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Death Rate Report for Colorado 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
Colorado (State) Yes 154.6 (152.9, 156.3) 6,646 2005 - 2009 falling -1.3 (-1.5, -1.1) 2005 - 2009
United States No 178.7 (178.4, 178.9) 563,025 2005 - 2009 falling -1.6 (-1.7, -1.5) 2005 - 2009
Baca County No 202.6 (157.4, 260.4) 15 2005 - 2009 stable 0.6 (-0.4, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
Bent County No 200.4 (152.7, 258.5) 12 2005 - 2009 rising 1.3 (0.3, 2.4) 2005 - 2009
Moffat County No 191.4 (155.9, 232.3) 22 2005 - 2009 stable -0.2 (-1.2, 0.8) 2005 - 2009
Rio Blanco County No 189.1 (142.0, 246.7) 11 2005 - 2009 stable 0.4 (-0.8, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
Kit Carson County No 187.4 (150.4, 231.1) 18 2005 - 2009 stable 0.3 (-0.5, 1.1) 2005 - 2009
San Miguel County No 186.0 (94.6, 314.9) 4 2005 - 2009 **
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Logan County No 185.7 (161.9, 212.2) 44 2005 - 2009 stable 0.3 (-0.2, 0.9) 2005 - 2009
Huerfano County No 183.9 (149.6, 225.0) 21 2005 - 2009 stable 0.6 (-0.2, 1.4) 2005 - 2009
Broomfield County 8 No 182.3 (161.1, 205.3) 61 2005 - 2009 **
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Prowers County No 180.9 (151.1, 215.0) 27 2005 - 2009 stable 0.0 (-0.6, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
Crowley County No 177.9 (128.9, 239.6) 9 2005 - 2009 stable 0.1 (-1.0, 1.2) 2005 - 2009
Phillips County No 176.2 (132.5, 231.4) 12 2005 - 2009 stable 0.6 (-0.5, 1.7) 2005 - 2009
Fremont County No 175.9 (161.3, 191.7) 107 2005 - 2009 stable -0.0 (-0.4, 0.4) 2005 - 2009
Costilla County No 175.7 (126.2, 242.0) 9 2005 - 2009 stable 0.7 (-0.8, 2.2) 2005 - 2009
Pueblo County No 173.8 (165.4, 182.6) 319 2005 - 2009 stable -0.5 (-1.0, 0.0) 2005 - 2009
Adams County 8 No 173.3 (166.5, 180.3) 516 2005 - 2009 **
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Otero County No 172.6 (150.1, 197.8) 44 2005 - 2009 stable -0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
Mesa County No 172.5 (163.5, 181.8) 282 2005 - 2009 falling -1.1 (-1.8, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Gilpin County No 171.3 (108.2, 254.8) 7 2005 - 2009 **
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Kiowa County No 169.7 (99.2, 281.5) 4 2005 - 2009 **
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Weld County 8 No 168.9 (160.2, 178.0) 294 2005 - 2009 **
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Montrose County No 166.0 (150.2, 183.2) 83 2005 - 2009 stable -0.2 (-0.6, 0.2) 2005 - 2009
Denver County No 165.0 (160.1, 170.1) 867 2005 - 2009 falling -1.6 (-2.1, -1.1) 2005 - 2009
Montezuma County No 164.6 (144.9, 186.3) 52 2005 - 2009 stable -0.1 (-0.7, 0.5) 2005 - 2009
Morgan County No 164.4 (144.5, 186.3) 50 2005 - 2009 stable -0.2 (-0.8, 0.4) 2005 - 2009
Teller County No 161.5 (133.5, 193.3) 31 2005 - 2009 falling -1.3 (-2.1, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Sedgwick County No 161.3 (106.5, 239.2) 6 2005 - 2009 stable -0.4 (-1.5, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
El Paso County Yes 160.6 (155.4, 165.8) 767 2005 - 2009 falling -1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
Lincoln County Yes 160.4 (121.0, 209.8) 11 2005 - 2009 stable -0.6 (-1.7, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
Las Animas County Yes 158.8 (135.5, 185.3) 35 2005 - 2009 stable -0.1 (-0.7, 0.5) 2005 - 2009
Saguache County Yes 157.3 (115.2, 209.3) 10 2005 - 2009 stable 0.3 (-0.9, 1.4) 2005 - 2009
Yuma County Yes 153.7 (124.6, 188.2) 20 2005 - 2009 stable 0.4 (-0.1, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
Elbert County Yes 153.3 (125.9, 184.5) 27 2005 - 2009 falling -2.6 (-4.3, -0.9) 2005 - 2009
Park County Yes 149.5 (116.4, 188.5) 20 2005 - 2009 stable -0.1 (-1.3, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
Douglas County Yes 149.4 (139.5, 159.9) 209 2005 - 2009 falling -0.7 (-1.1, -0.2) 2005 - 2009
Jefferson County 8 Yes 148.8 (144.2, 153.6) 786 2005 - 2009 **
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Cheyenne County Yes 148.4 (89.7, 237.3) 4 2005 - 2009 stable -0.5 (-2.4, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Grand County Yes 148.1 (110.3, 193.4) 14 2005 - 2009 stable -0.9 (-2.2, 0.5) 2005 - 2009
Garfield County Yes 148.0 (131.1, 166.4) 59 2005 - 2009 falling -2.4 (-4.4, -0.4) 2005 - 2009
Delta County Yes 147.9 (132.1, 165.2) 67 2005 - 2009 falling -1.6 (-2.7, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Clear Creek County Yes 147.7 (106.7, 198.6) 12 2005 - 2009 stable -1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) 2005 - 2009
Larimer County Yes 146.0 (139.5, 152.8) 384 2005 - 2009 falling -1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Chaffee County Yes 143.1 (122.4, 166.7) 35 2005 - 2009 stable -0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) 2005 - 2009
Archuleta County Yes 142.2 (111.2, 179.1) 17 2005 - 2009 stable -1.2 (-2.4, 0.0) 2005 - 2009
Boulder County 8 Yes 141.0 (134.1, 148.3) 327 2005 - 2009 **
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Washington County Yes 139.5 (103.0, 187.3) 11 2005 - 2009 falling -1.1 (-2.2, -0.1) 2005 - 2009
Rio Grande County Yes 139.2 (113.6, 169.3) 21 2005 - 2009 stable -0.3 (-1.0, 0.5) 2005 - 2009
La Plata County Yes 139.1 (123.8, 155.8) 63 2005 - 2009 falling -1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Arapahoe County Yes 138.0 (133.4, 142.8) 684 2005 - 2009 falling -3.3 (-4.8, -1.8) 2005 - 2009
Lake County Yes 137.8 (91.7, 196.6) 6 2005 - 2009 stable -1.1 (-2.6, 0.5) 2005 - 2009
Alamosa County Yes 136.5 (110.4, 167.0) 19 2005 - 2009 stable -0.6 (-1.2, 0.1) 2005 - 2009
Routt County Yes 129.2 (100.5, 162.8) 18 2005 - 2009 falling -1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) 2005 - 2009
Ouray County Yes 127.1 (85.1, 184.2) 7 2005 - 2009 **
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Dolores County Yes 121.1 (67.6, 204.8) 3 2005 - 2009 **
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Custer County Yes 119.1 (78.9, 177.1) 6 2005 - 2009 **
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Conejos County Yes 111.8 (84.2, 146.1) 11 2005 - 2009 falling -3.1 (-5.6, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Pitkin County Yes 107.5 (80.9, 139.7) 14 2005 - 2009 falling -1.9 (-3.1, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
Eagle County Yes 104.6 (82.0, 130.7) 23 2005 - 2009 falling -2.0 (-3.3, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
Gunnison County Yes 103.6 (76.8, 136.3) 11 2005 - 2009 falling -1.3 (-2.7, -0.0) 2005 - 2009
Summit County Yes 83.0 (57.5, 114.6) 11 2005 - 2009 **
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Hinsdale County
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3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009 **
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Jackson County
*
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3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009 **
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Mineral County
*
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3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009 **
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San Juan County
*
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3 or fewer
 2005 - 2009 **
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/20/2013 4:26 am.
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.
8 The county boundaries for Adams, Boulder, Jefferson and Weld changed in 2002 when Broomfield was incorporated into a county (officially November 15, 2001) from portions of Adams, Boulder, Jefferson and Weld. Data prior to 2002 is used in the calculation of trends for these counties using the old county boundaries. Since the mortality recent trends are calculated using more years of data than are available for Broomfield, a recent trend is not available.

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.