Percent of cancers diagnosed at an early stage, Whites, 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 46.0 39.0 24.7 54.1 58.9 55.3 46.3 38.4 21.5 66.2 48.0 58.5 75.7 23.4
1977 40.5 38.9 24.6 58.6 61.2 50.9 53.2 36.7 25.2 70.2 47.4 56.1 75.5 23.5
1978 42.5 38.5 26.9 66.2 61.2 56.3 46.2 38.1 24.1 77.1 46.5 57.3 75.3 23.1
1979 43.7 37.2 26.4 68.1 60.8 55.8 49.4 34.6 24.0 68.7 47.8 60.2 74.3 22.2
1980 43.7 39.8 25.6 70.4 63.4 61.5 45.6 36.1 25.1 78.3 47.9 55.4 75.9 21.6
1981 42.4 37.3 25.3 75.2 61.8 64.2 48.6 36.2 24.1 81.6 48.5 52.8 74.3 22.1
1982 42.7 37.4 25.2 72.6 62.0 59.4 48.6 36.0 23.5 77.3 48.4 53.7 76.3 23.2
1983 42.6 37.5 25.8 70.5 64.5 62.0 49.5 37.9 25.8 78.8 49.1 56.9 74.4 25.9
1984 44.4 38.1 26.8 71.4 63.8 70.0 49.4 37.7 26.8 77.8 51.9 58.5 74.5 24.2
1985 44.3 40.2 24.9 77.5 64.6 62.7 49.4 39.1 25.7 81.1 52.6 60.0 75.6 23.2
1986 44.4 41.3 24.6 74.4 65.2 68.2 52.4 39.1 25.3 82.9 54.3 57.2 74.8 24.4
1987 41.5 41.2 24.4 76.8 66.8 68.1 48.4 39.1 26.6 80.8 56.4 57.0 75.6 24.6
1988 39.9 39.7 26.4 76.6 65.4 67.1 48.6 38.0 26.5 88.4 58.4 60.3 74.7 22.1
1989 38.3 41.3 26.3 77.9 66.4 69.2 48.1 39.9 26.0 82.1 61.5 57.9 77.5 23.8
1990 40.6 41.0 25.8 75.2 68.1 69.0 50.0 41.1 27.9 80.1 62.2 59.3 75.5 23.9
1991 39.8 39.7 25.2 76.9 70.0 68.0 52.1 39.6 26.5 82.8 62.4 59.8 72.0 23.9
1992 43.4 41.9 26.9 72.5 74.1 71.4 48.6 41.1 29.9 78.5 63.6 57.9 76.5 26.5
1993 44.5 43.5 28.7 76.7 74.7 66.8 44.1 40.8 29.9 81.0 64.8 60.6 76.2 25.1
1994 41.9 40.7 26.4 76.6 77.3 69.5 53.2 39.4 28.7 80.5 63.6 54.8 74.5 25.1
1995 40.9 40.5 24.5 75.4 79.0 69.6 53.9 40.6 27.3 85.4 64.8 54.7 73.6 23.1
1996 42.0 41.5 26.0 79.4 82.4 72.0 49.9 39.3 28.2 80.7 66.0 54.8 74.9 24.8
1997 40.0 42.2 26.2 74.7 84.4 75.4 48.0 40.0 30.7 84.2 66.6 57.0 76.4 24.8
1998 42.1 42.7 27.4 80.7 86.3 71.1 55.1 40.6 30.9 84.0 68.2 58.2 77.5 26.2
1999 38.6 43.2 24.5 78.7 87.3 73.5 47.8 40.3 28.7 86.1 67.8 54.4 78.2 22.3
2000 36.1 41.7 24.0 80.9 88.2 74.7 52.2 39.9 26.6 81.7 66.1 53.5 75.6 21.4
2001* 34.5 41.4 22.3 80.1 89.0 74.1 48.8 39.7 25.1 84.9 66.6 54.6 76.5 20.2
2002 35.7 41.5 20.8 81.1 89.3 74.7 46.7 38.2 23.3 82.6 66.0 56.8 74.9 21.0
2003 32.4 38.8 19.9 79.4 87.9 74.5 45.8 38.1 23.6 84.5 63.7 52.2 72.2 18.0
2004* 30.3 45.7 19.6 81.7 86.6 71.8 43.0 43.1 21.4 86.0 64.1 52.2 73.3 17.4
2005 31.3 45.8 18.8 79.4 84.7 72.8 45.3 41.9 23.9 84.6 64.2 53.5 71.9 15.9

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.