Rate/Trend Comparison by State/County Export Data   |  Send to Printer (Choose Landscape)   |   Close Window Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009 Alaska Counties versus United States All Cancer Sites All Races, Both Sexes Sorted by Priority Index County Priority Index1 1=highest 9=lowest Recent Trend2 County Death Rate Compared to US Rate Average Deaths per year 2005-2009 Annual Death Rate 2005-2009 deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) Rate Ratio3 County to US Recent Average Annual Percent Change2 in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval) Recent Trend Period2 United States - falling - 563,025 178.7 (178.4, 178.9) - -1.6 (-1.7, -1.5) 2005 - 2009 Alaska 8 falling similar 825 181.3 (175.4, 187.4) 1.015088777 -1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) 2005 - 2009 Bethel Census Area4 4 stable above 20 234.7 (187.0, 289.5) 1.313592850 0.4 (-1.4, 2.2) 2005 - 2009 Ketchikan Gateway Borough4 4 stable above 26 229.1 (189.5, 274.1) 1.282204816 -0.3 (-1.8, 1.3) 2005 - 2009 North Slope Borough4 4 stable above 10 291.4 (205.2, 397.3) 1.630941652 0.8 (-2.7, 4.5) 2005 - 2009 Northwest Arctic Borough4 4 stable above 10 256.6 (186.6, 341.8) 1.436080189 0.2 (-2.8, 3.3) 2005 - 2009 Wade Hampton Census Area4 4 stable above 9 278.2 (200.1, 373.7) 1.557434027 0.3 (-2.2, 2.8) 2005 - 2009 Dillingham Census Area4 6 stable similar 6 182.4 (119.8, 263.7) 1.021115855 1.8 (-3.9, 7.8) 2005 - 2009 Kodiak Island Borough4 6 stable similar 14 201.3 (153.5, 257.6) 1.126587836 -2.0 (-4.4, 0.6) 2005 - 2009 Matanuska-Susitna Borough4 6 stable similar 97 177.8 (160.6, 196.1) 0.995055376 -1.4 (-2.9, 0.1) 2005 - 2009 Nome Census Area4 6 stable similar 12 207.8 (155.2, 270.9) 1.162938758 -0.6 (-3.3, 2.1) 2005 - 2009 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area4 6 stable similar 7 169.6 (113.0, 242.5) 0.949418790 -1.9 (-6.0, 2.5) 2005 - 2009 Sitka City and Borough4 6 stable similar 13 164.2 (125.4, 210.9) 0.919352395 -1.8 (-4.1, 0.6) 2005 - 2009 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area4 6 stable similar 9 216.8 (151.1, 298.2) 1.213398316 0.3 (-2.8, 3.5) 2005 - 2009 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area4 6 stable similar 12 195.3 (148.3, 252.8) 1.093007147 0.1 (-2.0, 2.2) 2005 - 2009 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 6 stable similar 11 239.8 (176.7, 316.9) 1.342448086 1.5 (-1.8, 4.9) 2005 - 2009 Anchorage Municipality4 8 falling similar 325 178.3 (169.1, 187.9) 0.998180885 -1.2 (-1.9, -0.4) 2005 - 2009 Fairbanks North Borough4 8 falling similar 89 164.7 (148.5, 182.0) 0.921853951 -1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) 2005 - 2009 Juneau City and Borough4 8 falling similar 37 168.9 (143.6, 197.1) 0.945662641 -1.7 (-3.2, -0.1) 2005 - 2009 Kenai Peninsula Borough4 8 falling similar 86 187.7 (168.9, 207.9) 1.050421568 -1.5 (-2.8, -0.2) 2005 - 2009 Valdez-Cordova Census Area4 8 falling similar 11 152.8 (111.5, 203.2) 0.855028564 -2.8 (-5.5, -0.0) 2005 - 2009 Aleutians East Borough4 * ** * * * * ** ** Aleutians West Census Area4 * ** * * * * ** ** Bristol Bay Borough4 * ** * * * * ** ** Denali Borough * ** * * * * ** ** Haines Borough4 ** ** similar 4 160.9 (95.9, 255.5) 0.900891512 ** ** Lake and Peninsula Borough4 * * * * * * * * Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area4 ** ** similar 5 138.5 (82.8, 217.3) 0.775357520 ** ** Yakutat City and Borough4 * ** * * * * ** ** Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/21/2013 5:53 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 * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trendestimates. ** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend. 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. 4 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 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. 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. 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).