Percent of cancers diagnosed at an early stage, All races, New York State, 1976-2005

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Year of Diagnosis Males Females
Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Prostate Testis Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Breast Cervix Uterus Ovary
1976 43.4 38.8 24.4 54.6 58.3 54.6 46.2 38.3 21.5 66.2 47.5 57.5 74.5 23.5
1977 38.7 38.7 24.3 59.1 59.7 51.5 51.0 36.4 25.0 70.3 46.9 55.2 74.7 23.9
1978 40.8 38.4 26.6 66.2 59.8 56.9 44.2 37.7 23.7 77.0 46.1 56.2 74.2 23.9
1979 41.0 36.7 25.8 67.9 59.5 55.9 48.0 34.1 23.6 68.6 47.5 57.7 73.3 22.0
1980 41.6 39.5 24.8 70.6 61.3 60.1 44.6 35.7 24.3 78.2 47.1 54.9 74.9 21.6
1981 40.2 36.9 24.8 75.1 60.3 64.0 47.5 36.1 24.3 80.4 47.6 53.3 73.1 22.6
1982 40.6 36.7 24.6 72.6 60.7 59.2 47.1 35.6 23.3 77.4 47.6 51.9 75.5 23.2
1983 39.9 37.1 25.0 70.8 63.1 61.1 48.6 37.1 25.7 79.1 48.5 56.7 73.8 25.8
1984 40.5 38.2 26.2 71.8 62.4 70.3 46.6 37.4 26.0 78.5 51.0 57.1 73.4 24.0
1985 41.4 40.4 24.0 77.0 62.4 61.8 47.8 38.4 25.1 81.3 52.0 58.7 74.9 23.5
1986 41.9 40.8 23.8 74.1 63.1 67.5 51.0 38.7 24.7 82.8 53.2 55.3 73.6 24.4
1987 38.9 41.4 23.9 76.5 64.8 68.5 45.3 38.7 26.2 80.9 55.5 56.0 74.0 24.5
1988 37.5 39.5 25.8 76.7 63.5 67.3 45.9 37.7 26.0 87.9 57.1 58.6 73.0 22.1
1989 36.9 40.5 25.2 77.8 64.8 68.7 46.3 39.3 25.3 81.7 59.8 55.7 75.5 23.7
1990 37.8 40.2 25.2 74.4 66.1 70.1 47.6 40.5 26.5 80.1 60.7 57.3 73.2 23.7
1991 37.6 39.7 24.6 77.4 68.3 67.9 49.5 38.7 25.9 82.3 60.9 58.2 70.3 24.4
1992 40.8 41.7 26.0 72.6 72.8 70.8 46.2 40.4 28.9 78.4 62.3 55.9 74.7 26.7
1993 41.7 43.1 27.6 76.0 73.8 66.1 43.4 40.0 29.0 81.8 63.4 57.0 73.6 25.1
1994 38.0 39.9 25.4 76.8 75.7 70.1 50.3 39.0 28.0 80.2 62.3 54.7 72.3 25.2
1995 37.4 39.6 23.7 75.6 77.7 69.7 51.3 39.7 26.4 85.1 63.2 54.7 71.9 24.1
1996 38.6 40.4 25.4 79.5 81.7 71.8 47.6 38.8 27.1 80.6 64.4 53.8 73.4 25.6
1997 37.4 40.9 25.4 74.7 83.1 74.9 47.7 39.2 29.5 83.7 65.2 56.0 74.1 24.9
1998 39.7 41.5 26.3 80.6 85.1 70.3 52.2 39.2 29.5 84.1 66.8 58.3 75.4 26.6
1999 37.0 41.9 23.6 78.7 86.4 73.9 46.8 38.8 28.0 86.0 66.4 54.2 76.3 23.1
2000 34.0 40.9 22.9 81.0 87.6 74.5 49.6 39.0 25.8 82.1 64.5 54.7 72.8 21.2
2001* 34.0 40.2 21.4 80.2 88.6 74.8 47.6 38.8 24.4 85.4 65.6 51.0 74.6 20.6
2002 34.3 40.7 20.5 81.3 88.7 74.4 46.2 36.9 23.0 82.4 64.2 53.1 73.3 21.5
2003 31.0 38.7 19.2 80.0 87.9 75.2 44.5 37.8 22.9 84.5 62.3 52.1 70.5 18.6
2004* 29.1 44.7 19.3 82.5 86.6 71.5 42.1 42.7 21.1 86.6 62.4 49.0 70.7 18.9
2005 31.3 44.5 18.7 80.0 85.0 72.4 42.6 41.4 23.1 85.1 62.6 50.8 69.5 16.9

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Changes in staging schema 2001 and 2004 may affect the comparison in percents over time.

Notes

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