Cancer Rates for Santa Cruz County

Cancer	Annual Incidence Rate	Lower 95% Confidence Interval	Upper 95% Confidence Interval	Annual Count	Rate Period	Sex
All Cancer	537.4	516.3	559.2	510	1997 - 2001	Male
All Cancer	417.1	401	433.8	512	1997 - 2001	Female
All Cancer	463.7	450.9	476.8	1022	1997 - 2001	Both
Bladder Cancer	21.6	18.9	24.6	46	1997 - 2001	Both
Brain Cancer	7.4	5.9	9.1	17	1997 - 2001	Both
Breast (in situ) Cancer	27	22.9	31.5	33	1997 - 2001	Female
Breast Cancer	147.2	137.6	157.3	178	1997 - 2001	Female
Cervical Cancer	7.5	5.5	10	9	1997 - 2001	Female
Colon Cancer	51.3	47.1	55.8	112	1997 - 2001	Both
Esophageal Cancer	3.1	2.1	4.4	7	1997 - 2001	Both
Kidney Cancer	9.6	7.8	11.6	21	1997 - 2001	Both
Leukemia Cancer	10.4	8.6	12.5	23	1997 - 2001	Both
Liver Cancer	4.5	3.4	6	10	1997 - 2001	Both
Lung Cancer	46.7	42.6	51	98	1997 - 2001	Both
Melanoma/Skin Cancer	24	21.3	27	57	1997 - 2001	Both
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	19	16.5	21.8	43	1997 - 2001	Both
Oral Cancer	9.8	8	11.9	22	1997 - 2001	Both
Ovarian Cancer	12.2	9.6	15.4	15	1997 - 2001	Female
Pancreatic Cancer	9.8	8	11.9	21	1997 - 2001	Both
Prostate Cancer	189.8	177.2	203.1	174	1997 - 2001	Male
Stomach Cancer	5.2	3.9	6.8	11	1997 - 2001	Both
Thyroid Cancer	6.2	4.8	7.8	15	1997 - 2001	Both
Uterine Cancer	25.5	21.6	30	30	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.