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 Rate/Trend Comparison by State/County
National Cancer Institute State Cancer Profiles Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009
Arkansas 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
Arkansas5falling  above  6,393199.7 (197.5, 201.9)1.117758133-0.7 (-0.8, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Chicot County1rising  above  34216.4 (184.9, 252.1)1.2112850060.9 (0.2, 1.6)2005 - 2009
Cross County1rising  above  54247.3 (218.2, 279.3)1.3840738250.9 (0.3, 1.4)2005 - 2009
Franklin County1rising  above  49213.1 (186.9, 242.1)1.1927817370.7 (0.0, 1.3)2005 - 2009
Greene County1rising  above  94210.3 (191.6, 230.4)1.1773648390.5 (0.0, 1.0)2005 - 2009
Hempstead County1rising  above  56220.7 (195.5, 248.2)1.2351086360.7 (0.3, 1.2)2005 - 2009
Howard County1rising  above  42253.6 (219.9, 291.1)1.4192678681.1 (0.5, 1.6)2005 - 2009
Izard County1rising  above  43213.7 (185.4, 245.7)1.1963125090.9 (0.1, 1.6)2005 - 2009
Jackson County1rising  above  48236.1 (206.8, 268.6)1.3216049370.7 (0.1, 1.3)2005 - 2009
Logan County1rising  above  66224.5 (200.7, 250.5)1.2564976520.9 (0.4, 1.4)2005 - 2009
Poinsett County1rising  above  77263.6 (237.7, 291.6)1.4752246930.5 (0.0, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Searcy County2rising  similar  27215.5 (179.6, 257.5)1.2062747211.2 (0.5, 1.8)2005 - 2009
Van Buren County2rising  similar  54193.8 (170.3, 220.2)1.0849517210.8 (0.3, 1.3)2005 - 2009
Arkansas County4stable  above  53210.5 (185.6, 238.0)1.1781267450.1 (-0.4, 0.7)2005 - 2009
Ashley County4stable  above  57213.7 (189.3, 240.5)1.196175652-2.6 (-5.4, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Baxter County4stable  above  161203.6 (189.0, 219.2)1.139436761-0.1 (-0.3, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Clay County4stable  above  49207.1 (181.3, 236.0)1.1593844710.4 (-0.1, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Cleveland County4stable  above  23226.5 (186.4, 273.1)1.2679309270.6 (-0.5, 1.7)2005 - 2009
Columbia County4stable  above  63216.3 (192.8, 241.9)1.210741824-4.4 (-10.1, 1.7)2005 - 2009
Crawford County4stable  above  124207.9 (191.6, 225.2)1.163572183-0.0 (-0.4, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Crittenden County4stable  above  109237.6 (217.7, 258.7)1.329793001-1.1 (-2.3, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Drew County4stable  above  44218.3 (190.3, 249.3)1.2220211670.6 (-0.0, 1.3)2005 - 2009
Fulton County4stable  above  39216.0 (185.4, 250.9)1.2088881990.6 (-0.1, 1.3)2005 - 2009
Hot Spring County4stable  above  78202.8 (183.0, 224.2)1.1349723310.3 (-0.1, 0.8)2005 - 2009
Lee County4stable  above  31247.4 (209.8, 290.1)1.3849171520.4 (-0.1, 1.0)2005 - 2009
Lonoke County4stable  above  120206.8 (190.4, 224.2)1.1575201600.4 (-0.1, 0.8)2005 - 2009
Miller County4stable  above  100202.7 (185.1, 221.5)1.134422785-0.1 (-0.5, 0.3)2005 - 2009
Monroe County4stable  above  34270.6 (230.8, 316.1)1.5147569640.5 (-0.1, 1.2)2005 - 2009
Ouachita County4stable  above  70201.1 (180.4, 223.8)1.125743156-0.3 (-0.9, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Perry County4stable  above  28219.0 (184.0, 259.2)1.226052878-0.1 (-0.8, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Phillips County4stable  above  69274.3 (245.8, 305.3)1.535304038-0.7 (-1.9, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Prairie County4stable  above  28224.2 (188.0, 266.1)1.2548479050.6 (-0.1, 1.3)2005 - 2009
Sebastian County4stable  above  264205.6 (194.6, 217.2)1.1511007980.3 (-0.1, 0.6)2005 - 2009
St. Francis County4stable  above  67243.7 (218.0, 271.6)1.364107687-8.7 (-20.0, 4.2)2005 - 2009
Union County4stable  above  128232.8 (214.9, 252.0)1.303158392-0.6 (-1.3, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Woodruff County4stable  above  23220.9 (181.3, 267.3)1.2366786350.7 (-0.0, 1.4)2005 - 2009
Yell County4stable  above  53210.9 (186.2, 238.2)1.180731406-2.8 (-5.6, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Jefferson County5falling  above  187216.1 (202.3, 230.6)1.209683878-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2)2005 - 2009
Mississippi County5falling  above  99209.1 (191.0, 228.4)1.170319331-1.5 (-2.9, -0.1)2005 - 2009
Pulaski County5falling  above  759196.9 (190.7, 203.4)1.102408545-1.2 (-1.6, -0.7)2005 - 2009
Boone County6stable  similar  96194.6 (177.3, 213.3)1.089385557-0.2 (-0.6, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Bradley County6stable  similar  28175.9 (147.3, 208.7)0.984342240-0.0 (-0.8, 0.7)2005 - 2009
Calhoun County6stable  similar  12164.7 (124.7, 214.6)0.921898739-0.1 (-1.1, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Carroll County6stable  similar  67188.8 (168.9, 210.6)1.0569674730.0 (-0.6, 0.6)2005 - 2009
Clark County6stable  similar  45171.9 (149.9, 196.5)0.9623455590.3 (-0.3, 1.0)2005 - 2009
Cleburne County6stable  similar  77190.6 (171.6, 211.4)1.0668062810.3 (-0.3, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Conway County6stable  similar  47182.9 (160.0, 208.2)1.023531124-1.0 (-1.9, 0.0)2005 - 2009
Craighead County6stable  similar  174193.9 (181.2, 207.3)1.085279680-0.3 (-0.6, 0.0)2005 - 2009
Dallas County6stable  similar  22207.8 (170.2, 252.0)1.1634183150.7 (-0.1, 1.5)2005 - 2009
Desha County6stable  similar  34203.8 (173.7, 237.8)1.140766527-0.7 (-1.5, 0.0)2005 - 2009
Faulkner County6stable  similar  162187.1 (174.3, 200.5)1.047130130-0.3 (-0.7, 0.0)2005 - 2009
Garland County6stable  similar  283190.4 (180.4, 201.0)1.066005229-0.3 (-0.7, 0.0)2005 - 2009
Grant County6stable  similar  38203.5 (175.4, 235.0)1.139186903-0.0 (-0.5, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Independence County6stable  similar  81192.1 (173.7, 212.0)1.0752240940.2 (-0.3, 0.7)2005 - 2009
Johnson County6stable  similar  55196.5 (173.7, 221.5)1.0997309081.0 (-0.3, 2.3)2005 - 2009
Lafayette County6stable  similar  23211.4 (174.0, 255.4)1.1834614630.5 (-0.3, 1.2)2005 - 2009
Lawrence County6stable  similar  45194.3 (169.1, 222.5)1.0876911560.1 (-0.4, 0.6)2005 - 2009
Lincoln County6stable  similar  27191.3 (160.3, 226.7)1.0710311680.4 (-0.1, 1.0)2005 - 2009
Little River County6stable  similar  36210.0 (179.6, 244.4)1.1755915290.4 (-0.2, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Montgomery County6stable  similar  26185.7 (154.4, 222.4)1.0392763780.2 (-0.5, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Nevada County6stable  similar  23191.9 (158.0, 231.3)1.073951727-0.1 (-0.7, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Newton County6stable  similar  22190.9 (156.2, 231.9)1.0686073870.1 (-0.7, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Pike County6stable  similar  28182.4 (152.9, 216.5)1.021112277-0.2 (-0.9, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Randolph County6stable  similar  49196.5 (172.3, 223.4)1.0997298560.1 (-0.5, 0.7)2005 - 2009
Saline County6stable  similar  194193.9 (181.8, 206.7)1.0854569600.3 (-0.0, 0.7)2005 - 2009
Scott County6stable  similar  28197.6 (165.7, 234.2)1.106058204-3.1 (-6.4, 0.3)2005 - 2009
Sevier County6stable  similar  34207.7 (177.4, 241.7)1.1628561560.4 (-0.3, 1.2)2005 - 2009
Sharp County6stable  similar  55184.8 (162.9, 209.3)1.0341888790.3 (-0.2, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Stone County6stable  similar  33174.7 (148.3, 205.2)0.977790721-0.3 (-1.1, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Washington County6stable  similar  295187.7 (178.1, 197.6)1.050554664-0.1 (-0.4, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Benton County8falling  similar  332163.2 (155.4, 171.3)0.913559246-0.8 (-1.2, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Madison County8falling  similar  32162.1 (137.6, 190.0)0.907407153-1.9 (-3.1, -0.5)2005 - 2009
Marion County8falling  similar  52191.2 (167.5, 218.0)1.070351268-2.0 (-3.6, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Polk County8falling  similar  55197.7 (174.6, 223.3)1.106835002-2.8 (-5.0, -0.5)2005 - 2009
Pope County8falling  similar  120185.4 (170.8, 201.0)1.037833462-2.6 (-5.0, -0.3)2005 - 2009
White County8falling  similar  159192.8 (179.5, 206.8)1.078921437-1.9 (-2.5, -1.3)2005 - 2009
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/25/2013 8:12 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.

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.

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