Percent of cancers diagnosed at an early stage by county, 2002-2006

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Region/County Males Females
Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Prostate Testis Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Breast Cervix Uterus Ovary
New York State 30.7 42.4 19.4 81.0 86.8 72.9 43.4 40.2 22.4 84.8 62.8 49.8 70.5 18.8
New York City 27.6 38.8 18.9 79.5 86.2 69.3 40.1 36.7 22.4 85.6 59.5 47.5 66.4 18.7
NYS excl NYC 32.5 44.5 19.7 81.4 87.1 74.8 45.4 42.5 22.5 84.4 64.7 52.3 73.1 18.9
Bronx 20.3 40.7 14.9 74.5 85.3 72.0 37.0 37.3 17.8 75.3 57.4 49.8 66.4 22.0
Kings 32.0 38.3 18.3 73.6 87.1 71.6 36.6 36.5 21.2 81.5 56.1 46.8 63.2 18.7
New York 26.4 40.2 22.7 84.8 83.2 74.3 39.3 36.2 26.6 90.7 63.4 49.8 68.4 19.8
Queens 27.2 37.6 19.4 78.2 87.5 63.1 43.1 36.7 22.9 83.2 59.5 46.1 68.0 16.6
Richmond 34.0 38.1 17.5 78.2 89.8 61.3 53.7 36.9 21.8 90.7 65.1 43.1 68.6 16.0
Albany 29.1 39.8 16.5 78.2 84.5 86.1* 48.9 39.7 16.7 75.0 63.7 57.1 74.1 18.9
Allegany 34.8 38.3 15.8 81.0* 86.7 ~ ~ 39.4 24.6 100.0* 63.8 ~ 56.8 6.7*
Broome 28.6 47.9 20.1 76.0 88.3 76.9* 44.7 43.0 17.3 89.9 65.4 62.9 79.4 28.6
Cattaraugus 31.0 37.4 14.2 80.8 81.0 ~ ~ 40.9 16.3 88.0* 59.3 58.3 67.9 16.0*
Cayuga 66.7 46.5 20.2 61.5 81.0 ~ ~ 49.0 25.5 81.0* 67.7 77.3* 72.3 23.5*
Chautauqua 32.8 37.6 14.6 81.3 91.2 ~ 22.7* 40.0 22.4 88.2 73.0 72.7* 68.8 20.0
Chemung 41.7 46.8 14.4 83.3 86.7 ~ ~ 41.2 22.1 84.4* 68.3 ~ 82.0 25.0
Chenango 39.4 43.5 18.7 83.3* 84.6 ~ 40.0* 40.0 29.0 90.0* 67.5 ~ 83.0 27.8*
Clinton 40.0 56.9 24.5 75.0 84.9 ~ ~ 50.4 22.7 91.7* 65.9 ~ 72.9 4.0*
Columbia 24.0* 40.5 12.6 64.0 81.0 ~ ~ 30.4 21.1 ~ 64.6 36.8* 66.7 19.4*
Cortland ~ 39.3 21.6 ~ 87.2 ~ ~ 34.2 24.7 ~ 69.6 ~ 85.1 10.5*
Delaware 44.4 42.2 22.0 84.2* 81.3 ~ ~ 36.0 14.7 ~ 63.6 ~ 72.5 12.5*
Dutchess 21.1 40.4 23.6 72.3 88.4 69.0 42.9 35.7 19.7 83.0 64.9 51.1 73.7 16.8
Erie 31.7 46.4 17.3 84.6 87.3 75.3 44.1 42.6 21.0 84.2 62.7 55.1 73.9 19.7
Essex 26.3* 58.8 23.4 80.0* 80.3 ~ ~ 51.7 23.9 94.1* 71.9 ~ 63.6 13.6*
Franklin 48.1 50.0 27.0 83.3* 84.2 ~ ~ 48.6 26.8 95.0* 71.1 ~ 86.7* 35.0*
Fulton 45.8 34.1 19.8 87.5* 80.0 ~ ~ 31.2 15.8 ~ 61.8 52.9* 84.6 25.0*
Genesee 36.4 34.2 13.8 84.2* 88.0 ~ ~ 24.7 17.0 88.9* 69.7 ~ 65.0 20.7*
Greene 23.8* 31.6 14.7 79.3* 88.8 ~ ~ 30.3 15.7 ~ 57.2 ~ 69.8 21.4*
Hamilton ~ ~ 33.3* ~ 85.7* ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 67.9 ~ ~ ~
Herkimer 25.0* 46.6 19.7 84.0* 84.8 ~ ~ 40.0 18.9 ~ 61.8 ~ 72.5 10.0*
Jefferson 33.3 52.7 19.7 59.3 87.3 64.0 ~ 48.0 22.9 ~ 66.6 52.6* 71.2 18.5*
Lewis ~ 48.7 16.7* ~ 89.6 ~ ~ 40.6 25.6 ~ 67.9 ~ 80.0* ~
Livingston 47.1* 41.3 14.5 85.7* 81.0 ~ ~ 52.4 17.0 ~ 61.9 ~ 82.2 35.7
Madison 57.9* 51.4 19.3 87.9* 85.5 ~ ~ 57.1 31.3 77.8* 63.3 ~ 84.5 10.7*
Monroe 31.1 46.6 16.7 82.6 83.6 80.7 44.1 46.7 18.1 88.4 69.6 45.9 73.2 17.9
Montgomery 47.8 60.9 16.7 78.3* 82.9 ~ ~ 41.7 30.0 72.2* 71.2 ~ 69.2 17.6*
Nassau 35.6 43.8 23.4 86.2 89.6 77.1 49.6 42.3 26.6 86.7 64.3 45.4 74.3 16.2
Niagara 29.7 47.0 24.7 86.1 84.7 77.3* 43.2 46.9 25.2 84.1 64.9 46.9 76.1 26.0
Oneida 36.4 42.6 18.9 79.2 89.7 59.5 66.7 41.6 24.3 83.3 66.0 64.3 72.2 21.4
Onondaga 39.6 49.5 22.3 80.8 87.5 83.8 47.4 44.9 26.6 75.8 69.2 55.6 74.5 18.8
Ontario 33.3 44.6 14.7 81.8 79.6 ~ 37.5* 45.3 20.0 89.5* 71.3 ~ 72.5 22.7
Orange 17.9 44.1 17.2 74.1 87.2 75.0 43.6 37.4 20.9 66.7 58.3 52.2 66.4 19.8
Orleans 37.5* 60.3 21.6 69.6* 88.1 ~ ~ 39.4 13.8 ~ 71.3 ~ 83.3 ~
Oswego 35.0 54.0 21.1 66.7 82.4 61.5 ~ 46.2 19.3 93.8* 66.8 66.7 82.6 18.8*
Otsego 43.6 42.7 13.5 80.0* 78.9 ~ 52.9* 47.0 11.8 87.5* 59.9 ~ 74.2 8.3*
Putnam 23.1* 33.3 21.0 74.0 87.6 94.7* ~ 34.5 24.7 84.6* 58.6 ~ 74.2 22.2*
Rensselaer 24.1 41.4 16.2 65.5 89.5 ~ 25.0 40.3 15.6 72.0 63.6 50.0 76.3 21.0
Rockland 35.9 43.0 20.1 85.3 90.4 76.5 44.7 45.7 24.2 84.2 65.2 61.2 68.7 15.0
St. Lawrence 36.1 49.2 17.2 82.2 88.9 ~ ~ 59.5 25.6 85.4 75.4 50.0 68.6 ~
Saratoga 30.0 41.2 20.3 84.4 86.6 69.4 46.3 41.3 21.9 79.7 65.7 32.5 74.5 18.8
Schenectady 22.5 42.2 17.6 73.2 80.3 82.4* 47.1* 47.7 21.1 94.4* 68.7 42.1* 68.8 22.9
Schoharie ~ 30.8 14.5 85.0* 75.3 ~ ~ 33.3 15.5 75.0* 65.1 ~ 79.4 ~
Schuyler ~ 57.7 15.8 ~ 86.4 ~ ~ 44.4 34.4 ~ 64.3 ~ 73.9* ~
Seneca 25.0* 49.0 21.0 ~ 83.2 ~ ~ 44.0 27.1 ~ 63.9 ~ 54.5 ~
Steuben 32.6 38.9 18.8 82.0 84.7 77.8* 43.8* 45.5 23.1 78.9 63.2 65.0* 65.4 23.5
Suffolk 32.5 44.6 20.8 80.3 89.7 69.2 43.2 42.6 23.7 83.5 61.5 52.9 73.1 20.4
Sullivan 34.5 40.4 19.8 72.4 82.4 ~ ~ 47.0 16.7 81.3* 60.4 38.9* 66.1 8.7*
Tioga ~ 44.2 10.1 73.9* 87.7 ~ ~ 40.3 10.9 ~ 67.1 ~ 72.5 20.0*
Tompkins 20.8* 47.2 18.9 85.7* 92.1 ~ ~ 40.9 26.0 82.1* 64.1 ~ 71.4 44.4*
Ulster 26.7 40.4 21.1 70.0 86.2 66.7 35.7 38.7 24.8 81.4 64.6 61.8 77.4 22.2
Warren 15.2* 44.6 16.1 90.5* 88.9 ~ 53.3* 33.7 24.8 89.6* 72.7 31.3* 75.0 12.5*
Washington 53.3 26.6 16.4 80.6* 90.8 ~ ~ 36.1 26.8 80.0* 66.4 ~ 68.6 12.5*
Wayne 37.8 42.9 17.9 74.1 85.1 ~ ~ 47.5 14.5 85.7* 67.7 40.0* 66.7 13.5*
Westchester 29.9 43.8 22.0 84.0 86.1 74.8 44.1 39.1 23.6 84.9 62.5 50.9 69.9 17.9
Wyoming ~ 44.3 30.5 72.7* 85.6 ~ ~ 55.7 19.2 ~ 69.3 ~ 74.1 29.4*
Yates ~ 44.4 10.2* ~ 85.6 ~ ~ 45.8 11.6* ~ 70.2 ~ 66.7* ~

Key

Symbol Meaning
~ Percent could not be calculated (fewer than 3 cases per year).
* Percent should be used with caution.

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2008.
  • Based on tumors with known stage at diagnosis.
  • Early stage cancers are those which are confined to the organ of origin at diagnosis.