Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2006 Arkansas Counties versus United States
All Cancer Sites All Races, Both Sexes
Above US Rate
Similar to US Rate
Below US Rate
Rising Trend
Priority 1: rising and above
Ashley County Greene County Hempstead County Hot Spring County Howard County Independence County Logan County Lonoke County Prairie County Sebastian County St. Francis County Yell County
Priority 2: rising and similar
Chicot County Dallas County Franklin County Fulton County Izard County Searcy County Sharp County Van Buren County
Priority 3: rising and below
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Stable Trend
Priority 4: stable and above
Baxter County Columbia County Crawford County Crittenden County Cross County Grant County Jackson County Lee County Mississippi County Ouachita County Perry County Phillips County Poinsett County Scott County Union County Woodruff County
Priority 6: stable and similar
Arkansas County Boone County Calhoun County Carroll County Clark County Clay County Cleburne County Cleveland County Craighead County Drew County Faulkner County Garland County Johnson County Lafayette County Lawrence County Lincoln County Little River County Madison County Marion County Miller County Montgomery County Nevada County Newton County Pike County Randolph County Saline County Sevier County Stone County Washington County
Priority 7: stable and below
Bradley County
Falling Trend
Priority 5: falling and above
Jefferson County Monroe County
Priority 8: falling and similar
Arkansas Conway County Desha County Polk County Pope County Pulaski County White County
Priority 9: falling and below
Benton County
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/22/2009 11:21 pm.
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).
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/22/2009 11:21 pm.
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).
Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates: Thyroid (Males)
Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates: Childhood (Ages <15, All Sites) (Females), Childhood (Ages <15, All Sites) (Males), Childhood (Ages <20, All Sites) (Females), Childhood (Ages <20, All Sites) (Males), Thyroid (Females)
Death Rate Report for Arkansas by County, death years through 2006
All Cancer Sites Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 03-01
Reduce the overall cancer death rate.
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages Sorted by Rate
County
Met Healthy People Objective of 159.9?1
Annual Death Rate over rate period deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
Average 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 11/22/2009 11:21 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.
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, All Cancer Sites, All Ages Sorted by Rate
County
Annual Incidence Rate† over rate period (95% Confidence Interval)
Average Annual Count
Rate Period
Arkansas
452.8 (449.4, 456.3)
13,630
2002-2006
US (SEER+NPCR)
467.5 (467.1, 467.8)
§
2002-2006
White County
543.5 (520.1, 567.8)
410
2002-2006
Baxter County
537.5 (511.7, 564.5)
371
2002-2006
Garland County
528.6 (510.9, 546.9)
708
2002-2006
Poinsett County
521.7 (484.5, 561.0)
148
2002-2006
Woodruff County
513.4 (451.6, 581.6)
51
2002-2006
Pulaski County
511.6 (501.2, 522.1)
1,883
2002-2006
Prairie County
504.9 (448.2, 567.2)
60
2002-2006
Howard County
500.2 (451.8, 552.5)
80
2002-2006
Lawrence County
496.2 (454.4, 541.0)
108
2002-2006
Lonoke County
490.6 (464.3, 517.9)
268
2002-2006
Faulkner County
488.0 (466.4, 510.3)
391
2002-2006
Monroe County
485.9 (431.7, 545.5)
60
2002-2006
Perry County
483.1 (429.1, 542.3)
59
2002-2006
Sharp County
482.5 (444.6, 523.1)
131
2002-2006
Grant County
482.4 (437.7, 530.5)
87
2002-2006
Izard County
480.5 (436.3, 528.4)
92
2002-2006
Ouachita County
479.8 (447.0, 514.5)
162
2002-2006
Cleburne County
479.6 (447.4, 513.8)
177
2002-2006
Columbia County
476.5 (441.0, 514.3)
136
2002-2006
Boone County
474.3 (445.7, 504.3)
211
2002-2006
Marion County
472.8 (434.1, 514.6)
118
2002-2006
Hot Spring County
471.7 (440.5, 504.6)
173
2002-2006
Independence County
470.3 (440.5, 501.7)
187
2002-2006
Dallas County
467.9 (410.2, 531.8)
49
2002-2006
Logan County
467.8 (432.1, 505.9)
129
2002-2006
Yell County
465.7 (427.4, 506.6)
111
2002-2006
Jefferson County
462.6 (442.3, 483.6)
396
2002-2006
Lee County
461.4 (409.3, 518.5)
57
2002-2006
Pike County
457.0 (407.0, 511.9)
63
2002-2006
Greene County
454.5 (426.1, 484.4)
193
2002-2006
Arkansas County
453.4 (416.3, 493.1)
112
2002-2006
Craighead County
451.0 (430.7, 471.9)
377
2002-2006
Franklin County
450.6 (410.9, 493.4)
97
2002-2006
Clark County
449.6 (412.3, 489.5)
110
2002-2006
Searcy County
449.5 (393.8, 511.6)
50
2002-2006
Scott County
449.1 (398.5, 504.6)
59
2002-2006
Pope County
449.0 (425.0, 474.0)
264
2002-2006
Polk County
445.6 (409.4, 484.2)
116
2002-2006
Desha County
442.4 (397.5, 491.1)
72
2002-2006
Ashley County
442.2 (406.6, 480.2)
116
2002-2006
Miller County
442.2 (415.0, 470.7)
199
2002-2006
Nevada County
439.6 (386.6, 498.3)
51
2002-2006
Van Buren County
434.8 (397.8, 474.7)
112
2002-2006
Clay County
429.6 (391.8, 470.4)
99
2002-2006
Little River County
429.3 (385.0, 477.7)
70
2002-2006
Union County
428.8 (403.8, 454.9)
225
2002-2006
Drew County
424.7 (384.1, 468.4)
81
2002-2006
Jackson County
424.4 (385.3, 466.7)
88
2002-2006
Lincoln County
423.6 (376.1, 475.4)
58
2002-2006
Cleveland County
421.2 (365.3, 483.6)
42
2002-2006
Chicot County
420.5 (375.5, 469.6)
65
2002-2006
Crawford County
420.1 (396.3, 445.0)
237
2002-2006
Sebastian County
419.8 (403.7, 436.4)
518
2002-2006
Conway County
419.0 (383.1, 457.5)
102
2002-2006
Cross County
418.7 (380.0, 460.4)
87
2002-2006
Mississippi County
418.7 (393.2, 445.4)
203
2002-2006
Randolph County
414.0 (377.3, 453.6)
96
2002-2006
Sevier County
409.8 (366.7, 456.6)
67
2002-2006
Montgomery County
407.6 (358.2, 462.5)
52
2002-2006
Hempstead County
405.2 (370.4, 442.5)
100
2002-2006
Madison County
404.9 (362.7, 450.9)
68
2002-2006
Stone County
403.7 (360.9, 450.7)
69
2002-2006
St. Francis County
403.5 (370.5, 438.6)
112
2002-2006
Washington County
400.4 (386.0, 415.2)
594
2002-2006
Bradley County
397.9 (353.7, 446.4)
61
2002-2006
Lafayette County
395.6 (342.3, 455.4)
41
2002-2006
Newton County
393.7 (340.4, 453.5)
41
2002-2006
Johnson County
393.2 (359.8, 428.9)
104
2002-2006
Benton County
391.2 (378.5, 404.2)
717
2002-2006
Calhoun County
391.1 (327.0, 464.9)
27
2002-2006
Fulton County
386.2 (345.1, 431.5)
68
2002-2006
Carroll County
381.7 (352.3, 413.0)
127
2002-2006
Phillips County
370.0 (337.1, 405.2)
95
2002-2006
Crittenden County
363.9 (339.1, 389.9)
165
2002-2006
Saline County
324.0 (308.1, 340.6)
314
2002-2006
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/22/2009 11:21 pm. 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.
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. 6 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2008/January 2009 data submission. State rates include rates from metropolitan areas funded by SEER.
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.
Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
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