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Death Rate Report for Maryland 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

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 160.6 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).
Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC.
  • 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.
    AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program/

    Other Notes

  • Larger confidence intervals indicate less accuracy of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
  • Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.

    Line by Line Interpretation of the Report

    Maryland (State)
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 184.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 182.5 to 185.8 and 10,334 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -1.6.

    United States
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 178.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 178.4 to 178.9 and 563,025 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -1.5.

    Wicomico County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 232.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 219.4 to 246.7 and 231 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -0.1.

    Baltimore City
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 228.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 223.4 to 234.1 and 1,444 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -2.0.

    Cecil County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 218.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 205.1 to 232.4 and 206 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -0.4.

    Caroline County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 212.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 191.1 to 235.3 and 74 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.3.

    Somerset County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 212.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 188.7 to 237.9 and 60 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -0.8.

    Kent County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 202.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 180.3 to 227.0 and 63 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is 1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 4.0.

    Calvert County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 201.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 186.7 to 216.0 and 155 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.2.

    Anne Arundel County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 200.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 194.6 to 206.2 and 970 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -1.0.

    Dorchester County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 199.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 181.4 to 219.9 and 87 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -1.3.

    St. Marys County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 199.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 185.5 to 213.5 and 167 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to -0.2.

    Charles County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 197.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 185.5 to 210.3 and 214 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -5.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -9.7 to -1.3.

    Queen Annes County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 196.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 179.8 to 215.2 and 101 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to -0.0.

    Worcester County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 195.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 181.5 to 210.4 and 153 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to -0.1.

    Baltimore County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 193.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 189.6 to 197.7 and 1,796 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.8.

    Allegany County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 191.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 179.2 to 204.1 and 192 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to -0.2.

    Prince Georges County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 190.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 185.6 to 195.5 and 1,254 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.4.

    Harford County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 187.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 179.5 to 195.7 and 433 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -1.0.

    Washington County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 182.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 173.1 to 191.8 and 296 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.5.

    Carroll County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 180.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 171.6 to 189.9 and 310 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.1.

    Talbot County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 179.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 164.8 to 196.2 and 110 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.6.

    Frederick County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 178.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 169.7 to 186.6 and 356 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.8.

    Garrett County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 165.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 147.0 to 184.7 and 63 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.1.

    Howard County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 145.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 138.5 to 153.1 and 330 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -2.0.

    Montgomery County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 129.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 126.5 to 133.0 and 1,270 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.9.



    Notes:
    Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/24/2013 1:55 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.

    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.