Cancer Data
Vanderburgh County
Evansville, Indiana
1992-1997
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COLORECTAL CANCER

Colorectal cancers account for about 11% of new cancer diagnoses. Nationally incidence rates have declined from a high of 53 per 100,000 in 1985 to 44 per 100,000 in 1994. (1) The decline may be related to increased screening and polyp removal preventing progression of polyps to invasive cancer. Vanderburgh county rates reflect a sharp rise in the incidence in 1997.

An estimated 10% of cancer deaths are related to cancer of the colon and rectum.

 

VANDERBURGH COUNTY
COLORECTAL CANCER DIAGNOSED

Females diagnosed

Age

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

0-44

3

2

2

0

2

2

45-64

15

7

8

8

19

14

65+

54

41

38

59

46

64

Total

72

50

48

67

67

80

 

Males diagnosed

Age

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

0-44

2

3

5

1

2

1

45-64

13

20

11

7

9

16

65+

50

56

45

38

38

64

Total

65

79

61

46

49

81

 

Total diagnosed

All Ages

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

137

128

109

113

116

161

 

COLORECTAL CANCER
FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE
VANDERBURGH COUNTY
(Based on 1992 Diagnosis)

Females

Percentage

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

 

 

Males

Percentage

   1993    1994    1995    1996    1997

 

 

Total Diagnosed

Percentage

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

 

The data for 1993-1997 indicates 81.8% of those diagnosed in 1992 were surviving at the end of the first year and 58.3% were surviving at the end of five years.

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Compiled by the Partnership for Healthcare Information
February, 1999