Nebraska Cancer Registry
Latest Nebraska Cancer Data
| Each year approximately 8,300 cancers are
diagnosed among Nebraska residents, and about 3,400 Nebraska residents die from it. Men
are more likely than women to be diagnosed with cancer, and most cancers (over 60%) are
diagnosed among people 65 years of age or older. Cancer is Nebraska’s second leading
cause of death, ranking behind only heart disease. It currently accounts for more than one
of every five deaths among Nebraska residents. The most common body sites where cancer begins are the prostate, breast, lung and colon and rectum (also known as colorectal cancer). These sites account for more than half (55%) of all cancers that have been diagnosed among Nebraska residents during the past five years (2000-2004). Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Nebraska followed by colorectal cancer, and cancers of the breast and prostate. Among Nebraska’s minority populations, data from the Nebraska Cancer Registry show that African-Americans are more likely than whites to be diagnosed with cancer, and that they are also more likely than whites to die from it. Higher incidence rates for cancers of the lung and prostate account for much of the difference between the African-American and white populations. On the other hand, Native Americans, Asian and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics are all less likely than either whites or African-Americans to be diagnosed with cancer. However, these findings are based on relatively small numbers of cases (except for the white population), and are subject to misclassification by race and ethnicity. |
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| This information is taken from
existing medical records and may not accurately reflect a person’s preferred racial
or ethnic identity. More detailed information about cancer in Nebraska, such as age at
diagnosis, stage of disease at diagnosis, and county-level statistics, are available in
the Not all of the data collected by the Nebraska Cancer Registry are presented in the
annual report. To request data from the registry that are not available in the report,
click on The Nebraska Cancer Registry is supported by Cooperative Agreement Grant Number U58DP000811 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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