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Cancer Incidence^a
Wood County Residents, 1994 - 1998

Site	1994		1995		1996		1997		1998		Total, 1994-98
Site	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b
Total, All Sites	497	419.1	477	399.5	547	457.6	529	440.4	499	410.9	2,549	426.6
Lung and Bronchus	113	97.3	86	70.5	98	82.4	96	78.3	83	67.0	476	79.3
Prostate^c	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	3.8	***	***
Female Breast^d	61	96.5	67	113.0	71	111.9	59	95.0	84	132.0	342	110.1
Colon and Rectum	82	64.9	66	53.7	57	45.7	63	50.4	53	40.7	321	51.1
All Other Sites	183	158.3	204	173.0	244	205.6	248	207.3	214	177.6	1,093	184.8
Site	1994		1995		1996		1997		1998		Total, 1994-98
Site	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b

a. Data supplied by the West Virginia Cancer Registry.
b. Rates are per 100,000 and are adjusted by age to the 1970 U.S. population.
c. Based upon the male population.
d. Based upon the female population.
*** Three or fewer cases.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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