Percent of Cancers Diagnosed at an Early Stage by County, 2004-2008

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Region/County Males Females
Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Prostate Testis Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Breast Cervix Uterus Ovary
New York State 28.8 44.4 19.7 81.4 85.7 70.7 42.7 42.6 22.8 84.9 63.1 47.2 69.4 17.6
New York City 25.9 41.8 19.5 81.7 85.5 66.4 40.7 40.2 22.6 85.2 60.0 46.1 65.3 18.2
NYS excl NYC 30.5 46.0 19.8 81.3 85.8 72.9 44.1 44.1 22.9 84.8 64.8 48.2 72.0 17.3
Bronx 21.0 43.8 14.2 73.6 84.8 63.4 40.2 43.1 17.3 79.0 57.4 46.8 65.9 21.0
Kings 27.4 39.6 18.6 78.2 86.3 70.8 33.7 39.7 20.7 81.5 56.1 41.8 61.7 18.6
New York 26.1 44.7 24.1 85.5 82.6 68.3 42.4 40.1 27.6 90.0 64.4 50.8 67.5 16.8
Queens 26.3 41.3 19.8 79.6 86.7 61.2 44.8 39.8 23.7 82.4 60.1 48.7 66.6 18.0
Richmond 31.5 41.5 20.6 84.7 89.4 64.2 50.0 37.6 21.6 86.0 65.8 43.3 67.9 14.8
Albany 29.9 43.8 16.8 82.1 83.9 80.5 54.3 44.0 17.3 74.1 64.8 54.8 73.1 22.1
Allegany 34.5 42.0 12.8 81.5* 75.0 ~ ~ 37.7 27.7 90.9* 65.9 ~ 71.0 20.0*
Broome 28.6 47.6 17.2 74.8 88.5 86.7* 31.4 45.1 18.2 85.9 66.2 68.6 77.5 18.4
Cattaraugus 37.5 36.0 17.5 83.7 81.4 84.2* 20.0* 43.5 16.3 88.6* 58.3 43.8* 62.3 18.8*
Cayuga 46.9 57.0 21.9 63.3 80.8 ~ ~ 43.3 30.4 87.0* 65.4 66.7 70.1 16.7*
Chautauqua 33.9 44.8 14.6 88.2 90.5 47.1* 15.4* 45.9 22.6 81.7 69.3 60.9 65.0 18.2
Chemung 41.2 51.2 13.9 80.5 84.2 ~ 40.0* 58.6 17.8 85.1 62.8 ~ 81.3 15.6
Chenango 34.3 47.5 14.9 73.3 81.7 ~ ~ 37.1 32.7 95.8* 65.2 ~ 90.4* 22.7*
Clinton 26.9 58.6 22.5 73.3 87.7 60.0* ~ 50.0 22.0 92.9* 67.5 ~ 72.4 4.2*
Columbia 24.2 43.5 17.6 71.9 78.1 ~ ~ 36.0 16.9 88.9* 63.6 47.1* 74.1 8.3*
Cortland 18.8* 33.3 28.2 ~ 88.5 ~ ~ 39.7 20.7 76.5* 72.6 ~ 85.5 13.0*
Delaware 47.8 41.7 16.4 86.2* 79.3 ~ ~ 35.4 18.9 84.2* 62.6 ~ 71.4 5.3*
Dutchess 24.1 38.1 22.6 69.6 85.1 64.6 48.6 39.0 20.5 80.9 67.7 49.1 67.5 15.1
Erie 29.5 48.2 17.3 82.9 88.6 76.1 41.1 42.9 19.7 84.6 64.7 50.4 75.1 18.9
Essex 25.0* 55.4 20.2 77.8* 83.0 ~ ~ 46.9 26.3 76.5* 67.4 ~ 67.6 16.7*
Franklin 30.4* 45.3 25.4 83.3* 83.1 ~ ~ 53.3 22.2 88.2* 72.3 ~ 75.0 26.7*
Fulton 47.8 36.1 17.8 90.0* 78.3 ~ ~ 38.3 19.8 94.1* 54.5 ~ 83.9 15.0*
Genesee 26.1* 35.4 17.1 87.0* 85.6 ~ ~ 36.5 14.0 81.0* 71.4 ~ 73.3 18.2*
Greene 28.0 45.7 18.6 72.4 83.9 ~ ~ 38.4 12.5 80.0* 58.7 ~ 65.2 18.2*
Hamilton ~ ~ 35.3* ~ 73.3 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 75.0* ~ ~ ~
Herkimer 34.4 38.3 20.5 78.8 84.3 ~ ~ 40.4 21.2 82.4* 65.9 ~ 77.4 6.3*
Jefferson 26.1 44.6 23.0 55.6 85.0 54.8 ~ 36.6 25.9 88.9* 70.6 40.0* 62.7 18.2*
Lewis ~ 45.5 21.9 ~ 89.0 ~ ~ 40.5 22.7 ~ 66.3 ~ 81.0* ~
Livingston 23.8* 45.3 16.2 88.0* 80.1 ~ 72.2* 51.7 16.3 ~ 66.1 ~ 73.9 32.3
Madison 60.0* 51.5 21.0 80.6* 84.5 81.3* ~ 48.4 27.5 76.0* 62.1 ~ 78.9 16.7*
Monroe 27.7 51.0 15.8 82.4 80.2 76.2 45.8 49.3 18.8 88.7 69.0 41.9 72.3 13.2
Montgomery 44.4* 62.4 14.7 81.3* 79.4 ~ ~ 43.1 20.2 ~ 65.9 ~ 60.0 ~
Nassau 29.5 45.4 24.1 86.0 88.0 70.7 47.7 45.0 28.1 88.6 65.1 48.8 71.5 14.6
Niagara 26.9 47.4 22.0 90.4 87.3 76.0* 36.8 47.3 24.6 83.9 67.1 47.1 76.9 17.9
Oneida 38.4 44.0 19.6 79.5 86.8 61.5 61.9 38.6 26.1 88.6 63.9 53.5 75.3 19.2
Onondaga 38.7 48.0 22.0 83.8 84.9 76.1 47.3 44.6 30.1 77.7 67.8 69.9 74.9 24.0
Ontario 31.0 47.5 15.1 83.1 75.9 81.8* 36.0 51.9 16.9 84.3 68.4 ~ 79.2 20.8
Orange 28.6 45.2 16.6 74.4 85.6 71.0 51.4 40.5 22.7 71.3 55.0 40.6 71.3 18.9
Orleans ~ 61.7 22.1 65.2 85.0 ~ ~ 40.3 11.6 ~ 68.9 ~ 80.6 10.0*
Oswego 43.5 53.5 21.6 68.4 78.2 60.0* 52.6* 48.6 23.5 92.3* 67.0 50.0 81.7 18.5*
Otsego 43.8 41.9 17.8 74.1 80.9 ~ 50.0 45.5 16.7 88.0* 64.0 ~ 75.0 16.7*
Putnam 29.0 33.7 21.0 76.0 87.0 94.7* ~ 37.3 23.5 78.8 60.2 ~ 79.5 20.0*
Rensselaer 24.6 43.2 17.3 72.7 87.2 80.0* 23.7 39.6 20.7 79.6 60.0 29.2* 73.7 19.4
Rockland 33.8 41.7 23.0 80.1 89.7 76.6 38.9 48.9 24.4 84.0 66.1 40.0 68.5 14.4
St. Lawrence 27.1 52.7 19.5 85.5 86.9 ~ 58.8* 57.2 25.9 88.0 71.8 56.3* 68.9 8.0*
Saratoga 31.6 42.4 15.8 82.4 85.1 75.0 45.0 39.3 20.6 80.7 67.0 30.2 73.0 16.1
Schenectady 26.0 41.9 13.7 75.0 80.0 88.0* ~ 42.5 13.2 88.0 66.2 40.9 63.4 22.2
Schoharie ~ 36.4 18.6 88.2* 77.4 ~ ~ 38.5 13.8 64.7* 63.3 ~ 74.2 26.7*
Schuyler ~ 51.6 17.0 ~ 90.4 ~ ~ 51.3 30.3 ~ 65.6 ~ 64.7* ~
Seneca 40.0* 53.7 22.4 ~ 78.2 ~ ~ 47.9 24.6 ~ 70.1 ~ 62.9 ~
Steuben 30.2 50.0 24.3 76.7 81.8 ~ 42.9 50.7 20.0 84.6 61.6 55.6 71.3 21.1
Suffolk 30.5 45.8 22.4 81.1 89.1 70.9 43.5 44.0 24.9 84.9 60.9 50.9 70.8 17.3
Sullivan 14.3* 39.5 17.0 70.3 83.8 ~ ~ 42.4 19.1 69.6* 60.2 ~ 63.3 5.1*
Tioga ~ 47.8 13.0 73.7* 83.5 ~ ~ 38.6 11.1 77.8* 73.4 ~ 75.6 12.5*
Tompkins 20.0* 40.7 20.4 92.0* 86.8 81.0* ~ 49.0 25.6 82.5 68.5 ~ 63.5 30.4*
Ulster 28.1 47.6 19.6 76.3 83.7 78.1 22.2* 44.2 25.8 87.3 61.2 56.4 75.0 20.0
Warren 21.9 35.6 19.5 77.8 93.1 ~ 52.9* 34.6 26.0 86.5 69.5 33.3* 74.7 3.3*
Washington 33.3* 46.9 17.4 84.6 92.0 ~ 62.5* 40.0 24.6 85.2* 69.0 ~ 74.6 5.6*
Wayne 37.5 47.6 14.9 82.9* 81.2 ~ ~ 45.3 13.3 94.3* 66.5 33.3* 63.5 16.7*
Westchester 23.9 45.5 20.4 83.1 85.5 68.2 41.5 41.4 23.0 86.3 64.5 43.6 68.9 18.5
Wyoming 42.1* 49.3 24.4 80.0* 84.3 ~ ~ 53.5 23.9 ~ 66.7 ~ 72.4 26.1*
Yates ~ 55.9 12.8* ~ 76.1 ~ ~ 46.2 13.6 ~ 68.8 ~ 68.2* ~

Key

Symbol Meaning
~ Percent could not be calculated (fewer than 3 cases per year).
* Percent should be used with caution.

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2010.
  • Based on tumors with known stage at diagnosis.
  • Early stage cancers are those which are confined to the organ of origin at diagnosis.