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Death Rate Report for Maine 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
Maine (State) No 192.8 (189.8, 195.9) 3,129 2005 - 2009 falling -1.2 (-1.5, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
United States No 178.7 (178.4, 178.9) 563,025 2005 - 2009 falling -1.6 (-1.7, -1.5) 2005 - 2009
Washington County No 222.3 (203.4, 242.8) 104 2005 - 2009 stable 0.2 (-0.2, 0.5) 2005 - 2009
Franklin County No 217.1 (195.3, 240.8) 75 2005 - 2009 stable 0.3 (-0.1, 0.8) 2005 - 2009
Piscataquis County No 212.0 (186.3, 240.6) 52 2005 - 2009 stable 0.2 (-0.3, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
Oxford County No 211.2 (196.5, 226.9) 154 2005 - 2009 falling -0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) 2005 - 2009
Penobscot County No 202.4 (192.8, 212.3) 340 2005 - 2009 falling -1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) 2005 - 2009
Somerset County No 199.7 (184.4, 216.2) 127 2005 - 2009 falling -1.9 (-3.1, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
Aroostook County No 199.5 (187.3, 212.4) 202 2005 - 2009 stable -0.2 (-0.4, 0.1) 2005 - 2009
Kennebec County No 199.4 (189.3, 210.0) 294 2005 - 2009 falling -1.3 (-1.7, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
Waldo County No 198.7 (180.6, 218.2) 92 2005 - 2009 falling -0.6 (-1.0, -0.2) 2005 - 2009
Hancock County No 198.1 (183.6, 213.5) 142 2005 - 2009 falling -1.7 (-2.2, -1.1) 2005 - 2009
Androscoggin County No 186.2 (175.6, 197.3) 235 2005 - 2009 falling -1.8 (-2.7, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
Sagadahoc County No 185.9 (168.0, 205.4) 80 2005 - 2009 falling -2.1 (-3.1, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
York County No 185.2 (177.6, 193.2) 445 2005 - 2009 falling -1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
Cumberland County No 182.7 (176.1, 189.5) 589 2005 - 2009 falling -4.4 (-7.2, -1.6) 2005 - 2009
Lincoln County No 180.1 (164.0, 197.5) 96 2005 - 2009 falling -0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Knox County No 172.6 (157.8, 188.6) 103 2005 - 2009 falling -0.5 (-0.9, -0.1) 2005 - 2009
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/20/2013 8:48 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.

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.

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.