Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009
North Carolina Counties versus United States
Breast
All Races, Female
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Above US Rate |
Similar to US Rate |
Below US Rate |
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Rising
Trend |
Priority 1: rising  and above
Edgecombe County |
Priority 2: rising and similar 
[none] |
Priority 3: rising and below 
[none] |
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Stable
Trend |
Priority 4: stable  and above
Cumberland County
Halifax County
Hertford County
Wayne County
Wilson County |
Priority 6: stable and similar
Anson County
Beaufort County
Bertie County
Burke County
Caldwell County
Columbus County
Davidson County
Franklin County
Granville County
Harnett County
Haywood County
Iredell County
Johnston County
Lenoir County
New Hanover County
Northampton County
Onslow County
Orange County
Pasquotank County
Robeson County
Rockingham County
Rowan County
Rutherford County
Sampson County
Scotland County
Stanly County
Stokes County
Surry County |
Priority 7: stable and below
Chatham County
Wilkes County |
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Falling
Trend |
Priority 5: falling and above
[none] |
Priority 8: falling and similar
North Carolina
Alamance County
Brunswick County
Buncombe County
Cabarrus County
Carteret County
Catawba County
Cleveland County
Craven County
Duplin County
Durham County
Forsyth County
Gaston County
Guilford County
Henderson County
Mecklenburg County
Moore County
Nash County
Pitt County
Randolph County
Richmond County
Transylvania County
Wake County |
Priority 9: falling and below
Lincoln County
Union County |
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Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/23/2013 4:29 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
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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.
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).
Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Alleghany County, Camden County, Clay County, Currituck County, Gates County, Graham County, Greene County, Hyde County, Jones County, Madison County, Mitchell County, Pamlico County, Perquimans County, Swain County, Tyrrell County, Washington County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Alexander County, Ashe County, Avery County, Bladen County, Caswell County, Cherokee County, Chowan County, Dare County, Davie County, Hoke County, Jackson County, Lee County, Macon County, Martin County, McDowell County, Montgomery County, Pender County, Person County, Polk County, Vance County, Warren County, Watauga County, Yadkin County, Yancey County |
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