Cancer Indicators - Nassau County
Cancer
Nassau 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 | 740 | 9.2 | 10.0 | No | 10.4 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 3,961 | 48.1 | 48.8 | No | 49.4 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Lung and Bronchus | 4,914 | 60.1 | 63.9 | Yes | 72.3 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Female Breast | 6,085 | 141.4 | 124.3 | Yes | 133.6 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Cervix Uteri | 278 | 7.4 | 8.5 | No | 7.3 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Ovary | 676 | 15.5 | 13.3 | Yes | 14.1 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 6,110 | 169.2 | 166.9 | No | 172.7 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| AGE-ADJUSTED MORTALITY (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 150 | 1.8 | 2.2 | No | 2.1 | No | 2nd | 2.7 | Yes |
| Colon and Rectum | 1,283 | 15.4 | 16.7 | Yes | 16.7 | Yes | 1st | 13.9 | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 3,194 | 38.6 | 44.3 | Yes | 50.7 | Yes | 1st | 44.9 | Yes |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 225 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Yes | 2.7 | No | 3rd | 2.5 | No |
| Female Breast | 1,055 | 22.9 | 22.9 | No | 22.8 | No | 3rd | 22.3 | No |
| Cervix Uteri | 66 | 1.6 | 2.4 | Yes | 2.0 | No | 1st | 2.0 | Yes |
| Ovary | 459 | 9.8 | 8.3 | Yes | 9.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 629 | 18.8 | 22.7 | Yes | 22.3 | Yes | 1st | 28.8 | Yes |
| PERCENT EARLY STAGE - | NYS Goal | NYS Goal Met | |||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 242 | 35.9% | 33.4% | No | 34.8% | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 1,654 | 45.2% | 43.5% | No | 45.0% | No | 2nd | 50% | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 1,163 | 26.2% | 21.2% | Yes | 21.3% | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 1,325 | 87.1% | 82.9% | No | 82.8% | No | 1st | 90% | No |
| Female Breast | 3,730 | 65.1% | 63.1% | No | 64.8% | No | 3rd | 75% | No |
| Cervical | 123 | 48.8% | 47.2% | No | 48.2% | No | 2nd | 65% | No |
| Ovary | 92 | 14.6% | 17.6% | No | 17.3% | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 3,960 | 88.0% | 85.7% | No | 85.8% | No | 1st | 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 | 79.1 | ± 8.1 | 82.7 | ± 2.4 | 82.6 | ± 1.6 | 4th | 90.0 | No |
| Percent women 40+ years with mammography screening in past 2 years | 85.3 | ± 4.6 | 79.7 | ± 2.8 | 81.9 | ± 1.3 | 1st | 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
