Cancer Rates for Los Angeles County

Cancer	Annual Incidence Rate	Lower 95% Confidence Interval	Upper 95% Confidence Interval	Annual Count	Rate Period	Sex
All Cancer	529.5	525.9	533.1	17506	1997 - 2001	Male
All Cancer	395.8	393.1	398.4	17058	1997 - 2001	Female
All Cancer	449	446.9	451.2	34564	1997 - 2001	Both
Bladder Cancer	18.1	17.6	18.5	1340	1997 - 2001	Both
Brain Cancer	5.7	5.5	5.9	476	1997 - 2001	Both
Breast (in situ) Cancer	24.1	23.4	24.8	1021	1997 - 2001	Female
Breast Cancer	127.1	125.6	128.6	5432	1997 - 2001	Female
Cervical Cancer	12.2	11.8	12.7	548	1997 - 2001	Female
Colon Cancer	51.5	50.8	52.2	3851	1997 - 2001	Both
Esophageal Cancer	3.9	3.7	4.1	291	1997 - 2001	Both
Kidney Cancer	10.6	10.2	10.9	816	1997 - 2001	Both
Leukemia Cancer	11.6	11.3	12	937	1997 - 2001	Both
Liver Cancer	7.4	7.2	7.7	568	1997 - 2001	Both
Lung Cancer	54.3	53.5	55	4055	1997 - 2001	Both
Melanoma/Skin Cancer	14	13.6	14.3	1118	1997 - 2001	Both
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	18.2	17.8	18.6	1426	1997 - 2001	Both
Oral Cancer	10.1	9.7	10.4	784	1997 - 2001	Both
Ovarian Cancer	13.2	12.8	13.7	568	1997 - 2001	Female
Pancreatic Cancer	10.6	10.3	10.9	787	1997 - 2001	Both
Prostate Cancer	166.5	164.5	168.5	5396	1997 - 2001	Male
Stomach Cancer	11	10.6	11.3	828	1997 - 2001	Both
Thyroid Cancer	7.1	6.8	7.3	616	1997 - 2001	Both
Uterine Cancer	22.8	22.1	23.4	968	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.