Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2006 US States versus US
Lung & Bronchus All Races, Both Sexes
Above US Rate
Similar to US Rate
Below US Rate
Rising Trend
Priority 1: rising and above
[none]
Priority 2: rising and similar
[none]
Priority 3: rising and below
Hawaii
Stable Trend
Priority 4: stable and above
Alabama Mississippi Tennessee West Virginia
Priority 6: stable and similar
Iowa Kansas Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin
Priority 7: stable and below
Idaho Utah Wyoming
Falling Trend
Priority 5: falling and above
Arkansas Delaware Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maine Missouri North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina
Priority 8: falling and similar
Alaska Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Montana Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Vermont Virginia Washington
Priority 9: falling and below
Arizona California Colorado Minnesota New Mexico New York
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 10:02 am.
Trend2 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. Rate Comparison Above when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10 Similar when unable to conclude above or below with confidence. Below when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90
1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate. 2 Recent trend in death rates is Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) 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 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate.
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+). Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
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).
Death Rate Report by State, death years through 2006
Lung & Bronchus Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 03-02
Reduce the lung cancer death rate.
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages Sorted by Rate
State
Met Healthy People Objective of 44.9?1
Annual Death Rate over rate period deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
Deaths per Year over rate period
Rate Period
Recent Trend2
Recent Average Annual Percent Change2 in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 10:02 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.
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 2010 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.
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Lung & Bronchus, All Ages Sorted by Rate
State
Annual Incidence Rate† over rate period (95% Confidence Interval)
Annual Count
Rate Period
US (SEER+NPCR)
66.8 (66.5, 67.1)
§
2006
Kentucky
97.1 (94.3, 100.1)
4,344
2006
West Virginia
91.0 (87.1, 95.1)
2,038
2006
Delaware
83.5 (77.7, 89.6)
783
2006
Tennessee
82.2 (80.0, 84.5)
5,332
2006
Oklahoma
80.8 (77.9, 83.7)
3,097
2006
Maine
80.1 (75.7, 84.7)
1,256
2006
Vermont
79.2 (72.7, 86.2)
554
2006
Missouri
77.9 (75.7, 80.1)
4,913
2006
Arkansas
77.7 (74.7, 80.9)
2,452
2006
Louisiana
77.5 (74.8, 80.1)
§
2006
Indiana
77.2 (75.0, 79.3)
4,955
2006
Mississippi
77.1 (74.0, 80.4)
2,280
2006
North Carolina
75.3 (73.5, 77.1)
6,798
2006
Alabama
75.1 (72.7, 77.5)
3,783
2006
Nevada
73.3 (69.9, 76.9)
1,732
2006
Ohio
72.8 (71.3, 74.3)
9,096
2006
Michigan
72.0 # (70.4, 73.7)
7,589
2006
Illinois
71.4 (69.9, 72.9)
9,011
2006
Georgia
71.0 (69.1, 72.9)
5,734
2006
South Carolina
70.7 (68.3, 73.2)
3,290
2006
Pennsylvania
70.0 (68.6, 71.3)
10,432
2006
Alaska
69.8 (61.9, 78.4)
324
2006
Rhode Island
69.4 (64.7, 74.4)
821
2006
Florida
68.7 (67.7, 69.8)
15,891
2006
Kansas
68.4 (65.4, 71.6)
1,960
2006
Connecticut
68.2 (65.6, 70.9)
2,630
2006
Iowa
67.1 (64.3, 69.9)
2,283
2006
New Hampshire
66.8 (62.5, 71.3)
928
2006
Virginia
65.8 (64.0, 67.7)
4,951
2006
Washington
65.2 (63.2, 67.3)
4,054
2006
Massachusetts
64.5 (62.6, 66.4)
4,505
2006
New Jersey
64.5 (62.8, 66.1)
5,974
2006
Oregon
64.4 (61.9, 67.0)
2,554
2006
New York
63.0 (61.9, 64.1)
13,003
2006
Maryland
62.9 (60.8, 65.0)
3,489
2006
Texas
62.0 (60.9, 63.2)
12,312
2006
Nebraska
61.3 (57.8, 65.0)
1,142
2006
Montana
60.8 (56.2, 65.7)
650
2006
South Dakota
59.2 (54.2, 64.5)
524
2006
District of Columbia
58.8 (52.7, 65.4)
340
2006
Minnesota
55.8 (53.7, 57.9)
2,882
2006
Idaho
54.0 (50.1, 58.0)
756
2006
North Dakota
53.0 (47.7, 58.7)
378
2006
Hawaii
51.7 (48.0, 55.5)
744
2006
California
51.5 (50.8, 52.3)
16,850
2006
Wyoming
48.9 (43.0, 55.3)
257
2006
Colorado
48.4 (46.3, 50.6)
1,995
2006
New Mexico
43.5 (40.6, 46.5)
863
2006
Utah
28.0 (25.6, 30.4)
542
2006
Arizona
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§
2006
Wisconsin
§
§
2006
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 10:03 am. State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. † Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. 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 (See US Population Data - 1969-2005 for more information).
§ Data not provided because it did not meet USCS publication standards for one or more years during the rate period of data collection. American Cancer Society's Facts & Figures provides estimates of numbers of new cancer cases and deaths. # Data do not include cases diagnosed in other states for those states in which the data exchange agreement specifically prohibits the release of data to third parties.
1 Source: CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2008/January 2009 data submission and SEER November 2008 submission. 2 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2008/January 2009 data submission. 3 Source: SEER November 2008 submission. State Cancer Registry also receives funding from CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries. 4 State rates include rates from areas funded by SEER.
Because of the impact on Louisiana's population for the July - December 2005 time period due to Hurricanes Katrina/Rita, SEER excluded Louisiana cases diagnosed for that six month time period. The count has been suppressed due to data consistency issues.
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic affect on the calculated rate.
Data not available for this combination of geography, cancer site, age, and race/ethnicity. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
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