Table 1.

Percentage of cancer patients from VA facilities by year of diagnosis, estimated percentage of missing cancer patients for 2005, and VA adjustment factors for 2005 age-adjusted incidence rates. All sites combined (all races, whites, blacks) and top 10 common cancer sites (all races) among males

		Percentage of cancer patients from VA facilities based on selected SEER registries*							Estimated missing patients (%) 2005†	VA adjustment factor for 2005 age-adjusted incidence rate‡
Rank based on counts	Cancer site	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Mean (2000–2003)
	All sites combined, all races	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.1	2.1	3.7	1.6	1.015
	All sites combined, whites	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.2	1.9	3.4	1.5	1.012
	All sites combined, blacks	8.5	8.3	8.5	8.3	8.0	4.5	8.4	3.9	1.035
1	Prostate	3.3	3.6	3.9	3.7	3.7	2.3	3.7	1.4	1.012
2	Lung and bronchus	4.9	5.2	4.8	5.0	4.3	2.6	5.0	2.4	1.023
3	Colon and rectum	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.2	2.9	1.7	3.2	1.5	1.016
4	Urinary bladder	3.1	2.8	3.4	3.3	3.2	2.1	3.2	1.0	1.011
5	Head and neck	4.6	5.1	5.3	4.4	4.3	2.5	4.9	2.4	1.027
6	Melanoma of the skin	2.1	2.4	2.6	3.1	3.3	2.1	2.6	0.4	1.005
7	Kidney and renal pelvis	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.4	1.8	3.8	2.0	1.020
8	Leukemia	2.6	2.5	3.1	3.1	2.1	1.3	2.8	1.5	1.015
9	Non–Hodgkin lymphoma	2.3	2.4	2.8	2.0	2.1	1.1	2.4	1.3	1.013
10	Liver	4.6	4.3	3.9	4.4	4.0	1.8	4.3	2.5	1.024

^*Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries include Atlanta, Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico, San Francisco, Utah, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, rural Georgia, greater California, Kentucky, and New Jersey. VA = US. Department of Veterans Affairs.

^†Difference between average proportion based on 2000–2003 and 2005.

^‡Adjustment factors are generated for SEER-17 (excluding Louisiana) registry.