Table 1. Number of 1998 Incident Primary Cancers, By Site Reported to the California Cancer Registry (CCR) and the Proportion of Cancer Patients age 18-64 Enrolled in the California Medicaid Program.
Incident Cancer Cases from the California Cancer Registry | Cases in both the California Cancer Registry and California Medicaid | ||||
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Tumor Site | All 1998 Cases | 1998 Cases Age 18-24 | % Cases Age 18-24 | Cases Age 18-64 and in Medicaid for >=1 month in 1998 | % of All 1998 Cases, Age 18-64 who had Medicaid for >=1 month in 1998 |
Breast | 20,864 | 11,392 | 54.60% | 1,014 | 8.90% |
Lung | 17,004 | 5,203 | 30.60% | 997 | 19.20% |
Colorectal | 10,254 | 2,796 | 27.30% | 557 | 19.90% |
Cervical | 1,690 | 1,350 | 79.90% | 287 | 21.30% |
Prostate | 19,001 | 5,605 | 29.50% | 268 | 4.80% |
Testis | 937 | 877 | 93.60% | 78 | 8.90% |
Uterine | 3,587 | 1,722 | 48% | 176 | 10.20% |
Bladder | 5,452 | 1,445 | 26.50% | 113 | 7.80% |
Hepatoma | 1,570 | 836 | 53.30% | 288 | 34.40% |
Stomach | 2,552 | 822 | 32.20% | 197 | 24.00% |
Ovarian | 2,626 | 1,468 | 55.90% | 188 | 19.60% |
Kidney | 2,914 | 1,358 | 46.60% | 173 | 12.70% |
Brain | 1,922 | 1,246 | 64.80% | 206 | 16.50% |
SOURCE: Schrag, D., Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Virnig, B.A., University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and Warren, J.L., National Cancer Institute, 2009.