Cancer Indicators - Schenectady County
Cancer
Schenectady 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 | 72 | 8.2 | 9.8 | No | 10.0 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 437 | 47.8 | 54.1 | Yes | 55.5 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Lung and Bronchus | 664 | 74.1 | 64.8 | Yes | 72.7 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Female Breast | 653 | 139.7 | 124.8 | Yes | 134.7 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Cervix Uteri | 26 | 6.2 | 8.9 | No | 7.6 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Ovary | 66 | 14.5 | 14.4 | No | 15.1 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 562 | 146.5 | 166.3 | Yes | 173.4 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| AGE-ADJUSTED MORTALITY (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 18 | 1.8* | 2.4 | No | 2.3 | No | 1st | 2.7 | Yes |
| Colon and Rectum | 159 | 16.4 | 19.1 | No | 19.4 | No | 1st | 13.9 | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 481 | 52.9 | 47.1 | Yes | 53.1 | No | 2nd | 44.9 | No |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 32 | 3.5 | 2.2 | Yes | 2.7 | No | 4th | 2.5 | No |
| Female Breast | 135 | 25.3 | 25.5 | No | 25.5 | No | 3rd | 22.3 | No |
| Cervix Uteri | 7 | 1.7* | 2.6 | No | 2.2 | No | 1st | 2.0 | Yes |
| Ovary | 50 | 9.7 | 8.8 | No | 9.6 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 107 | 27.2 | 25.7 | No | 25.4 | No | 3rd | 28.8 | Yes |
| PERCENT EARLY STAGE - | NYS Goal | NYS Goal Met | |||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | N/A | 37% | 36% | No | 38% | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | N/A | 47% | 41% | Yes | 43% | No | 1st | 50% | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | N/A | 21% | 21% | No | 21% | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Melanoma of the Skin | N/A | 81% | 83% | No | 83% | No | 3rd | 90% | No |
| Female Breast | N/A | 68% | 63% | Yes | 65% | No | 2nd | 75% | No |
| Cervical | N/A | 46% | 51% | No | 54% | No | 4th | 65% | No |
| Ovary | N/A | 17% | 19% | No | 19% | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | N/A | 83% | 87% | Yes | 88% | Yes | 4th | 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 | 87.6 | ± 4.6 | 84.8 | ± 1.9 | N/A | N/A | 2nd | 90 | No |
| % women 40+ years with mammography screening in past 2 years | 79.9 | ± 5.1 | 77.6 | ± 1.6 | 78.2 | ± 1.5 | 2nd | 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
