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 Rate/Trend Comparison by State/County
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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009
Arizona Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites
All Races, Both Sexes
Sorted by Priority Index
County
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Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest

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Recent
Trend2

County Death Rate
Compared to
US Rate

Average Deaths per year
2005-2009

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Annual
Death
Rate
2005-2009

deaths per 100,000

(95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate
Ratio3
County to USsort ascending by the rate ratio
Recent Average Annual
Percent Change2
in Death Rates

(95% Confidence Interval)
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Recent Trend Period2
United States-falling  -563,025178.7 (178.4, 178.9)--1.6 (-1.7, -1.5)2005 - 2009
Arizona9falling  below  10,045152.8 (151.5, 154.2)0.855520494-2.3 (-2.8, -1.8)2005 - 2009
Mohave County5falling  above  624207.8 (200.3, 215.4)1.162975941-0.7 (-1.0, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Graham County6stable  similar  58166.8 (148.0, 187.3)0.933659139-0.1 (-0.6, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Greenlee County6stable  similar  16225.7 (177.6, 282.7)1.2635492010.4 (-0.6, 1.4)2005 - 2009
Apache County7stable  below  77131.7 (118.6, 145.9)0.737265227-0.2 (-0.7, 0.3)2005 - 2009
La Paz County47stable  below  51123.9 (107.7, 142.4)0.693247681-2.0 (-4.5, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Gila County8falling  similar  144170.5 (158.0, 184.0)0.954615381-2.4 (-4.4, -0.3)2005 - 2009
Cochise County9falling  below  263159.8 (151.2, 168.8)0.894535364-2.1 (-3.2, -1.1)2005 - 2009
Coconino County9falling  below  126141.4 (130.0, 153.4)0.791257616-0.5 (-0.9, -0.1)2005 - 2009
Maricopa County9falling  below  5,350150.9 (149.1, 152.8)0.844811061-2.4 (-2.8, -2.1)2005 - 2009
Navajo County9falling  below  163157.5 (146.6, 168.9)0.881408750-1.0 (-1.9, -0.2)2005 - 2009
Pima County9falling  below  1,823156.1 (152.9, 159.4)0.873909630-1.7 (-2.0, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Pinal County9falling  below  466145.3 (139.4, 151.4)0.813240046-5.9 (-10.8, -0.8)2005 - 2009
Santa Cruz County9falling  below  62142.0 (126.5, 158.9)0.794757547-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Yavapai County9falling  below  547154.9 (149.0, 161.0)0.866989495-1.8 (-2.4, -1.1)2005 - 2009
Yuma County49falling  below  276116.0 (109.8, 122.5)0.649292230-1.8 (-2.6, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/23/2013 2:32 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

* 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).