Cancer Indicators - Herkimer County
Cancer
Herkimer County
2004-2008
| Indicator | 5 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE-ADJUSTED INCIDENCE (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 45 | 12.1 | 10.0 | No | 10.4 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 213 | 52.9 | 48.8 | No | 49.4 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Lung and Bronchus | 315 | 78.6 | 63.9 | Yes | 72.3 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Female Breast | 272 | 133.2 | 124.3 | No | 133.6 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Cervix Uteri | 14 | 7.3* | 8.5 | No | 7.3 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Ovary | 20 | 8.9 | 13.3 | No | 14.1 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 267 | 144.9 | 166.9 | Yes | 172.7 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| AGE-ADJUSTED MORTALITY (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 11 | 2.5* | 2.2 | No | 2.1 | No | 3rd | 2.7 | Yes |
| Colon and Rectum | 70 | 16.8 | 16.7 | No | 16.7 | No | 2nd | 13.9 | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 219 | 53.7 | 44.3 | Yes | 50.7 | No | 2nd | 44.9 | No |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 7 | 1.6* | 2.2 | No | 2.7 | No | 1st | 2.5 | Yes |
| Female Breast | 40 | 17.1 | 22.9 | No | 22.8 | No | 1st | 22.3 | Yes |
| Cervix Uteri | s | 1.3* | 2.4 | No | 2.0 | No | 1st | 2.0 | Yes |
| Ovary | 20 | 9.1 | 8.3 | No | 9.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 41 | 24.2 | 22.7 | No | 22.3 | No | 3rd | 28.8 | Yes |
| PERCENT EARLY STAGE - | NYS Goal | NYS Goal Met | |||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 16 | 37.2%* | 33.4% | No | 34.8% | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 78 | 39.4% | 43.5% | No | 45.0% | No | 4th | 50% | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 59 | 20.8% | 21.2% | No | 21.3% | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 40 | 80.0% | 82.9% | No | 82.8% | No | 3rd | 90% | No |
| Female Breast | 174 | 65.9% | 63.1% | No | 64.8% | No | 3rd | 75% | No |
| Cervical | 6 | 46.2%* | 47.2% | No | 48.2% | No | 3rd | 65% | No |
| Ovary | s | 6.3%* | 17.6% | No | 17.3% | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 198 | 84.3% | 85.7% | No | 85.8% | No | 3rd | 95% | No |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | Rank Quartile | HP Goal | HP Goal Met? |
| Percent women 18+ years with pap smear in past 3 years | 78.0 | ± 6.0 | 82.7 | ± 2.4 | 82.6 | ± 1.6 | 4th | 90.0 | No |
| Percent women 40+ years with mammography screening in past 2 years | 80.1 | ± 5.5 | 79.7 | ± 2.8 | 81.9 | ± 1.3 | 2nd | 70.0 | Ye |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
#: 95% confidence interval for BRFSS/Expanded BRFSS indicators
