Cancer Rates for Merced County

Cancer	Annual Incidence Rate	Lower 95% Confidence Interval	Upper 95% Confidence Interval	Annual Count	Rate Period	Sex
All Cancer	514.8	490.8	539.8	364	1997 - 2001	Male
All Cancer	378.8	360.7	397.6	330	1997 - 2001	Female
All Cancer	434.3	419.9	449.1	694	1997 - 2001	Both
Bladder Cancer	19.1	16.2	22.5	30	1997 - 2001	Both
Brain Cancer	5.4	4	7.2	11	1997 - 2001	Both
Breast (in situ) Cancer	20.8	16.7	25.6	18	1997 - 2001	Female
Breast Cancer	114.4	104.5	125	99	1997 - 2001	Female
Cervical Cancer	8.8	6.3	12.1	8	1997 - 2001	Female
Colon Cancer	46.3	41.6	51.4	72	1997 - 2001	Both
Esophageal Cancer	3	1.9	4.5	5	1997 - 2001	Both
Kidney Cancer	13	10.7	15.8	21	1997 - 2001	Both
Leukemia Cancer	12.5	10.2	15.3	21	1997 - 2001	Both
Liver Cancer	7.2	5.4	9.3	12	1997 - 2001	Both
Lung Cancer	61.4	56	67.2	96	1997 - 2001	Both
Melanoma/Skin Cancer	14.4	11.9	17.3	24	1997 - 2001	Both
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	17.3	14.6	20.5	28	1997 - 2001	Both
Oral Cancer	11.3	9.1	13.9	18	1997 - 2001	Both
Ovarian Cancer	9.2	6.6	12.6	8	1997 - 2001	Female
Pancreatic Cancer	13.6	11.1	16.5	21	1997 - 2001	Both
Prostate Cancer	153.3	140.2	167.4	105	1997 - 2001	Male
Stomach Cancer	9.8	7.7	12.3	15	1997 - 2001	Both
Thyroid Cancer	5.9	4.4	7.8	10	1997 - 2001	Both
Uterine Cancer	20.3	16.3	25	18	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.