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Death Rate Report for Alaska by County, death years through 2009

All Cancer Sites
Healthy People 2020 Objective Number: C-1
Reduce the overall cancer death rate
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County
Met
Healthy People
Objective
of
160.6? 1
 Annual
Death
Rate
over rate period
deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
 Average Deaths per Year
over rate period
 Rate Period Recent Trend 2 Recent
Average Annual
Percent
Change2
in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
 Recent Trend Period2
Alaska (State) No 181.3 (175.4, 187.4) 825 2005 - 2009 falling -1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) 2005 - 2009
United States No 178.7 (178.4, 178.9) 563,025 2005 - 2009 falling -1.6 (-1.7, -1.5) 2005 - 2009
North Slope Borough 3 No 291.4 (205.2, 397.3) 10 2005 - 2009 stable 0.8 (-2.7, 4.5) 2005 - 2009
Wade Hampton Census Area 3 No 278.2 (200.1, 373.7) 9 2005 - 2009 stable 0.3 (-2.2, 2.8) 2005 - 2009
Northwest Arctic Borough 3 No 256.6 (186.6, 341.8) 10 2005 - 2009 stable 0.2 (-2.8, 3.3) 2005 - 2009
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 3 No 239.8 (176.7, 316.9) 11 2005 - 2009 stable 1.5 (-1.8, 4.9) 2005 - 2009
Bethel Census Area 3 No 234.7 (187.0, 289.5) 20 2005 - 2009 stable 0.4 (-1.4, 2.2) 2005 - 2009
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 3 No 229.1 (189.5, 274.1) 26 2005 - 2009 stable -0.3 (-1.8, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 3 No 216.8 (151.1, 298.2) 9 2005 - 2009 stable 0.3 (-2.8, 3.5) 2005 - 2009
Nome Census Area 3 No 207.8 (155.2, 270.9) 12 2005 - 2009 stable -0.6 (-3.3, 2.1) 2005 - 2009
Kodiak Island Borough 3 No 201.3 (153.5, 257.6) 14 2005 - 2009 stable -2.0 (-4.4, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area 3 No 195.3 (148.3, 252.8) 12 2005 - 2009 stable 0.1 (-2.0, 2.2) 2005 - 2009
Kenai Peninsula Borough 3 No 187.7 (168.9, 207.9) 86 2005 - 2009 falling -1.5 (-2.8, -0.2) 2005 - 2009
Dillingham Census Area 3 No 182.4 (119.8, 263.7) 6 2005 - 2009 stable 1.8 (-3.9, 7.8) 2005 - 2009
Anchorage Municipality 3 No 178.3 (169.1, 187.9) 325 2005 - 2009 falling -1.2 (-1.9, -0.4) 2005 - 2009
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 3 No 177.8 (160.6, 196.1) 97 2005 - 2009 stable -1.4 (-2.9, 0.1) 2005 - 2009
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area 3 No 169.6 (113.0, 242.5) 7 2005 - 2009 stable -1.9 (-6.0, 2.5) 2005 - 2009
Juneau City and Borough 3 No 168.9 (143.6, 197.1) 37 2005 - 2009 falling -1.7 (-3.2, -0.1) 2005 - 2009
Fairbanks North Borough 3 No 164.7 (148.5, 182.0) 89 2005 - 2009 falling -1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) 2005 - 2009
Sitka City and Borough 3 No 164.2 (125.4, 210.9) 13 2005 - 2009 stable -1.8 (-4.1, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
Haines Borough 3 No 160.9 (95.9, 255.5) 4 2005 - 2009 **
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Valdez-Cordova Census Area 3 Yes 152.8 (111.5, 203.2) 11 2005 - 2009 falling -2.8 (-5.5, -0.0) 2005 - 2009
Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 3 Yes 138.5 (82.8, 217.3) 5 2005 - 2009 **
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Aleutians East Borough 3
*
*
3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009 **
**
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Aleutians West Census Area 3
*
*
3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009 **
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Bristol Bay Borough 3
*
*
3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009 **
**
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Denali Borough 3
*
*
3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009 **
**
 **
Lake and Peninsula Borough 3
*
*
3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009
*
**
*
Yakutat City and Borough 3
*
*
3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009 **
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/18/2013 5:03 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
1 Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2 The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected racial groups or counties.
3 Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected racial groups or counties.

Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1–4, 5–9, … , 80–84, 85+). The Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita for 62 counties and parishes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The 1969-2009 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.