Cancer Rates for Kern County

Cancer	Annual Incidence Rate	Lower 95% Confidence Interval	Upper 95% Confidence Interval	Annual Count	Rate Period	Sex
All Cancer	512.5	499.2	526.1	1191	1997 - 2001	Male
All Cancer	403.6	393.1	414.4	1117	1997 - 2001	Female
All Cancer	447.9	439.7	456.2	2308	1997 - 2001	Both
Bladder Cancer	17.2	15.6	18.9	86	1997 - 2001	Both
Brain Cancer	6.2	5.4	7.2	37	1997 - 2001	Both
Breast (in situ) Cancer	17.5	15.3	19.9	48	1997 - 2001	Female
Breast Cancer	122.7	116.9	128.7	337	1997 - 2001	Female
Cervical Cancer	14	12.1	16	40	1997 - 2001	Female
Colon Cancer	51.9	49.1	54.8	258	1997 - 2001	Both
Esophageal Cancer	4.2	3.4	5.1	21	1997 - 2001	Both
Kidney Cancer	9.6	8.5	10.9	50	1997 - 2001	Both
Leukemia Cancer	9.4	8.2	10.6	52	1997 - 2001	Both
Liver Cancer	4	3.3	4.9	21	1997 - 2001	Both
Lung Cancer	69.4	66.2	72.8	348	1997 - 2001	Both
Melanoma/Skin Cancer	18.7	17.1	20.5	102	1997 - 2001	Both
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	15.3	13.8	16.9	80	1997 - 2001	Both
Oral Cancer	11	9.7	12.4	58	1997 - 2001	Both
Ovarian Cancer	13.1	11.2	15.1	36	1997 - 2001	Female
Pancreatic Cancer	11.6	10.3	13.1	58	1997 - 2001	Both
Prostate Cancer	144.3	137.2	151.6	324	1997 - 2001	Male
Stomach Cancer	8.3	7.2	9.5	41	1997 - 2001	Both
Thyroid Cancer	6.2	5.4	7.2	36	1997 - 2001	Both
Uterine Cancer	23.2	20.7	25.9	63	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.