Cancer Rates for Humboldt County

Cancer	Annual Incidence Rate	Lower 95% Confidence Interval	Upper 95% Confidence Interval	Annual Count	Rate Period	Sex
All Cancer	529.3	502.6	557.3	300	1997 - 2001	Male
All Cancer	448.2	425.9	471.4	308	1997 - 2001	Female
All Cancer	479.9	463	497.3	608	1997 - 2001	Both
Bladder Cancer	22.9	19.3	27	29	1997 - 2001	Both
Brain Cancer	8.2	6.1	10.8	10	1997 - 2001	Both
Breast (in situ) Cancer	25.6	20.5	31.7	17	1997 - 2001	Female
Breast Cancer	138.4	126.1	151.6	94	1997 - 2001	Female
Cervical Cancer	8.2	5.3	12.2	5	1997 - 2001	Female
Colon Cancer	50.6	45.2	56.5	64	1997 - 2001	Both
Esophageal Cancer	6.3	4.5	8.7	8	1997 - 2001	Both
Kidney Cancer	10.1	7.8	13	13	1997 - 2001	Both
Leukemia Cancer	13.1	10.5	16.3	17	1997 - 2001	Both
Liver Cancer	6.7	4.8	9.1	8	1997 - 2001	Both
Lung Cancer	74.2	67.6	81.3	94	1997 - 2001	Both
Melanoma/Skin Cancer	21.2	17.8	25.2	27	1997 - 2001	Both
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	21.1	17.7	25.1	27	1997 - 2001	Both
Oral Cancer	12.6	10	15.7	16	1997 - 2001	Both
Ovarian Cancer	16.5	12.5	21.7	11	1997 - 2001	Female
Pancreatic Cancer	8.9	6.7	11.6	11	1997 - 2001	Both
Prostate Cancer	127.3	114.4	141.5	72	1997 - 2001	Male
Stomach Cancer	6.8	4.9	9.2	9	1997 - 2001	Both
Thyroid Cancer	7.1	5.1	9.5	9	1997 - 2001	Both
Uterine Cancer	28.6	23.2	35	20	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.