Percent of Cancers Diagnosed at an Early Stage by County, 2016-2020

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Region/County Males and Females Males Females
Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Prostate Testis Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Breast Cervix Uterus Ovary
New York State 32.2 36.5 32.6 83.5 26.6 36.1 29.3 81.8 78.1 69.1 44.6 36.9 35.8 85.9 69.5 45.8 70.9 24.5
New York City 32.1 35.7 32.9 81.4 26.4 35.3 29.1 80.7 77.1 68.0 43.1 36.1 36.7 82.3 66.5 44.6 65.5 25.2
NYS excl NYC 32.3 37.0 32.5 84.1 26.7 36.7 29.4 82.1 78.6 69.7 45.4 37.4 35.4 87.0 71.4 47.0 74.4 24.0
Bronx 28.2 35.3 27.1 71.3 23.1 35.3 23.8 67.4 76.7 63.2 38.8 35.3 30.6 75.9 63.7 40.3 63.5 26.5
Kings 31.1 35.2 31.5 78.1 26.4 34.7 29.2 77.6 78.1 72.0 40.1 35.8 34.1 78.6 63.1 43.5 62.7 24.6
New York 36.4 35.1 38.4 86.6 28.9 33.1 34.0 86.1 73.8 69.4 51.8 37.2 42.0 87.3 71.2 42.5 67.7 24.0
Queens 31.9 37.2 32.5 77.9 26.5 37.3 28.1 75.9 78.6 62.5 41.1 37.1 37.2 80.6 67.4 48.4 68.7 26.1
Richmond 31.5 34.1 35.6 85.2 25.1 35.1 31.3 87.0 79.4 70.1 46.0 32.7 39.4 83.0 68.9 51.0 63.4 24.8
Albany 30.1 37.0 33.1 80.9 27.8 34.4 31.3 82.7 76.1 80.4 36.5 39.5 34.8 78.4 72.5 45.5 76.6 18.7
Allegany 21.1 33.3 22.4 73.4 19.4* 36.6 17.9 70.0 70.3 ~ ~ 28.3 26.9 79.3* 75.1 ~ 79.3 25.0*
Broome 33.9 43.1 27.3 86.1 30.4 45.0 26.7 83.6 72.6 69.2 45.0 40.9 28.0 89.6 73.5 58.3 76.7 18.3
Cattaraugus 19.2 31.5 27.4 81.2 17.0 36.6 26.6 74.4 78.4 ~ 24.0* 25.0 28.1 92.2* 66.2 37.5* 71.6 21.2
Cayuga 33.9 40.6 35.1 80.4 24.3 44.9 36.4 80.4 80.4 ~ 52.6* 36.0 33.9 80.4 75.4 ~ 76.5 41.7
Chautauqua 36.6 34.7 28.1 85.0 27.7 37.0 25.9 84.0 87.3 50.0* 57.5 32.3 30.1 86.3 70.7 54.2 77.7 21.4
Chemung 25.8 39.6 22.1 80.2 23.4 30.9 20.8 75.4 78.0 ~ 31.6* 51.4 23.4 89.2* 67.7 ~ 81.8 25.0
Chenango 31.4 46.1 26.8 82.9 23.5 44.6 28.2 78.3 69.9 ~ 47.1* 47.8 25.4 90.0* 68.8 ~ 81.8 36.4
Clinton 41.7 33.7 45.9 87.0 44.1 34.0 41.6 92.6* 77.5 82.4* ~ 33.3 50.2 80.4 68.8 ~ 77.6 29.2*
Columbia 22.9 37.5 39.1 74.3 14.9 37.6 34.2 70.0 72.4 ~ 39.1 37.3 43.6 79.4 68.4 ~ 62.3 15.8*
Cortland 38.1 38.2 26.6 80.6 34.5 32.8 22.5 78.6 80.0 ~ ~ 43.5 30.6 84.0* 69.5 ~ 80.0 22.7*
Delaware 48.9 31.3 29.4 82.7 42.4 29.7 26.0 76.1 70.5 ~ ~ 33.3 33.0 93.1* 71.2 ~ 68.6 6.3*
Dutchess 27.5 38.1 31.2 80.4 23.1 38.2 29.7 77.7 76.4 66.7 39.1 37.9 32.7 85.6 71.9 42.2 72.8 21.3
Erie 30.0 34.1 30.2 87.5 25.6 33.1 26.9 86.5 82.5 66.7 39.8 35.0 33.0 88.8 70.4 48.2 76.3 19.6
Essex 54.2 33.7 31.0 86.7 50.0* 31.7 23.3 88.1* 78.1 ~ ~ 35.3 37.6 83.3* 64.3 ~ 78.4 ~
Franklin 44.8 40.0 35.0 94.6* 31.6* 49.2 29.1 94.1* 79.0 ~ ~ 31.8 42.5 95.5* 68.8 ~ 88.2* ~
Fulton 26.3 32.1 28.8 83.9 18.5* 33.9 32.9 75.7 75.8 ~ ~ 30.7 24.8 96.0* 73.6 ~ 78.3 18.2*
Genesee 30.9 38.5 26.2 85.4 26.3 33.3 26.0 82.3 75.1 ~ 41.2* 44.8 26.4 90.2* 72.9 ~ 80.3 12.0*
Greene 22.9 32.6 33.7 81.3 21.4* 29.1 29.8 80.0 78.1 ~ ~ 37.1 37.8 ~ 72.5 ~ 75.9 21.1*
Hamilton ~ 65.0* 20.0* ~ ~ ~ 21.1* ~ 62.1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 61.9* ~ ~ ~
Herkimer 40.7 33.1 31.8 85.7 42.4 25.0 28.7 87.0 78.4 ~ 38.1* 41.2 34.9 84.2 74.4 ~ 79.7 32.0
Jefferson 31.5 37.7 30.3 82.4 25.7 39.2 26.2 79.6 81.1 67.6 50.0 36.4 34.1 87.3 69.6 53.3* 71.6 16.7*
Lewis 52.9* 28.4 34.3 87.1* ~ 29.4 28.0 77.8* 81.9 ~ ~ 27.5 40.4 ~ 68.9 ~ 76.2* ~
Livingston 32.0 35.1 24.2 75.2 29.7 33.8 18.9 75.4 67.9 ~ ~ 37.0 28.5 75.0 79.5 ~ 73.1 ~
Madison 37.9 33.1 33.1 78.3 39.2 36.7 32.1 71.1 81.7 ~ ~ 28.4 34.3 85.1 68.8 ~ 77.3 37.5
Monroe 36.5 36.1 32.0 86.4 26.0 36.6 27.7 84.4 73.8 73.5 56.8 35.6 36.0 88.7 73.6 43.8 73.2 31.8
Montgomery 35.4 42.6 31.0 79.2 25.0 45.3 22.2 76.5 77.4 ~ 56.3* 39.3 38.5 ~ 69.1 ~ 76.6 ~
Nassau 35.0 38.1 37.7 84.1 28.0 37.3 33.1 82.6 82.4 64.7 49.0 38.8 41.3 86.4 72.0 45.7 72.1 25.0
Niagara 24.5 33.0 29.4 86.8 18.1 35.5 26.1 86.7 82.2 70.0 36.2 29.8 32.3 87.0 72.3 55.8 79.6 21.2
Oneida 37.7 39.3 28.3 76.3 30.9 34.5 26.2 72.1 80.7 71.8 53.8 44.0 30.5 82.7 72.8 43.8 77.1 23.7
Onondaga 32.6 38.0 36.3 83.4 27.2 39.8 34.1 81.3 85.5 68.1 43.3 36.3 38.3 86.0 73.0 48.7 77.7 23.4
Ontario 33.7 34.6 28.5 85.0 28.2 32.1 26.2 83.3 69.6 57.9* 45.5 36.8 30.7 87.5 77.9 52.4 75.0 31.8*
Orange 31.3 36.5 26.6 81.9 26.3 38.7 25.3 78.4 77.6 71.7 43.8 33.6 27.8 87.2 67.9 48.8 70.8 25.8
Orleans 40.6 31.0 24.5 88.7 38.9* 27.1 24.6 79.5 77.4 ~ ~ 35.2 24.4 100.0* 75.4 ~ 80.8 30.0*
Oswego 31.5 33.1 32.9 82.4 27.6 34.1 27.0 78.8 82.2 73.1 45.8 32.0 38.8 85.7 74.4 47.1* 76.0 36.8
Otsego 36.2 32.5 24.7 89.6 34.2 30.9 18.2 92.5* 70.9 ~ 40.0* 34.8 30.8 84.6 67.0 ~ 72.2 26.3*
Putnam 35.0 35.4 36.3 82.5 22.6 41.8 29.6 84.8 72.7 72.7* 77.8* 28.7 42.0 79.6 70.9 ~ 75.0 14.0
Rensselaer 27.0 43.7 32.9 81.6 22.4 42.9 31.2 77.4 77.3 57.7 41.2 44.6 34.4 86.9 70.9 33.3 73.8 28.6
Rockland 35.3 35.5 32.8 84.2 34.3 37.4 29.1 82.4 84.0 76.9 37.7 33.2 35.9 87.4 71.0 56.3 75.3 32.8
St. Lawrence 39.0 30.3 27.6 84.7 35.6 29.8 26.0 85.9 83.7 72.2* 48.1 31.0 29.3 83.0 71.4 ~ 79.2 17.4*
Saratoga 30.6 38.4 31.5 84.4 25.2 36.9 26.3 80.4 76.7 69.0 43.1 40.0 36.4 89.2 72.0 45.2 74.4 20.3
Schenectady 31.1 37.2 30.1 83.9 26.1 36.3 30.1 82.9 78.0 57.1 45.2 38.3 30.1 85.1 71.2 45.8 73.6 26.1
Schoharie 19.4 27.9 26.0 82.1 11.1* 27.8 24.7 72.7* 64.0 ~ ~ 28.1 27.4 94.1* 73.9 ~ 89.5* ~
Schuyler 17.6* 39.6 25.2 86.2* ~ 15.4* 20.4 90.9* 69.5 ~ ~ 63.0 30.6 ~ 71.7 ~ 81.8* ~
Seneca 32.4 37.8 29.0 89.7 25.9 39.6 29.8 86.8* 64.2 ~ ~ 35.3 28.2 95.0* 76.0 ~ 80.9 20.0*
Steuben 29.6 31.3 26.1 81.6 24.2 30.2 26.2 77.2 71.0 ~ 53.3* 32.3 26.0 87.1 70.4 50.0 71.4 17.4*
Suffolk 31.0 39.8 37.2 84.4 25.4 38.1 33.5 81.9 78.7 74.0 42.9 41.6 40.4 88.2 70.6 43.4 72.2 22.7
Sullivan 28.6 33.3 22.5 75.4 22.0 37.4 17.6 68.6 77.6 ~ ~ 26.8 27.2 86.4* 57.6 15.8* 75.9 10.5*
Tioga 25.0 46.5 25.4 84.4 23.5 47.4 22.7 78.2 75.6 ~ ~ 45.3 28.4 94.3* 70.5 ~ 79.4 26.7*
Tompkins 25.4 34.7 28.4 88.8 14.3 34.3 26.5 87.0 72.8 84.2* 52.9* 35.1 30.4 91.1* 70.8 ~ 82.8 22.6
Ulster 26.2 36.9 28.6 79.7 17.2 38.2 25.9 81.2 75.0 78.3* 47.4 35.5 31.0 77.6 65.3 35.5 72.1 26.0
Warren 40.0 40.5 34.0 87.1 29.8 41.8 29.3 87.2 78.3 ~ 60.9 39.2 38.9 86.8 71.3 ~ 79.2 30.4*
Washington 30.2 36.0 31.5 75.6 30.6 40.3 38.2 64.2 77.0 ~ ~ 31.5 25.3 93.9* 77.9 ~ 76.7 13.0*
Wayne 35.4 34.1 24.5 87.1 33.9 35.8 21.6 82.6 69.2 58.8* 40.0* 32.1 27.6 92.8* 68.2 ~ 85.5 18.2
Westchester 35.1 36.1 36.1 83.6 29.5 34.9 33.5 82.0 77.4 66.4 47.6 37.4 38.1 85.5 71.1 51.0 70.2 26.4
Wyoming 15.6* 38.0 26.5 81.8 13.0* 33.9 23.0 82.4 77.5 ~ ~ 43.2 30.7 80.8* 65.3 ~ 76.9 ~
Yates 48.0 48.8 30.6 90.5* 38.9* 50.0 25.4 93.3* 69.8 ~ ~ 47.1* 35.5 ~ 76.6 ~ 73.3 ~

Key

Symbol Meaning
~ Percent could not be calculated (fewer than 3 cases per year).
* Percent should be used with caution.

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2022.
  • Based on tumors with known stage at diagnosis.
  • Early stage cancers are those which are confined to the organ of origin at diagnosis.