Oral cavity and pharynx cancer mortality rate per 100,000

Source:2007-2009 Cancer Registry Data As Of July, 2012

Adjusted Rates Are Age Adjusted to The 2000 United States Population

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  Deaths Average population Crude Adjusted
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2007-2009 Rate Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany S S S 6 49,237 4.1* 3.5*
Cattaraugus S S S 12 79,926 5.0 3.8
Chautauqua S S S 12 133,704 3.0 2.5
Erie 29 26 28 83 910,296 3.0 2.3
Genesee S S S 4 57,992 2.3* 1.7*
Niagara S S S 27 214,312 4.2 3.2
Orleans S S S 4 42,222 3.2* 2.7*
Wyoming S S S 4 41,596 3.2* 2.8*
Region Total 43 48 61 152 1,529,285 3.3 2.6
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung S S S 7 88,097 2.6* 2.2*
Livingston S S S 5 63,020 2.6* 2.3*
Monroe 12 16 11 39 731,958 1.8 1.6
Ontario S S S 9 104,755 2.9* 2.3*
Schuyler S S S 2 18,837 3.5* 2.8*
Seneca S S S 5 34,128 4.9* 4.1*
Steuben S S S 20 96,478 6.9 5.3
Wayne S S S 11 91,446 4.0 3.2
Yates S S S 2 24,530 2.7* 2.0*
Region Total 30 44 26 100 1,253,250 2.7 2.3
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga S S S 5 79,738 2.1* 1.7*
Cortland S S S 3 48,147 2.1* 2.0*
Herkimer S S S 6 62,321 3.2* 2.4*
Jefferson S S S 4 117,944 1.1* 1.1*
Lewis S S S 5 26,170 6.4* 5.2*
Madison S S S 5 70,032 2.4* 2.1*
Oneida S S S 16 230,844 2.3 1.9
Onondaga 12 11 13 36 453,690 2.6 2.2
Oswego S S S 8 121,457 2.2* 2.0*
St Lawrence S S S 17 109,621 5.2 4.4
Tompkins S S S 1 101,073 0.3* 0.4*
Region Total 37 35 34 106 1,421,036 2.5 2.1
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome S S S 21 194,748 3.6 2.6
Chenango S S S 4 50,896 2.6* 1.9*
Tioga S S S 2 50,234 1.3* 1.2*
Region Total 7 10 10 27 295,878 3.0 2.3
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 7 6 6 19 298,022 2.1 1.7
Clinton S S S 5 81,727 2.0* 1.8*
Columbia S S S 6 61,954 3.2* 2.1*
Delaware S S S 3 45,913 2.2* 1.4*
Essex S S S 2 37,761 1.8* 1.1*
Franklin S S S 2 50,399 1.3* 1.2*
Fulton S S S 4 55,083 2.4* 1.5*
Greene S S S 2 49,074 1.4* 1.2*
Hamilton S S S 0 4,966 0.0* 0.0*
Montgomery S S S 3 48,615 2.1* 1.5*
Otsego S S S 11 61,869 5.9 4.6
Rensselaer S S S 14 155,529 3.0 2.6
Saratoga S S S 15 218,095 2.3 2.0
Schenectady S S S 5 151,236 1.1* 0.9*
Schoharie S S S 2 31,755 2.1* 1.7*
Warren S S S 7 65,917 3.5* 2.6*
Washington S S S 4 62,686 2.1* 1.7*
Region Total 43 30 31 104 1,480,602 2.3 1.9
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess S S S 18 292,626 2.1 1.9
Orange S S S 19 379,759 1.7 1.8
Putnam S S S 6 99,122 2.0* 2.0*
Rockland S S S 14 298,642 1.6 1.4
Sullivan S S S 8 76,067 3.5* 3.0*
Ulster 9 6 6 21 181,564 3.9 3.1
Westchester 12 20 21 53 950,787 1.9 1.5
Region Total 39 46 54 139 2,278,566 2.0 1.8
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 37 30 38 105 1,390,575 2.5 2.8
Kings 69 51 50 170 2,552,082 2.2 2.2
New York 37 39 44 120 1,628,635 2.5 2.3
Queens 40 52 48 140 2,291,022 2.0 1.9
Richmond S S S 28 487,316 1.9 1.7
Region Total 192 175 196 563 8,349,629 2.2 2.2
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 31 29 33 93 1,354,547 2.3 1.8
Suffolk 31 31 24 86 1,514,547 1.9 1.7
Region Total 62 60 57 179 2,869,094 2.1 1.7
New York State Total 453 448 469 1,370 19,477,340 2.3 2.1

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

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