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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.

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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