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


Lung & Bronchus
Healthy People 2020 Objective Number: C-2
Reduce the lung cancer death rate
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC)

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 45.5 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

    Washington (State)
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 49.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 48.5 to 50.0 and 3,150 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -1.5.

    United States
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 50.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.5 to 50.7 and 158,634 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -1.7.

    Wahkiakum County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 66.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.1 to 107.6 and 4 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is ** because the AAPC value is **.

    Columbia County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 51.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.3 to 88.0 and 3 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is ** because the AAPC value is **.

    Skamania County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 59.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.8 to 84.6 and 7 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is ** because the AAPC value is **.

    Ferry County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 47.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.8 to 74.0 and 5 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is ** because the AAPC value is **.

    Cowlitz County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 64.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.7 to 71.4 and 71 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is rising because the AAPC value is 0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.2 to 1.5.

    Lincoln County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 55.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.5 to 76.1 and 9 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is 0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 2.3.

    Walla Walla County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 43.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.6 to 51.2 and 30 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is 0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 1.4.

    Adams County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 43.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.1 to 61.1 and 6 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is 0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 1.8.

    Asotin County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 63.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.9 to 77.5 and 19 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is 0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 1.6.

    Whitman County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 44.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.9 to 56.9 and 14 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is 0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 1.4.

    Kittitas County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 44.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.9 to 55.3 and 16 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 1.4.

    Skagit County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 56.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.9 to 62.2 and 79 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.0 to 0.7.

    Grant County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 51.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.8 to 59.3 and 41 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is 0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 1.1.

    Whatcom County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 41.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.7 to 45.8 and 84 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.6.

    Benton County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 49.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.2 to 54.4 and 75 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.6.

    Pacific County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 63.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 52.6 to 77.5 and 24 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 0.6.

    Pend Oreille County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 57.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.1 to 77.4 and 10 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 1.1.

    Clallam County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 52.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.5 to 58.7 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 0.3.

    Douglas County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 46.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.5 to 57.4 and 18 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 0.7.

    San Juan County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 27.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.3 to 39.7 and 7 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 1.1.

    Jefferson County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 47.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.5 to 58.1 and 25 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 0.4.

    Spokane County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 55.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 52.3 to 58.4 and 266 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -0.0.

    Snohomish County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 53.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.2 to 55.8 and 297 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.3.

    Okanogan County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 43.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.5 to 52.2 and 23 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -0.1.

    Yakima County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 51.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.1 to 55.8 and 113 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -0.3.

    Kitsap County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 46.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.7 to 50.5 and 117 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -0.7.

    Lewis County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 55.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 49.3 to 63.2 and 53 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to 0.0.

    King County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 42.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.9 to 43.8 and 719 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.5.

    Clark County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 49.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.5 to 53.0 and 187 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -1.4.

    Island County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 43.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.7 to 48.9 and 49 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -1.3.

    Pierce County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 55.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.2 to 58.3 and 388 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -0.9.

    Chelan County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 40.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.5 to 47.0 and 34 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -0.8.

    Klickitat County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 42.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.2 to 56.1 and 11 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -1.0.

    Thurston County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 51.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.1 to 55.2 and 127 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -3.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.4 to -0.8.

    Mason County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 62.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 54.9 to 71.5 and 47 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -4.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -7.9 to -1.2.

    Grays Harbor County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 73.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 65.3 to 81.7 and 64 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -5.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -10.9 to 0.7.

    Franklin County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 46.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.4 to 56.2 and 20 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -6.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -11.4 to -0.9.

    Stevens County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 41.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.0 to 50.3 and 22 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -7.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -13.5 to -0.0.

    Garfield County
  • * Data have been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates.



    Notes:
    Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/24/2013 3:25 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.

    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.