Incidence and Stage at Diagnosis - Diagnosis Summary Table

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Legend:
green line green - headed in the right direction
red line red - headed in the wrong direction
black line black - stable or non-significant change (NSC)
purple purple - indeterminate
blue blue - Healthy People 2020 target
Measure Name Incidence Stage at Diagnosis
Year Range 1975-2015 1980-2015
Measure

Incidence rate: the observed number of new cancer cases per 100,000 people per year, adjusted for cancer case reporting delays and based on data from approximately 10 percent of the U.S. population.

Delay adjustment: a method of estimating delayed reporting of incident cases and then adjusting rates to account for this delay.

Late-stage diagnosis rate: The number of new cancer cases diagnosed at a distant stage, per 100,000 people per year for cancers of the prostate, colon, rectum, and cervix uteri. Late stage is defined as regional and distant stage diagnoses, per 100,000 women per year for cancer of the female breast. Late stage is defined as AJCC 6th edition Stage III and Stage IV diagnoses, per 100,000 people per year for cancers of the lung and bronchus.
Recent Summary Trend Falling Falling
Recent Summary Trend Year Range 2011-2015 2011-2015
Desired Direction Falling Falling
Summary Graph Summary graph for Incidence, Click to see detailed view of graph Summary graph for Stage at Diagnosis, Click to see detailed view of graph
Trends and Most Recent Estimates In 2015, the rate of new cases of all cancers combined was 446.0 per 100,000 people per year. In 2015, the rate of new regional and distant stage breast cancer cases was 43.4 per 100,000 females.
Healthy People 2020 Target There is no Healthy People 2020 target for cancer incidence. Reduce new regional and distant stage female breast cancer cases to 42.1 per 100,000 females.
More Information Incidence Stage at Diagnosis
Last Updated February 2019 February 2019
Measure Name: Incidence
Measure Name Incidence
Year Range 1975-2015
Measure

Incidence rate: the observed number of new cancer cases per 100,000 people per year, adjusted for cancer case reporting delays and based on data from approximately 10 percent of the U.S. population.

Delay adjustment: a method of estimating delayed reporting of incident cases and then adjusting rates to account for this delay.
Recent Summary Trend Falling
Recent Summary Trend Year Range 2011-2015
Desired Direction Falling
Summary Graph Summary graph for Incidence, Click to see detailed view of graph
Trends and Most Recent Estimates In 2015, the rate of new cases of all cancers combined was 446.0 per 100,000 people per year.
Healthy People 2020 Target There is no Healthy People 2020 target for cancer incidence.
More Information Incidence
Measure Name: Stage at Diagnosis
Measure Name Stage at Diagnosis
Year Range 1980-2015
Measure

Late-stage diagnosis rate: The number of new cancer cases diagnosed at a distant stage, per 100,000 people per year for cancers of the prostate, colon, rectum, and cervix uteri. Late stage is defined as regional and distant stage diagnoses, per 100,000 women per year for cancer of the female breast. Late stage is defined as AJCC 6th edition Stage III and Stage IV diagnoses, per 100,000 people per year for cancers of the lung and bronchus.
Recent Summary Trend Falling
Recent Summary Trend Year Range 2011-2015
Desired Direction Falling
Summary Graph Summary graph for Stage at Diagnosis, Click to see detailed view of graph
Trends and Most Recent Estimates In 2015, the rate of new regional and distant stage breast cancer cases was 43.4 per 100,000 females.
Healthy People 2020 Target Reduce new regional and distant stage female breast cancer cases to 42.1 per 100,000 females.
More Information Stage at Diagnosis