Percent of cancers diagnosed at an early stage, All races, NYS excl NYC, 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 46.1 37.7 24.8 57.7 58.5 52.8 46.6 36.9 22.5 68.8 49.2 59.5 78.7 24.5
1977 37.6 36.6 25.5 60.0 60.3 52.8 56.2 35.5 25.3 67.9 48.0 56.7 77.5 25.5
1978 44.5 38.7 27.5 67.3 61.4 55.5 47.1 37.3 25.3 80.6 45.9 56.1 75.9 24.3
1979 44.0 36.4 25.7 70.5 60.3 59.2 47.6 33.7 24.0 73.5 48.2 59.3 75.4 22.3
1980 43.0 39.7 25.7 69.2 62.4 60.4 48.9 35.6 24.2 80.3 47.9 54.6 76.7 20.8
1981 41.7 35.8 25.6 76.6 61.3 65.2 49.5 34.6 24.0 80.5 48.9 56.2 74.4 22.9
1982 43.5 36.2 26.1 74.0 63.3 59.3 46.8 34.3 24.4 78.1 49.0 55.2 78.0 24.9
1983 44.7 37.1 26.3 70.8 65.0 63.6 48.3 37.4 26.8 80.9 49.8 56.5 73.9 26.3
1984 43.8 38.0 27.0 71.9 64.2 72.0 48.1 36.6 26.5 79.6 52.8 56.8 74.5 25.3
1985 42.7 40.9 25.5 79.0 64.3 63.2 48.7 38.1 26.1 83.4 53.3 57.5 74.9 24.5
1986 43.9 42.3 24.6 76.0 64.3 65.7 50.7 38.2 24.7 85.5 54.7 55.4 75.1 24.7
1987 43.1 41.0 25.1 79.7 66.6 69.7 44.9 39.9 27.8 81.6 57.2 57.3 75.4 26.0
1988 39.0 40.8 27.4 77.5 65.0 68.7 49.6 39.2 27.6 89.6 59.0 63.2 74.2 21.8
1989 36.3 42.1 26.5 79.5 67.5 67.5 46.5 41.8 27.1 83.3 63.1 58.8 78.8 24.8
1990 41.6 42.7 25.9 78.3 68.5 70.1 49.4 43.0 28.8 81.8 63.4 60.5 75.8 24.9
1991 39.9 42.0 26.5 76.7 70.8 70.9 51.6 41.2 28.1 84.6 64.6 61.6 73.8 26.4
1992 46.5 42.3 28.4 73.8 73.9 70.7 48.2 42.6 30.4 80.3 64.7 57.5 79.0 28.3
1993 45.4 43.8 29.4 77.6 75.0 65.9 44.7 41.4 29.8 82.0 65.8 63.1 78.0 25.7
1994 41.1 41.0 27.1 77.9 76.9 70.5 51.6 40.2 28.8 83.6 63.9 59.2 76.1 25.4
1995 38.9 41.8 24.3 77.5 79.0 69.2 55.1 41.6 27.1 85.8 65.6 56.9 74.0 24.4
1996 39.9 42.7 26.7 80.9 82.5 72.5 53.9 39.8 28.6 82.6 66.5 56.1 75.9 24.7
1997 38.9 42.8 25.8 75.6 84.3 75.6 49.3 41.2 30.4 86.6 66.4 57.8 78.5 24.1
1998 43.0 44.4 27.3 81.7 85.9 71.6 52.2 42.9 31.6 84.7 68.7 60.1 77.9 26.1
1999 38.6 45.1 24.5 78.4 87.6 73.2 51.6 42.0 28.7 85.8 68.5 57.0 78.9 21.1
2000 35.9 43.9 24.5 81.4 88.0 76.0 50.9 41.8 27.2 83.3 67.0 55.1 76.2 21.9
2001* 35.4 43.5 22.5 80.7 89.3 76.5 48.1 42.0 25.3 86.0 67.8 55.7 77.9 19.9
2002 37.1 44.0 21.1 83.0 89.6 76.2 50.1 40.7 23.3 83.0 66.3 55.0 74.9 22.1
2003 33.6 40.1 19.0 81.0 87.9 76.2 47.3 40.0 22.4 83.4 64.0 56.7 73.6 17.9
2004* 31.2 46.8 19.4 82.0 86.5 73.8 43.4 44.6 21.1 86.4 64.3 51.2 73.5 18.8
2005 31.7 47.1 18.9 79.8 85.2 72.9 42.9 43.5 23.1 84.1 64.2 51.6 72.2 17.6

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.