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 Rate/Trend Comparison by State/County
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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009
Washington 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
Washington8falling  similar  11,442176.7 (175.3, 178.2)0.989320465-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Wahkiakum County2rising  similar  14214.3 (164.2, 278.2)1.1995454621.9 (0.4, 3.4)2005 - 2009
Cowlitz County4stable  above  239215.3 (203.1, 228.0)1.2050151180.2 (-0.1, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Grays Harbor County4stable  above  187213.3 (199.7, 227.6)1.194063512-2.1 (-4.2, 0.0)2005 - 2009
Lewis County4stable  above  191204.0 (191.1, 217.6)1.1420357610.2 (-0.1, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Asotin County6stable  similar  57192.0 (169.8, 216.6)1.074850055-0.2 (-0.8, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Benton County6stable  similar  272176.2 (166.8, 185.9)0.986003481-0.2 (-0.5, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Clallam County6stable  similar  223186.2 (175.1, 198.0)1.042367683-0.3 (-0.6, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Columbia County6stable  similar  12185.6 (141.1, 242.7)1.0388453600.7 (-0.5, 2.0)2005 - 2009
Douglas County6stable  similar  68177.9 (159.4, 198.0)0.995605807-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Ferry County6stable  similar  20206.2 (165.2, 255.1)1.1539895141.0 (-0.5, 2.4)2005 - 2009
Franklin County6stable  similar  76172.7 (155.4, 191.2)0.966741164-2.4 (-4.8, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Garfield County6stable  similar  7204.1 (136.4, 299.3)1.1425376530.4 (-0.6, 1.5)2005 - 2009
Grant County6stable  similar  144182.6 (169.5, 196.5)1.022185833-0.3 (-0.6, 0.0)2005 - 2009
Kittitas County6stable  similar  63171.4 (152.8, 191.8)0.959593149-0.1 (-0.7, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Lincoln County6stable  similar  26161.7 (134.5, 193.9)0.905235733-0.5 (-1.2, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Mason County6stable  similar  145194.3 (180.2, 209.3)1.087711650-7.3 (-17.3, 3.9)2005 - 2009
Pacific County6stable  similar  71192.6 (172.4, 215.0)1.077921722-0.3 (-0.8, 0.3)2005 - 2009
Pend Oreille County6stable  similar  34211.2 (179.3, 247.7)1.1821557410.5 (-0.2, 1.2)2005 - 2009
Skagit County6stable  similar  261184.5 (174.5, 194.9)1.032580500-0.2 (-0.5, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Skamania County6stable  similar  23204.1 (167.4, 246.5)1.1422215860.0 (-0.8, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Stevens County6stable  similar  96183.1 (166.6, 200.8)1.024690717-0.1 (-0.5, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Thurston County6stable  similar  457182.6 (175.1, 190.4)1.022166708-4.5 (-9.3, 0.6)2005 - 2009
Walla Walla County6stable  similar  119169.9 (156.2, 184.6)0.951185727-0.3 (-0.7, 0.1)2005 - 2009
San Juan County7stable  below  37132.9 (113.6, 155.5)0.743763153-0.5 (-1.2, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Adams County8falling  similar  25174.2 (144.8, 207.7)0.975254749-0.8 (-1.4, -0.1)2005 - 2009
Chelan County8falling  similar  143165.2 (153.2, 177.9)0.924579803-0.6 (-0.9, -0.2)2005 - 2009
Clark County8falling  similar  697183.7 (177.5, 190.0)1.028241814-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5)2005 - 2009
Jefferson County8falling  similar  84161.5 (145.7, 179.1)0.904250322-0.6 (-1.2, -0.1)2005 - 2009
King County8falling  similar  2,857163.7 (160.9, 166.4)0.916089358-1.6 (-1.8, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Kitsap County8falling  similar  448176.7 (169.3, 184.3)0.989175094-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Okanogan County8falling  similar  88171.2 (155.3, 188.4)0.958365744-0.5 (-0.9, -0.1)2005 - 2009
Pierce County8falling  similar  1,334189.7 (185.2, 194.4)1.062119816-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Snohomish County8falling  similar  1,046182.5 (177.4, 187.6)1.021274782-0.9 (-1.2, -0.5)2005 - 2009
Spokane County8falling  similar  888182.7 (177.3, 188.2)1.022435557-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Whatcom County8falling  similar  344170.3 (162.3, 178.7)0.953415299-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Whitman County8falling  similar  55171.0 (151.1, 192.8)0.957098970-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2)2005 - 2009
Yakima County8falling  similar  383172.1 (164.5, 180.1)0.963531304-1.5 (-2.5, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Island County9falling  below  167148.8 (138.7, 159.5)0.832798556-1.7 (-2.3, -1.1)2005 - 2009
Klickitat County9falling  below  40153.0 (132.2, 176.5)0.856386106-2.2 (-3.2, -1.2)2005 - 2009
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/21/2013 11:40 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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