Cancer Indicators - Nassau County
Cancer
Nassau County
2001-2005
| Indicator | 5 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | Ranking Quartile |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE-ADJUSTED INCIDENCE (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 688 | 8.9 | 9.8 | No | 10.0 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 4,406 | 55.7 | 54.1 | No | 55.5 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Lung and Bronchus | 5,062 | 63.9 | 64.8 | No | 72.7 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Female Breast | 5,934 | 141.2 | 124.8 | Yes | 134.7 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Cervix Uteri | 276 | 7.2 | 8.9 | Yes | 7.6 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Ovary | 686 | 16.3 | 14.4 | Yes | 15.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 5,679 | 163.8 | 166.3 | No | 173.4 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| AGE-ADJUSTED MORTALITY (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 148 | 1.9 | 2.4 | Yes | 2.3 | No | 1st | 2.7 | Yes |
| Colon and Rectum | 1,431 | 17.9 | 19.1 | No | 19.4 | Yes | 1st | 13.9 | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 3,503 | 44.0 | 47.1 | Yes | 53.1 | Yes | 1st | 44.9 | Yes |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 232 | 3.0 | 2.2 | Yes | 2.7 | No | 3rd | 2.5 | No |
| Female Breast | 1,155 | 26.2 | 25.5 | No | 25.5 | No | 3rd | 22.3 | No |
| Cervix Uteri | 70 | 1.6 | 2.6 | Yes | 2.2 | No | 1st | 2.0 | Yes |
| Ovary | 437 | 9.7 | 8.8 | No | 9.6 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 705 | 22.7 | 25.7 | Yes | 25.4 | Yes | 1st | 28.8 | Yes |
| PERCENT EARLY STAGE - | NYS Goal | NYS Goal Met | |||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | N/A | 43% | 36% | Yes | 38% | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | N/A | 42% | 41% | No | 43% | No | 2nd | 50% | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | N/A | 25% | 21% | Yes | 21% | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Melanoma of the Skin | N/A | 86% | 83% | Yes | 83% | Yes | 1st | 90% | No |
| Female Breast | N/A | 65% | 63% | No | 65% | No | 3rd | 75% | No |
| Cervical | N/A | 45% | 51% | No | 54% | Yes | 4th | 65% | No |
| Ovary | N/A | 18% | 19% | No | 19% | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | N/A | 90% | 87% | Yes | 88% | Yes | 1st | 95% | No |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2003) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | HP Goal | HP Goal Met? | |
| % women 18+ years with pap smear in past 3 years | N/A | N/A | 84.8 | ± 1.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 90 | Yes |
| % women 40+ years with mammography screening in past 2 years | 78.5 | ± 5.8 | 77.6 | ± 1.6 | 78.2 | ± 1.5 | 3rd | 70 | Yes |
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
