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Pennsylvania Cancer Lawyer: Cancer Statistics in the Keystone State

Need a lawyer? The chart below contains important information on the incidence of cancer for those living in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Incidence Rate Report for Pennsylvania by County
All Races, Both Sexes, All Cancer Sites, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County
 Annual Incidence Rate 1
over rate period
cases per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
 Average
Annual Count
 Rate Period
Pennsylvania5 502.9 (499.3, 506.7) 71,712
2001
Pennsylvania5 498.4 (496.2, 500.5) 70,665
1999 - 2001
US (SEER+NPCR)2 461.6 (460.8, 462.5)
***
2001
Wayne County5 597.6 (562.6, 634.8) 369
1999 - 2001
Forest County5 585.2 (484.5, 714.2) 43
1999 - 2001
Monroe County5 549.1 (526.7, 572.3) 765
1999 - 2001
Philadelphia County5 546.4 (539.7, 553.1) 8,567
1999 - 2001
Susquehanna County5 538.3 (501.6, 577.6) 269
1999 - 2001
Elk County5 538.0 (498.4, 580.4) 234
1999 - 2001
Delaware County5 530.5 (520.1, 541.2) 3,305
1999 - 2001
Washington County5 523.3 (507.3, 539.8) 1,378
1999 - 2001
Cambria County5 518.0 (499.8, 536.8) 1,071
1999 - 2001
Mercer County5 516.6 (495.7, 538.3) 791
1999 - 2001
Fayette County5 512.7 (494.2, 532.0) 985
1999 - 2001
Greene County5 511.5 (474.5, 551.1) 238
1999 - 2001
Northampton County5 510.8 (496.2, 525.6) 1,584
1999 - 2001
Bucks County5 508.6 (498.4, 519.1) 3,114
1999 - 2001
Allegheny County5 505.6 (499.2, 512.1) 8,157
1999 - 2001
Butler County5 503.7 (485.4, 522.6) 957
1999 - 2001
Cameron County5 503.6 (418.3, 607.9) 43
1999 - 2001
Mifflin County5 503.3 (469.9, 538.9) 287
1999 - 2001
Carbon County5 502.7 (473.6, 533.6) 383
1999 - 2001
Lackawanna County5 502.4 (487.0, 518.2) 1,422
1999 - 2001
Crawford County5 498.9 (474.5, 524.4) 525
1999 - 2001
Montgomery County5 498.6 (490.0, 507.4) 4,227
1999 - 2001
Blair County5 498.3 (478.5, 518.9) 809
1999 - 2001
Clinton County5 495.6 (458.4, 535.4) 225
1999 - 2001
Perry County5 494.1 (456.9, 533.8) 219
1999 - 2001
Indiana County5 493.5 (468.4, 519.9) 488
1999 - 2001
Schuylkill County5 493.1 (475.3, 511.7) 1,002
1999 - 2001
Chester County5 492.6 (480.5, 505.0) 2,105
1999 - 2001
Lehigh County5 490.8 (477.6, 504.3) 1,778
1999 - 2001
York County5 490.5 (478.2, 503.1) 2,004
1999 - 2001
Franklin County5 490.1 (470.0, 510.9) 754
1999 - 2001
Berks County5 489.3 (477.1, 501.8) 2,053
1999 - 2001
Lycoming County5 488.5 (467.5, 510.3) 686
1999 - 2001
Adams County5 487.8 (462.8, 513.8) 479
1999 - 2001
Montour County5 487.7 (435.7, 545.9) 110
1999 - 2001
Luzerne County5 486.7 (474.5, 499.3) 2,092
1999 - 2001
Northumberland County5 486.2 (463.9, 509.6) 615
1999 - 2001
Snyder County5 486.0 (447.5, 527.3) 197
1999 - 2001
Tioga County5 485.5 (450.5, 522.9) 241
1999 - 2001
Erie County5 484.9 (470.6, 499.5) 1,467
1999 - 2001
Bradford County5 483.2 (454.7, 513.3) 362
1999 - 2001
Warren County5 481.4 (448.2, 517.1) 264
1999 - 2001
Fulton County5 480.9 (420.9, 548.0) 78
1999 - 2001
Bedford County5 480.5 (449.1, 513.9) 295
1999 - 2001
Centre County5 479.1 (456.0, 503.1) 543
1999 - 2001
Beaver County5 477.2 (461.0, 493.9) 1,132
1999 - 2001
Dauphin County5 476.7 (461.9, 491.9) 1,310
1999 - 2001
Clearfield County5 473.8 (449.7, 499.1) 490
1999 - 2001
Lebanon County5 471.5 (451.2, 492.7) 681
1999 - 2001
Columbia County5 470.8 (442.5, 500.7) 350
1999 - 2001
Lawrence County5 469.8 (447.8, 492.9) 595
1999 - 2001
Westmoreland County5 469.0 (457.8, 480.5) 2,287
1999 - 2001
Potter County5 468.7 (417.4, 525.7) 103
1999 - 2001
Jefferson County5 467.6 (435.7, 501.6) 274
1999 - 2001
Lancaster County5 459.3 (448.5, 470.3) 2,295
1999 - 2001
Sullivan County5 458.5 (382.1, 552.8) 45
1999 - 2001
Union County5 457.8 (421.5, 496.8) 197
1999 - 2001
Cumberland County5 445.4 (430.2, 461.2) 1,076
1999 - 2001
Somerset County5 445.2 (421.7, 470.0) 458
1999 - 2001
Juniata County5 439.7 (394.4, 489.3) 115
1999 - 2001
McKean County5 437.0 (405.5, 470.6) 242
1999 - 2001
Venango County5 435.7 (407.9, 465.1) 311
1999 - 2001
Clarion County5 428.6 (395.0, 464.8) 202
1999 - 2001
Armstrong County5 414.4 (390.6, 439.6) 386
1999 - 2001
Pike County5 405.5 (374.4, 439.2) 218
1999 - 2001
Huntingdon County5 379.4 (349.2, 411.8) 195
1999 - 2001
Wyoming County5 369.5 (330.7, 411.9) 111
1999 - 2001
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/31/2005 1:34 pm.
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 92% of the US population resided in geographic areas with population-based cancer registries meeting the registry eligibility criteria for 2000, 8% 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 2004 data submission, as published in United States Cancer Statistics, November 2004.
5 Source: State Cancer Registry and the National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), CDC, January 2004 data submission.
6 Source: SEER November 2004 submission. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.


Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.

Source: statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov

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see also:

ME Maine Cancer Lawyer: Cancer Statistics in ME
Maine Cancer Statistics from ME Cancer Lawsuit Lawyer/Attorney

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West Virginia Cancer Statistics from WV Cancer Lawyer

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