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 Rate/Trend Comparison by State/County
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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009
South Carolina 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)
sort AAPC ascending
Recent Trend Period2
United States-falling  -563,025178.7 (178.4, 178.9)--1.6 (-1.7, -1.5)2005 - 2009
South Carolina8falling  similar  8,939187.9 (186.2, 189.7)1.051973073-1.7 (-2.1, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Chesterfield County1rising  above  102217.8 (199.1, 237.8)1.2190039530.4 (0.0, 0.8)2005 - 2009
Hampton County1rising  above  57249.6 (221.2, 280.7)1.3972885480.7 (0.2, 1.2)2005 - 2009
Lee County1rising  above  55259.8 (229.9, 292.7)1.4544469141.4 (0.8, 1.9)2005 - 2009
Union County1rising  above  85232.5 (210.7, 256.1)1.3014478130.7 (0.3, 1.1)2005 - 2009
Williamsburg County1rising  above  89220.3 (200.1, 242.0)1.2328876100.7 (0.2, 1.2)2005 - 2009
Allendale County4stable  above  25218.5 (181.4, 261.0)1.2227948820.6 (-0.3, 1.5)2005 - 2009
Anderson County4stable  above  435208.4 (199.7, 217.5)1.166749789-6.2 (-13.1, 1.2)2005 - 2009
Chester County4stable  above  79209.9 (189.4, 232.1)1.175116154-1.0 (-2.0, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Clarendon County4stable  above  90214.0 (194.2, 235.3)1.197699137-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Colleton County4stable  above  100222.0 (202.7, 242.7)1.2427942330.3 (-0.1, 0.8)2005 - 2009
Darlington County4stable  above  164218.9 (204.0, 234.6)1.225061080-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Dillon County4stable  above  68215.4 (192.8, 239.8)1.205435501-0.5 (-1.6, 0.6)2005 - 2009
Edgefield County4stable  above  53217.5 (191.6, 245.8)1.2172692290.4 (-0.2, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Kershaw County4stable  above  148221.2 (205.4, 237.9)1.237991108-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3)2005 - 2009
Laurens County4stable  above  155197.3 (183.5, 211.8)1.104157879-0.2 (-0.6, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Marion County4stable  above  77204.3 (184.1, 226.1)1.143391117-0.4 (-1.0, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Cherokee County5falling  above  121208.0 (191.6, 225.5)1.164490467-6.4 (-11.4, -1.2)2005 - 2009
Fairfield County5falling  above  62227.1 (202.2, 254.3)1.270952632-1.2 (-2.4, -0.0)2005 - 2009
Marlboro County5falling  above  62203.7 (181.5, 227.9)1.140232170-2.1 (-3.3, -0.9)2005 - 2009
Orangeburg County5falling  above  211201.8 (189.6, 214.5)1.129324366-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Sumter County5falling  above  225205.4 (193.5, 217.8)1.149839114-6.7 (-12.4, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Abbeville County6stable  similar  61194.9 (173.3, 218.6)1.090914796-0.4 (-1.1, 0.3)2005 - 2009
Bamberg County6stable  similar  37200.1 (172.0, 231.6)1.1199693880.2 (-0.3, 0.8)2005 - 2009
Barnwell County6stable  similar  52201.4 (177.4, 227.8)1.1271988880.5 (-0.0, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Calhoun County6stable  similar  30159.7 (134.6, 188.5)0.893900286-0.0 (-0.8, 0.8)2005 - 2009
Jasper County6stable  similar  41188.7 (163.5, 216.6)1.056024318-0.2 (-0.9, 0.5)2005 - 2009
McCormick County6stable  similar  27175.0 (145.4, 209.8)0.979488929-0.5 (-1.3, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Oconee County6stable  similar  172179.9 (167.8, 192.6)1.006893733-0.3 (-0.7, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Aiken County8falling  similar  321177.1 (168.5, 186.1)0.991479661-3.6 (-5.6, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Berkeley County8falling  similar  243180.2 (169.8, 191.0)1.008762287-2.0 (-2.9, -1.2)2005 - 2009
Charleston County8falling  similar  657185.0 (178.7, 191.5)1.035423973-1.3 (-1.8, -0.9)2005 - 2009
Dorchester County8falling  similar  184174.3 (162.9, 186.3)0.975761240-2.7 (-4.1, -1.3)2005 - 2009
Florence County8falling  similar  276193.9 (183.7, 204.5)1.085394413-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Georgetown County8falling  similar  150190.4 (176.7, 205.0)1.066009619-1.1 (-2.0, -0.2)2005 - 2009
Greenville County8falling  similar  778177.3 (171.8, 183.0)0.992584590-1.0 (-1.4, -0.7)2005 - 2009
Greenwood County8falling  similar  151189.6 (176.2, 203.7)1.061018407-1.1 (-1.7, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Horry County8falling  similar  567179.6 (172.9, 186.6)1.005449381-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8)2005 - 2009
Lancaster County8falling  similar  137172.1 (159.3, 185.7)0.963580438-1.5 (-2.6, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Lexington County8falling  similar  423171.2 (163.9, 178.7)0.958090341-1.5 (-2.0, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Newberry County8falling  similar  84181.9 (164.7, 200.4)1.017953939-1.3 (-2.4, -0.2)2005 - 2009
Pickens County8falling  similar  204166.0 (155.9, 176.6)0.929357051-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8)2005 - 2009
Richland County8falling  similar  594194.6 (187.6, 201.8)1.089202777-1.4 (-1.7, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Saluda County8falling  similar  37167.9 (144.5, 194.2)0.939947592-2.1 (-3.5, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Spartanburg County8falling  similar  569189.5 (182.5, 196.6)1.060651796-4.2 (-8.0, -0.4)2005 - 2009
York County8falling  similar  383190.0 (181.5, 198.8)1.063580034-1.4 (-2.1, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Beaufort County9falling  below  299153.7 (145.8, 162.0)0.860609049-1.9 (-2.6, -1.2)2005 - 2009
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/24/2013 5:41 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.

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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