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When examined by race, Blacks and Whites have the highest rates of diagnosed cancers in the county, while Asians have the lowest rates.
Cancer Incidence Rates, Age-Adjusted, per 100,000 Persons, by Race/Ethnicity White Black Latino Asian/PI All
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Cancer all sites
Breast (female) Prostate (males) Lung and bronchus Colon and rectum Melanoma of the Skin Corpus Uteri (females) Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Thyroid Kidney and renal pelvis Leukemia Pancreas Ovary (females) Urinary bladder Liver and bile duct
451.4 369.7 329.0 287.4 402.1
148.1 127.8 98.7 96.2 128.6 99.2 136.9 79.7 43.5 94.0 42.7 31.6 23.8 35.1 38.0 33.3 30.9 28.4 29.1 32.0 47.6 N/A 6.4 1.2 30.1 28.3 21.4 21.1 19.6 25.7 21.0 15.7 19.4 14.3 19.4 15.3 6.2 14.8 15.0 15.1 13.8 17.4 16.0 7.4 13.2 14.1 12.4 10.3 8.3 12.7 12.1 14.9 12.3 10.3 11.8 12.6 N/A 10.0 10.0 11.6 10.2 8.0 5.7 5.2 8.6 5.8 6.9 12.1 14.2 8.6
Stomach
5.0 6.0 9.3 10.3 7.2 Cervix uteri (females) 5.6 N/A 8.7 5.8 6.5 Brain and other nervous system 7.5 5.3 4.9 3.8 6.0 Testis (males) 7.5 N/A 5.6 2.5 5.9 Myeloma 6.4 12.2 6.9 3.2 5.9
Source: California Cancer Registry, Cal*Explorer-CA Cancer Data tool, 2014-2018 https://explorer.ccrcal.org/application.html Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population. N/A means data is not available due to low number of incidences.
Asthma
In Orange County, 14.8% of the population has been diagnosed with asthma. Among those with an asthma diagnosis, 36.9% take daily medication to control asthma symptoms, which is lower than the state rate (43%). Among youth, ages 0-17, 12.8% have been diagnosed with asthma. 31.8% of people with asthma had asthma attack in the past months, which is higher than the state rate of 29.5%.
Asthma
Diagnosed with asthma, total population Diagnosed with asthma, ages 0-17 Takes daily medication to control asthma, total population Had asthma attack in the past 12 months, total population
Source: California Health Interview Survey, 2019. http://ask.chis.ucla.edu
Orange County California
14.8% 15.2%
12.8% 36.9% 31.8% 12.3% 43.0% 29.5%
Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs) related to asthma include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma in younger adults. Hospitalization rates for
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