41.3 18.1 85.6 32.6 41.0 22.5 54.3 42.7 50.8 23.8
2009 18.1 43.2 17.0 85.5 34.8 42.0 23.2 55.6 35.4 54.0 19.1

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.