Percent of Cancers Diagnosed at an Early Stage by County, 2005-2009

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 28.6 44.6 21.7 85.8 86.4 69.8 42.3 43.0 25.6 89.0 63.6 46.4 69.1 20.4
New York City 26.3 42.2 21.5 85.8 86.0 65.4 38.6 41.1 25.7 88.2 60.7 45.9 64.8 20.8
NYS excl NYC 29.9 46.0 21.7 85.8 86.7 72.3 44.6 44.2 25.6 89.3 65.3 46.9 71.8 20.2
Bronx 23.2 44.2 15.4 75.9 85.5 61.3 37.2 45.0 20.8 79.6 57.8 45.2 63.5 24.1
Kings 25.7 39.6 20.5 83.2 86.6 68.1 32.4 41.0 23.9 85.8 57.2 42.1 61.5 21.1
New York 25.5 44.7 25.5 89.4 82.9 69.4 42.3 40.6 30.1 91.7 65.7 48.3 66.4 17.8
Queens 28.4 42.5 22.6 84.2 87.4 61.6 42.6 40.1 26.7 87.1 60.3 49.2 67.1 21.9
Richmond 32.9 41.9 23.3 87.0 88.9 59.5 41.9 36.9 25.9 89.1 65.5 46.3 68.7 16.4
Albany 29.8 42.7 18.2 87.3 86.0 71.4 56.0 44.0 21.2 80.2 64.2 59.5 73.4 22.6
Allegany 33.3 37.7 20.2 89.3* 77.3 ~ ~ 41.3 24.4 85.2* 68.0 ~ 66.7 13.3*
Broome 28.6 48.2 18.3 80.8 89.0 76.0* 37.8 46.8 21.4 89.5 67.1 67.6 74.9 20.0
Cattaraugus 25.7 38.1 18.4 90.0* 81.5 82.4* ~ 51.2 19.6 90.0* 57.0 41.2* 68.1 15.2*
Cayuga 41.7 62.1 25.7 73.0 81.5 ~ ~ 50.5 30.6 93.5* 65.1 61.9* 79.7 13.0*
Chautauqua 29.3 45.3 16.4 89.8 92.5 ~ 13.6* 44.3 24.7 88.2 67.3 50.0 65.5 22.8
Chemung 32.4 47.2 19.3 80.4 82.8 ~ 40.0* 56.9 21.8 89.1 66.0 ~ 75.6 19.5
Chenango 41.2 45.1 16.5 81.1 87.2 ~ ~ 38.6 32.7 96.6* 58.8 ~ 81.8 29.2*
Clinton 32.0 56.6 27.6 82.4* 90.5 ~ ~ 45.5 24.4 100.0* 67.2 ~ 74.1 8.0*
Columbia 25.7 44.6 18.3 76.2 81.7 ~ ~ 33.0 22.9 92.9* 63.4 50.0* 76.7 16.0*
Cortland 21.1* 40.0 32.5 56.3* 90.6 ~ ~ 52.5 19.8 100.0* 69.0 ~ 88.5 14.3*
Delaware 40.0 36.1 19.6 90.7* 78.1 ~ ~ 33.8 21.6 92.0* 65.1 ~ 75.6 22.2*
Dutchess 23.7 39.1 23.9 77.0 86.4 65.2 46.5 40.5 23.4 85.0 66.8 53.7 66.4 15.5
Erie 29.4 48.2 19.0 88.0 90.3 78.9 41.2 43.3 23.0 89.8 65.2 49.0 76.4 20.2
Essex ~ 53.2 22.7 84.0* 84.6 ~ ~ 34.0 28.9 83.3* 67.7 ~ 57.1 6.7*
Franklin 19.0* 40.5 28.8 91.3* 82.9 ~ ~ 59.2 20.2 88.2* 73.5 ~ 73.2 ~
Fulton 38.5 38.2 18.1 82.6* 82.9 ~ 58.8* 42.5 25.5 90.5* 57.1 ~ 75.5 8.7*
Genesee 18.5* 42.3 18.9 84.8* 84.9 ~ ~ 34.1 16.1 91.3* 72.6 ~ 77.0 22.6
Greene 23.3 54.3 19.6 80.6* 85.9 ~ ~ 44.1 10.3 91.7* 57.9 ~ 66.0 9.5*
Hamilton ~ ~ 35.3* ~ 71.4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 76.2* ~ ~ ~
Herkimer 33.3 36.2 19.3 91.7* 85.1 ~ ~ 39.6 21.0 77.8* 65.9 ~ 78.8 13.6*
Jefferson 26.5 45.6 23.0 73.3 88.4 57.1 ~ 40.2 27.6 86.7* 72.1 37.5 69.1 17.1*
Lewis ~ 32.4 16.7* 70.6* 85.0 ~ ~ 40.0 27.0 ~ 64.8 ~ 84.6* ~
Livingston 23.5* 45.1 17.8 85.7* 77.9 ~ 65.0* 47.4 21.8 77.8* 66.7 ~ 70.2 28.6
Madison 60.9 51.6 19.1 90.0* 86.8 ~ ~ 44.6 27.2 87.1* 63.5 ~ 70.0 15.8*
Monroe 29.1 51.0 17.6 86.8 79.3 78.8 48.1 49.3 23.1 88.9 69.0 41.4 72.7 16.0
Montgomery 27.3* 51.9 14.6 86.8* 83.1 ~ ~ 47.7 25.0 ~ 64.7 40.0* 58.5 ~
Nassau 29.3 44.3 27.5 89.1 89.1 68.8 48.0 44.9 32.3 91.1 66.4 48.2 71.2 18.1
Niagara 26.3 47.8 22.0 91.4 88.5 71.4 40.0 45.7 27.0 90.2 68.5 45.7 76.7 20.2
Oneida 35.1 42.7 21.0 86.2 87.0 55.6 55.6 38.7 27.6 91.3 63.1 52.3 73.7 22.2
Onondaga 34.6 48.9 23.9 86.0 87.9 73.6 46.2 45.0 30.1 84.5 67.6 68.8 76.3 20.9
Ontario 29.5 48.7 17.7 88.4 76.5 75.0* 44.0 49.5 15.9 90.2 68.5 ~ 79.3 23.6
Orange 32.7 47.2 18.3 80.4 85.9 69.1 40.5 40.2 23.1 78.6 55.3 35.2 71.8 27.2
Orleans ~ 58.2 17.8 83.3* 84.8 ~ ~ 42.4 20.0 ~ 69.7 ~ 80.0 20.8*
Oswego 40.4 53.1 23.5 75.6 81.0 76.5* 58.3 51.6 23.8 87.5* 65.2 46.4 83.8 21.4*
Otsego 50.0 41.5 19.3 80.0 83.1 ~ 50.0 39.5 18.9 89.3* 62.8 ~ 77.0 13.0*
Putnam 29.4 35.8 23.3 85.7 86.1 86.7* ~ 41.0 26.7 84.8* 64.0 ~ 73.8 19.4
Rensselaer 22.0 41.4 17.8 80.7 88.5 76.0* 22.5 40.2 20.8 91.9* 62.0 30.8 74.4 16.1
Rockland 35.7 43.4 29.0 83.1 91.0 72.5 40.5 47.6 27.5 85.8 66.1 39.6 69.7 20.0
St. Lawrence 29.6 52.7 20.1 91.0 88.0 78.9* 61.1* 55.9 27.9 91.7* 72.6 ~ 69.3 12.1*
Saratoga 31.1 47.7 19.4 83.7 86.3 77.1 48.9 40.5 22.4 88.3 66.8 28.6 72.5 18.8
Schenectady 24.2 43.2 17.4 84.6 80.9 91.7* ~ 45.2 13.9 88.2 64.7 44.0 63.4 26.2
Schoharie 43.8* 38.6 18.2 ~ 80.4 ~ ~ 44.2 18.9 89.5* 61.1 ~ 80.0 23.5*
Schuyler ~ 57.1 22.6 ~ 89.2 ~ ~ 51.2 32.4 ~ 70.3 ~ 66.7* ~
Seneca 43.8* 48.0 20.9 ~ 79.5 ~ ~ 45.2 26.1 ~ 71.3 ~ 64.9 ~
Steuben 36.4 49.2 24.5 85.1 82.2 ~ 45.8 47.8 24.7 93.6* 61.6 50.0 71.4 19.4
Suffolk 29.2 45.1 25.5 85.2 88.9 70.1 44.6 44.3 27.9 90.5 61.5 51.0 70.2 24.7
Sullivan 15.8 36.2 18.6 70.7 85.5 ~ ~ 36.8 20.8 82.8* 60.8 50.0* 58.7 16.1*
Tioga 41.2* 52.4 16.4 86.2* 83.2 ~ ~ 38.2 12.3 80.8* 72.1 ~ 71.8 25.0*
Tompkins 22.2* 37.2 20.0 93.0* 85.2 78.9* 40.0* 47.2 24.2 87.8 68.9 ~ 61.1 29.6
Ulster 25.3 48.3 19.3 80.6 85.1 73.3 21.4* 46.0 30.9 87.9 61.8 50.0 71.4 17.1
Warren 27.0 33.7 19.3 79.0 91.8 ~ 52.6* 31.6 25.3 87.2 71.0 31.3* 74.1 7.1*
Washington 28.0 43.9 21.3 88.6* 92.4 70.6* ~ 34.3 23.8 88.9* 65.4 ~ 73.2 14.3*
Wayne 32.4 52.4 16.8 86.0 78.9 ~ 40.0* 46.0 17.5 95.0* 67.8 ~ 67.2 20.0*
Westchester 26.6 45.4 21.9 87.8 85.9 67.2 42.7 41.2 27.2 91.4 65.7 40.6 67.2 21.3
Wyoming 31.6* 54.5 21.8 85.7* 84.9 ~ ~ 50.0 27.9 88.2* 63.4 ~ 67.6 31.8*
Yates ~ 52.8 15.0 ~ 69.3 ~ ~ 40.7 17.4 ~ 68.8 ~ 74.1 ~

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 2011.
  • Based on tumors with known stage at diagnosis.
  • Early stage cancers are those which are confined to the organ of origin at diagnosis.