Percent of Cancers Diagnosed at an Early Stage by County, 2006-2010

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 28.0 44.1 20.2 82.1 84.9 69.7 43.1 43.1 24.2 85.7 64.2 45.5 69.5 17.4
New York City 25.8 42.4 20.1 82.2 84.6 64.6 39.6 41.7 24.2 85.4 61.4 44.9 65.2 18.4
NYS excl NYC 29.2 45.2 20.2 82.0 85.1 72.4 45.4 43.9 24.2 85.8 65.8 46.2 72.3 16.8
Bronx 24.8 43.0 14.2 73.6 83.9 60.5 39.3 44.4 20.4 76.6 58.6 45.4 62.8 23.9
Kings 24.3 40.1 19.6 79.4 85.2 69.4 34.5 41.7 22.9 81.3 57.8 39.9 62.8 18.6
New York 25.3 45.0 23.8 87.5 81.5 66.9 43.0 41.3 28.2 91.1 65.9 46.6 65.8 16.2
Queens 28.2 43.2 20.6 77.0 86.5 60.2 42.4 41.0 24.6 84.4 61.5 48.2 67.8 18.4
Richmond 27.9 41.4 23.5 84.9 86.6 59.7 38.2 38.8 23.4 79.6 65.7 51.0 68.9 12.5
Albany 29.5 42.0 16.3 82.6 84.1 71.4 50.0 46.0 22.1 73.6 64.5 63.2 70.7 21.5
Allegany 33.3 38.2 24.1 96.2* 73.4 ~ ~ 39.7 22.5 84.6* 62.0 ~ 76.5 20.0*
Broome 31.6 47.3 13.4 76.8 87.2 71.0 33.3 44.9 18.6 84.0 68.0 63.9 76.8 17.2
Cattaraugus 16.7 42.0 17.6 82.6 80.7 ~ 25.0* 50.4 18.9 84.0* 59.1 ~ 78.5 10.0*
Cayuga 41.7 59.8 20.3 71.7 80.9 ~ ~ 56.0 26.3 89.5* 65.6 50.0 81.5 12.0*
Chautauqua 31.7 45.2 14.7 83.9 92.4 52.9* 23.1* 40.8 22.2 87.9 67.5 50.0 65.4 21.4
Chemung 31.1 46.4 17.4 78.6 82.7 ~ 36.8* 52.9 18.0 90.0 65.0 ~ 71.3 17.8
Chenango 40.0 45.7 16.1 76.9 84.0 ~ ~ 40.2 31.1 95.7* 60.8 ~ 83.0 23.1*
Clinton 37.0 55.9 25.7 75.0 89.0 70.0* ~ 41.8 23.5 90.3* 68.3 ~ 74.6 3.7*
Columbia 25.0 40.8 19.7 72.7 81.2 80.0* ~ 40.4 22.5 93.8* 63.7 58.8* 73.3 20.0*
Cortland 27.3* 44.2 27.7 66.7* 90.4 ~ ~ 48.6 19.6 81.0* 65.7 ~ 87.8 13.0*
Delaware 32.0 36.0 18.9 81.8 76.4 ~ ~ 31.4 15.8 92.0* 66.3 ~ 75.0 ~
Dutchess 28.1 37.3 21.1 66.4 85.0 64.4 45.0 39.6 23.6 82.7 67.3 59.3 69.4 12.0
Erie 30.4 46.2 17.7 82.5 89.5 80.8 43.5 43.4 21.0 88.3 65.9 45.1 74.9 18.2
Essex 23.5* 43.3 23.5 80.0* 82.7 ~ ~ 28.6 25.6 81.0* 68.4 ~ 57.1 ~
Franklin 30.8 37.0 22.5 84.6* 81.9 ~ ~ 60.0 18.9 82.4* 70.9 ~ 72.1 ~
Fulton 34.5 37.1 15.8 86.4* 82.6 ~ ~ 37.2 19.7 80.0* 58.8 ~ 72.2 4.5*
Genesee 14.3* 43.6 19.3 84.6 82.7 ~ ~ 34.1 12.8 91.7* 74.0 ~ 78.6 22.2*
Greene 17.6* 50.5 19.3 73.0 84.1 ~ ~ 41.9 18.2 85.0* 57.6 ~ 61.5 5.0*
Hamilton ~ ~ 25.0* ~ 69.6* ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 63.0 ~ ~ ~
Herkimer 40.0 34.4 16.4 87.2* 86.4 ~ ~ 37.4 16.4 78.3* 64.9 ~ 75.7 20.0*
Jefferson 19.6 44.3 25.0 76.2 86.6 66.7 47.1* 39.3 27.9 80.0* 74.9 29.2* 68.4 13.9*
Lewis 26.7* 35.7 10.6* 72.2* 84.8 ~ ~ 44.1 25.0 ~ 69.4 ~ 82.1* ~
Livingston 22.2* 47.1 17.5 83.9* 74.5 ~ 55.0* 43.4 19.5 78.3* 69.6 40.0* 69.4 28.6
Madison 48.0 51.1 19.3 77.4 85.4 81.3* ~ 42.5 26.1 78.8 66.5 ~ 74.5 8.7*
Monroe 30.8 50.7 16.3 83.8 77.2 75.2 47.0 47.8 21.9 86.5 69.0 43.2 75.1 13.4
Montgomery 17.6* 48.3 16.5 78.4 82.0 ~ ~ 47.9 18.1 62.5* 65.5 ~ 54.7 20.0*
Nassau 29.4 43.0 27.0 87.6 88.0 64.6 50.2 44.7 30.9 89.5 66.6 51.3 71.0 15.7
Niagara 23.6 46.8 18.5 88.9 87.2 73.1 43.5 43.6 21.8 84.9 69.5 58.1 78.0 14.8
Oneida 27.4 42.4 17.6 78.2 84.5 64.7 47.2 38.2 23.9 89.9 63.3 42.9 73.0 25.6
Onondaga 34.2 49.8 22.3 81.9 85.7 69.7 46.8 46.0 28.9 77.6 67.5 68.8 75.7 17.2
Ontario 24.0 47.7 15.3 83.9 73.3 66.7* 52.0 47.3 16.7 83.1 67.5 41.2* 80.0 19.2
Orange 28.6 44.8 20.0 77.8 84.5 68.2 46.5 42.9 21.9 77.3 54.2 31.3 72.4 21.2
Orleans ~ 42.9 16.1 81.8* 84.1 ~ ~ 37.1 18.3 87.5* 68.0 ~ 78.8 15.0*
Oswego 39.0 48.0 19.6 72.1 82.7 93.8* 56.5 50.3 24.2 90.9* 63.9 52.4 81.7 17.2*
Otsego 44.1 38.8 17.7 86.1* 78.7 ~ 64.7* 42.1 20.4 90.0* 66.5 ~ 76.5 8.3*
Putnam 28.6 35.6 19.0 80.3 83.7 ~ ~ 43.6 27.8 75.8 66.3 ~ 75.6 16.7*
Rensselaer 25.4 41.7 17.1 70.5 87.9 84.6* 30.3 41.5 21.2 87.5 63.4 34.5 73.6 15.6
Rockland 37.3 48.4 26.4 76.1 90.8 70.0 41.5 44.0 25.9 84.4 65.3 35.5 69.3 11.5
St. Lawrence 30.9 50.9 21.7 84.3 88.8 76.5* 52.9* 50.4 29.1 86.4 73.1 ~ 69.5 16.0*
Saratoga 30.7 49.2 16.6 80.6 83.7 78.4 54.3 41.5 21.1 85.1 66.9 35.1 75.7 17.1
Schenectady 18.6 43.1 14.1 76.9 80.4 91.7* 38.9* 44.0 13.7 83.9 65.4 47.6 64.9 20.9
Schoharie 31.3* 34.0 17.6 ~ 80.0 ~ ~ 46.8 16.4 ~ 61.8 ~ 83.3 23.5*
Schuyler ~ 62.5 17.0 ~ 87.7 ~ ~ 47.4 25.7 ~ 67.6 ~ 66.7* ~
Seneca 43.8* 45.5 19.3 ~ 76.4 ~ ~ 47.5 28.4 ~ 73.5 ~ 72.4 ~
Steuben 26.7 47.6 21.9 83.8 80.7 76.5* 44.8 50.0 21.3 87.5 64.7 45.5 71.6 16.7*
Suffolk 28.0 45.6 24.3 81.8 87.1 72.5 49.0 44.6 27.7 86.7 62.8 48.9 71.9 19.2
Sullivan 17.9 32.6 16.5 69.4 82.7 ~ ~ 37.9 20.7 76.9* 61.2 42.1* 61.6 10.3*
Tioga 44.4* 50.6 14.2 78.9 80.9 ~ ~ 49.2 11.5 72.7 71.4 ~ 72.1 13.3*
Tompkins 25.9 33.3 15.7 96.3* 81.9 68.4* ~ 41.7 22.7 86.8 71.5 ~ 63.0 22.6
Ulster 23.2 44.6 18.0 77.2 82.6 75.9 31.3 44.4 27.2 83.1 62.4 47.2 70.6 15.5
Warren 35.0 32.1 19.8 73.8 89.3 ~ ~ 34.9 22.7 84.8 72.5 31.3* 70.0 2.9*
Washington 26.7 48.6 18.2 84.6 90.7 ~ ~ 34.7 23.2 85.2* 65.4 52.6* 71.2 5.9*
Wayne 29.4 48.2 16.2 83.3 77.0 68.8* ~ 46.6 14.4 91.1* 66.1 43.8* 72.5 12.0*
Westchester 27.2 45.6 20.4 82.4 84.1 70.4 40.7 41.5 25.2 85.9 67.1 38.6 68.5 15.9
Wyoming 22.2* 57.1 17.6 88.5* 84.0 ~ ~ 47.8 21.7 90.0* 60.9 ~ 65.8 20.8*
Yates ~ 56.3 16.7 83.3* 69.0 ~ ~ 46.2 15.4 ~ 69.7 ~ 75.0* ~

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 2012.
  • Based on tumors with known stage at diagnosis.
  • Early stage cancers are those which are confined to the organ of origin at diagnosis.