Cancer Rates for Contra Costa County

Cancer	Annual Incidence Rate	Lower 95% Confidence Interval	Upper 95% Confidence Interval	Annual Count	Rate Period	Sex
All Cancer	529.6	519.2	540.1	2044	1997 - 2001	Male
All Cancer	424.2	416.2	432.5	2107	1997 - 2001	Female
All Cancer	465.6	459.3	472	4151	1997 - 2001	Both
Bladder Cancer	19.7	18.4	21.1	172	1997 - 2001	Both
Brain Cancer	6.4	5.7	7.2	59	1997 - 2001	Both
Breast (in situ) Cancer	26.2	24.2	28.3	130	1997 - 2001	Female
Breast Cancer	148.6	143.8	153.5	737	1997 - 2001	Female
Cervical Cancer	7.5	6.4	8.6	38	1997 - 2001	Female
Colon Cancer	49.5	47.5	51.7	436	1997 - 2001	Both
Esophageal Cancer	4.8	4.2	5.5	42	1997 - 2001	Both
Kidney Cancer	10.4	9.5	11.4	93	1997 - 2001	Both
Leukemia Cancer	10.6	9.6	11.6	95	1997 - 2001	Both
Liver Cancer	5	4.4	5.7	45	1997 - 2001	Both
Lung Cancer	60.9	58.6	63.3	534	1997 - 2001	Both
Melanoma/Skin Cancer	17.8	16.5	19	163	1997 - 2001	Both
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	20.6	19.3	22	185	1997 - 2001	Both
Oral Cancer	10.4	9.4	11.4	93	1997 - 2001	Both
Ovarian Cancer	14.1	12.7	15.7	70	1997 - 2001	Female
Pancreatic Cancer	10	9.1	11	88	1997 - 2001	Both
Prostate Cancer	168.3	162.5	174.3	644	1997 - 2001	Male
Stomach Cancer	7.3	6.6	8.2	65	1997 - 2001	Both
Thyroid Cancer	5.4	4.8	6.1	51	1997 - 2001	Both
Uterine Cancer	26.8	24.8	28.9	133	1997 - 2001	Female

Data from statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts for both sexes are suppressed if fewer than 16 cases were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.
** Data not available because of state legislation and regulations which prohibit the release of county level data to outside entities.
*** Data not provided because it did not meet USCS data quality standards for one or more years during the rate period of data collection. While 84% of the US population resided in geographic areas with population-based cancer registries meeting the registry eligibility criteria for 2000, 16% of the US population was not yet represented in the United States Cancer Statistics. American Cancer Society's Facts & Figures provides estimates of numbers of new cancer cases and deaths.
**** Data does not include cases diagnosed in other states because data exchange agreements prohibit the release of data to third parties.

¹ Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population by 5-year age groups. Rates are for invasive cancer only, unless otherwise specified.
² Source: State Cancer Registry and the National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), CDC, January 2003 data submission, as published in United States Cancer Statistics, November 2003.
⁵ Source: State Cancer Registry and the National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), CDC, January 2003 data submission.
⁶ Source: SEER November 2003 submission. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.