1998 Report Index

TESTIS
Incidence and Mortality Summary
Male Female Total
Age-adjusted incidence
rate per 100,000

# of new invasive cases
# of new in-situ cases
# of deaths
5.3

37
0
2











Total Cases by County
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
 9
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
Cassia
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gem
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
 1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
6
3
0
Lewis
Lincoln
Madison
Minidoka
Nez Perce
Oneida
Owyhee
Payette
Power
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington
Unknown
 1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0

Risk and Associated Factors
Age This is the most common cancer in young males, especially males between the ages of 20 and 34.
Race Incidence rates are substantially higher in Caucasian males than in African American males.
Race & SES* There is a higher incidence in African Americans, as well as Asians, and incidence is also higher in lower income groups.
Other Undescended testis, a minor abnormality that can usually be detected and corrected with surgery in childhood, is responsible for a substantially high risk for testicular cancer when uncorrected. The extent to which surgical correction reduces cancer risk is unclear. Some evidence suggests that males exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES) are at increased risk. With current treatment the cure rates for testicular cancer are greater than 80%.
Special Notes
Mean age-adjusted incidence rate across health districts:
95% confidence interval on the mean age-adjusted incidence rate:
Median age-adjusted incidence rate of health districts:
Range of age-adjusted incidence rate for health districts:
SEER rate (1991-1995): 		5.6
3.7-7.5
5.2
2.2-9.2
5.3

There were no cases of testicular cancer among persons aged 60 years or greater. The highest age-specific incidence rate was in the 30-34 age group. No health district had significantly more cases than expected based upon rates for the remainder of Idaho.

Stage at Diagnosis