Sutter Health Cancer Services and Programs

S t a t i s t i c a l O v e r v i e wOverviewSutter Health 2004 Cancer Registry DataGENDER RATIO (Figure 3)As seen in past years in the SutterHealth network, the female cancerpatient population is significantly largerthan the male population. Femalesaccount for 56% and males account for44% of the newly diagnosed cancersseen in 2004. This trend was observedat all institutions. The largest disparityin gender ratio was at EMC, SMCS andABMC, while gender proportions weremostly equal at MGH, SMC and SRMC.These differences are largely a reflectionof the relative incidence of male-specificcancers (mostly prostate) and femalespecificcancers (mostly breast, uterusand ovary). For example, SMCS has thehighest incidence of breast, uterine andovarian cancers relative to prostatecancer, while SMC, MGH and SRMChave the lowest incidence of breast,uterine and ovarian cancers relative toprostate cancer.It is important to note that the femaleto-maleratio in population-basedregistries such as the California CancerRegistry is 1–to–1, whereas our Sutterhospital-based registries record apreponderance of female patients.These differences are due to hospitalreferral patterns and the inherentnature of these two different types ofcancer registries.Figure 32004 Sutter Health Analytic Cancer CasesGender Ratio 2005 Annual Cancer Center Report — 2004 Statistical Review | 35