Percent of cancers diagnosed at an early stage by county, 2001-2005

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

County/Region Males Females
Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Prostate Testis Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Breast Cervix Uterus Ovary
New York State 31.9 41.7 19.8 80.8 87.4 73.7 44.6 39.5 22.9 84.9 63.4 51.2 71.7 19.4
New York City 28.8 37.4 19.1 79.2 86.7 70.7 41.7 35.3 22.6 85.1 60.1 48.4 67.2 19.5
NYS excl NYC 33.8 44.2 20.1 81.3 87.8 75.1 46.4 42.1 23.0 84.6 65.3 54.1 74.4 19.3
Bronx 22.5 38.8 15.7 74.5 85.7 69.0 37.1 35.9 17.6 76.7 57.8 49.5 68.3 22.1
Kings 32.9 37.1 18.8 72.0 87.5 72.5 37.9 35.5 21.6 80.4 57.2 49.7 62.6 19.7
New York 27.6 37.5 22.0 85.4 83.8 76.1 41.0 35.3 26.8 90.5 64.0 50.6 70.0 21.1
Queens 27.8 37.7 19.3 77.6 87.7 65.4 45.8 35.0 22.9 83.5 59.6 45.1 68.5 17.2
Richmond 38.2 34.0 17.9 78.9 91.0 65.7 53.0 34.0 22.7 88.6 65.4 46.2 72.9 18.1
Albany 33.3 39.3 16.6 78.6 85.1 83.3* 50.9 38.9 15.0 76.6 63.6 55.0 74.3 12.3
Allegany 44.4* 38.8 16.7 72.0 89.4 ~ ~ 38.4 25.0 94.4* 61.1 ~ 55.0 11.1*
Broome 29.2 47.1 22.9 78.1 88.1 83.9* 48.0 40.9 20.7 90.3 65.4 65.6 82.2 22.7
Cattaraugus 30.4* 31.9 15.1 83.9 84.7 80.0* ~ 35.3 16.7 90.0* 61.5 59.1 65.1 19.0*
Cayuga 43.5 47.5 23.6 50.0 83.9 ~ 57.9* 49.1 26.8 ~ 66.4 73.7* 75.4 15.0*
Chautauqua 35.8 37.9 13.7 80.6 89.9 ~ 40.0* 39.2 20.7 85.7 73.8 82.6* 75.7 23.6
Chemung 36.4 51.7 11.9 82.5 86.0 ~ ~ 39.6 15.9 92.0* 71.0 ~ 81.0 20.0
Chenango 36.7 41.4 22.8 84.6* 84.9 ~ 41.2* 41.7 27.9 84.2* 69.1 ~ 81.1 20.0*
Clinton 45.5 53.2 22.2 78.6* 84.2 ~ ~ 49.2 30.4 90.0* 70.4 ~ 73.2 ~
Columbia 24.1 45.7 14.0 68.2* 84.3 ~ ~ 34.0 22.0 ~ 65.1 27.8* 71.7 21.2
Cortland ~ 35.8 19.8 ~ 87.7 ~ ~ 29.2 26.7 ~ 71.7 ~ 77.3 ~
Delaware 44.0 42.4 19.4 86.7* 86.1 ~ ~ 42.2 13.0 ~ 66.1 ~ 75.5 11.1*
Dutchess 24.2 40.4 26.2 77.8 89.7 71.4 43.2 38.5 20.5 79.2 64.3 47.7 75.3 22.0
Erie 28.9 46.1 17.6 84.6 88.0 76.8 44.2 42.9 21.4 84.6 63.7 57.7 74.8 20.7
Essex 42.1* 50.0 22.1 80.0* 82.2 ~ ~ 50.0 30.3 93.8* 74.4 ~ 65.0* 15.8*
Franklin 56.5 53.4 30.8 78.3* 85.9 ~ ~ 47.6 33.3 94.1* 74.1 ~ 87.5* 31.8*
Fulton 46.2 31.8 18.3 ~ 81.3 ~ ~ 28.4 13.7 ~ 62.4 ~ 94.3* 22.2*
Genesee 41.7 30.1 10.6 88.2* 85.9 ~ ~ 29.9 14.7 89.5* 65.6 ~ 67.3 18.5*
Greene 29.4* 30.9 12.5 80.0* 89.9 ~ ~ 30.4 21.4 ~ 57.6 ~ 71.1 26.9
Hamilton ~ ~ 28.6* ~ 94.3* ~ ~ ~ 26.7* ~ 67.7 ~ ~ ~
Herkimer 52.9* 45.3 16.5 81.0* 87.0 ~ ~ 39.0 20.0 ~ 60.5 ~ 69.6 9.1*
Jefferson 34.3 55.8 18.8 75.0* 88.4 69.6* ~ 50.7 22.1 ~ 66.2 64.7* 72.2 22.7*
Lewis ~ 52.4 19.2* ~ 92.9 ~ ~ 45.7 28.1 ~ 67.7 ~ ~ ~
Livingston 47.6 42.3 14.6 75.0* 83.8 ~ ~ 46.9 17.6 ~ 65.3 ~ 83.3 30.8
Madison 45.0* 48.1 20.8 82.9* 88.1 ~ ~ 51.4 30.1 87.5* 66.8 ~ 92.2* 15.6*
Monroe 33.2 45.9 17.9 82.8 85.0 79.6 41.6 45.3 17.8 87.0 69.3 46.6 74.3 18.3
Montgomery 52.0 61.4 17.9 81.0* 84.2 ~ ~ 39.3 24.3 ~ 68.9 ~ 72.5 19.0*
Nassau 36.3 44.1 24.2 84.7 90.4 75.0 53.2 40.9 26.7 87.7 64.7 45.0 75.4 17.9
Niagara 33.3 48.1 25.3 87.0 85.7 76.0* 37.1 50.0 25.9 83.3 65.6 46.7 75.5 25.8
Oneida 38.6 42.7 18.9 76.8 89.8 57.1 65.9 41.3 23.2 84.1 67.7 65.0 75.7 19.4
Onondaga 39.5 48.8 23.9 75.0 88.1 84.5 50.0 43.7 28.0 78.0 69.4 54.4 76.2 21.9
Ontario 28.9 46.3 15.0 81.4 80.4 ~ 37.5* 39.0 19.7 87.5* 72.0 ~ 75.0 21.9
Orange 17.9 41.4 18.3 76.8 88.2 78.0 45.2 39.3 21.4 71.7 59.9 52.6 66.8 18.4
Orleans ~ 64.0 24.3 76.2* 90.3 ~ ~ 49.3 14.8 ~ 73.5 70.6* 85.3* ~
Oswego 32.5 54.7 23.9 62.9 83.6 64.0 ~ 48.3 20.5 87.1* 67.7 68.2* 81.8 28.6
Otsego 50.0 42.1 14.0 86.2* 79.1 50.0* ~ 44.2 15.8 84.0* 60.6 ~ 76.8 16.7*
Putnam 32.0 32.6 22.0 75.7 90.7 93.8* ~ 35.8 28.5 85.7* 59.9 ~ 75.0 19.4*
Rensselaer 27.3 40.3 16.4 68.6 88.9 70.0* 30.8 37.3 14.1 75.0 63.8 56.0 76.3 17.2
Rockland 31.4 43.4 20.5 86.7 91.3 78.0 52.6 45.4 26.5 78.5 65.0 69.4 70.5 18.5
St. Lawrence 48.5 48.4 19.8 83.7 88.2 ~ ~ 57.2 29.1 85.3* 75.9 54.2 71.3 5.1*
Saratoga 26.5 43.2 21.1 82.8 88.1 77.4 42.5 43.3 22.8 81.6 66.7 34.1 73.2 12.1
Schenectady 28.2 44.2 17.0 72.5 83.0 76.5* 55.6* 49.5 24.9 93.1* 68.4 45.8 69.3 16.7
Schoharie ~ 31.8 14.9 87.5* 78.1 ~ ~ 42.9 19.1 ~ 65.0 ~ 68.2* ~
Schuyler ~ 56.7 18.9 ~ 85.5 ~ ~ 36.1 29.6 ~ 68.1 ~ 81.0* ~
Seneca ~ 51.0 18.2 62.5* 84.4 ~ ~ 42.2 25.4 ~ 63.2 ~ 52.9 ~
Steuben 29.5 37.2 17.5 82.1 84.2 82.4* ~ 46.3 26.7 83.3 65.2 68.2* 67.5 17.6*
Suffolk 35.3 44.0 21.0 79.5 90.1 72.9 44.6 42.1 23.4 82.2 62.3 53.5 74.5 22.1
Sullivan 40.0 36.4 15.3 78.3* 83.5 ~ 33.3* 42.6 14.4 75.0* 60.9 38.1* 67.2 9.1*
Tioga ~ 39.4 9.6 83.3* 87.0 ~ ~ 40.6 20.3 ~ 65.2 ~ 72.7 ~
Tompkins 20.0* 51.7 19.5 87.0* 91.9 ~ ~ 40.9 29.6 86.4* 65.0 ~ 85.0 41.2*
Ulster 30.6 39.5 17.8 74.1 87.5 73.1 37.5 35.8 21.4 82.5 64.0 63.9 79.7 25.4
Warren 18.2* 47.0 17.1 92.7* 85.1 ~ 44.4* 33.3 25.7 94.7* 69.8 26.7* 80.4 20.8*
Washington 51.6 33.3 14.6 78.6* 85.6 ~ ~ 34.5 27.1 ~ 70.0 ~ 76.2 14.8*
Wayne 39.4 45.1 17.2 70.0* 85.2 ~ ~ 47.8 18.1 87.5* 69.9 ~ 71.9 18.2
Westchester 31.4 43.4 22.3 84.5 86.9 73.9 41.7 40.4 25.0 84.9 64.3 57.5 70.5 17.9
Wyoming 37.5* 43.5 26.4 72.2* 87.9 ~ ~ 49.1 17.4 ~ 68.1 ~ 75.8 ~
Yates ~ 38.5 12.5 ~ 84.0 ~ ~ 37.0 12.8* ~ 71.7 ~ 58.8* ~

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, 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.