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Cancer Incidence^a
Kanawha County Residents, 1996 - 2000

Site	1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		Total, 1996-2000
Site	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b	Number	Rate^b
Total, All Sites	1,285	530.5	1,304	536.0	1,282	527.0	1,346	553.4	1,268	516.8	6,485	532.8
Lung and Bronchus	253	101.4	248	98.5	220	87.8	279	111.6	243	97.3	1,243	99.2
Prostate^c	161	156.6	136	130.7	159	151.4	192	189.3	189	183.0	837	162.6
Female Breast^d	195	149.5	180	133.8	198	153.0	186	139.5	187	141.2	946	143.3
Colon and Rectum	166	68.4	166	67.5	143	58.0	155	62.9	140	56.0	770	62.4
All Other Sites	509	214.2	574	241.4	560	234.1	533	224.0	506	210.4	2,682	225.1
Site	1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		Total, 1996-2000
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 2000 U.S. population.
c. Based upon the male population.
d. Based upon the female population.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 31, 2004.

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