Percent of Cancers Diagnosed at an Early Stage, Whites, NYS excl NYC, 1976-2009

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Year of Diagnosis Males Females
Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Prostate Testis Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Breast Cervix Uterus Ovary
1976 47.6 37.5 24.9 57.0 58.4 52.6 45.8 36.9 22.4 68.7 49.0 59.2 79.0 24.3
1977 37.5 36.1 25.6 59.4 61.1 51.9 56.8 35.3 25.1 67.7 48.0 56.7 77.2 25.2
1978 44.8 38.9 27.1 67.3 62.3 54.8 48.3 37.2 24.8 80.4 45.8 55.7 76.2 23.9
1979 44.9 36.4 25.8 71.1 60.4 59.3 47.5 33.7 23.9 73.4 48.3 60.4 76.0 22.6
1980 43.7 39.8 25.7 69.0 62.8 62.0 49.7 35.7 24.7 80.3 48.3 55.1 77.5 20.7
1981 42.5 36.2 25.8 76.5 61.6 65.5 50.9 34.4 23.7 80.7 49.0 54.9 74.4 22.6
1982 44.0 36.3 26.5 74.5 63.5 59.3 47.2 34.4 24.3 77.8 49.0 56.2 77.7 24.6
1983 46.0 37.0 26.5 70.3 65.6 64.2 47.8 37.4 26.4 80.4 49.8 56.0 73.7 25.8
1984 45.7 37.8 27.4 71.6 64.8 71.6 49.0 36.7 26.6 79.1 53.0 57.3 74.6 25.4
1985 43.8 40.7 25.6 79.7 65.0 63.0 48.3 38.4 26.0 83.1 53.2 57.9 75.2 23.8
1986 45.2 42.4 24.7 76.2 65.2 65.9 51.0 38.2 24.5 85.8 55.1 54.2 75.0 24.9
1987 44.0 40.8 25.1 79.9 67.3 70.2 46.8 39.9 27.4 81.3 57.5 57.9 76.1 26.0
1988 39.6 40.9 27.5 77.1 65.9 67.8 50.9 39.3 27.6 89.5 59.6 62.8 74.4 21.9
1989 37.5 42.6 27.0 79.4 68.0 67.1 48.1 42.0 27.5 83.3 63.8 60.5 79.0 25.0
1990 41.5 42.7 26.1 78.4 69.1 70.1 49.7 42.9 29.2 81.1 64.0 61.1 76.9 25.1
1991 41.3 41.7 26.5 76.0 71.4 70.5 53.6 41.5 28.5 85.0 65.0 61.5 74.4 25.5
1992 47.0 42.5 28.5 74.4 74.4 71.3 48.2 42.7 30.7 80.5 65.0 58.6 79.9 28.4
1993 46.8 44.1 29.8 77.2 75.2 66.1 45.7 41.6 29.9 81.4 66.4 64.2 78.7 25.5
1994 43.0 41.6 27.7 77.9 77.7 71.1 51.6 40.4 29.4 83.5 64.3 58.6 76.9 25.6
1995 41.0 42.1 24.5 78.3 79.7 69.0 57.0 42.1 27.3 84.9 66.1 56.8 75.3 24.2
1996 42.0 43.0 26.6 81.4 82.8 73.1 54.1 40.2 29.1 82.5 67.1 57.9 76.8 25.0
1997 39.9 42.9 26.0 75.2 85.1 75.8 48.1 41.4 30.6 87.1 66.9 56.2 78.9 24.2
1998 44.5 44.7 27.7 81.5 86.1 71.2 53.6 43.4 32.2 85.9 68.9 60.1 78.6 25.3
1999 39.8 45.4 25.2 78.4 87.8 74.3 52.2 42.5 28.6 85.5 69.0 57.5 79.3 20.7
2000 37.6 44.2 25.1 81.3 88.2 76.1 52.9 42.3 27.6 82.6 67.7 54.3 77.3 21.7
2001* 35.7 44.1 22.9 81.2 89.5 76.4 49.7 42.1 25.7 86.4 68.2 56.2 78.5 20.0
2002 37.3 43.9 21.0 82.4 89.9 75.8 52.0 41.2 23.4 83.4 67.4 56.4 75.9 21.9
2003 35.1 40.2 19.5 81.0 88.1 76.1 49.2 40.2 22.9 84.3 64.6 57.1 74.1 17.9
2004* 32.0 47.4 21.0 86.0 87.6 75.6 43.2 44.7 23.5 89.7 65.1 50.2 74.3 20.4
2005 30.5 47.5 20.4 84.6 87.1 73.0 40.9 44.1 25.2 87.9 65.1 52.0 73.2 18.8
2006 31.0 46.0 21.7 85.6 87.2 75.8 42.6 44.7 25.0 89.3 65.5 49.0 71.6 19.0
2007 31.7 46.2 21.9 85.7 87.7 68.9 48.2 44.6 25.3 89.7 65.5 47.9 74.6 21.6
2008 30.7 46.0 22.9 87.4 85.9 74.8 46.4 44.5 26.6 88.9 67.3 44.5 71.3 18.8
2009 28.6 45.3 22.6 85.6 86.0 69.5 46.1 44.2 26.7 90.8 67.2 42.8 73.6 20.5

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.