Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009
Alaska Counties versus United States
All Cancer Sites
All Races, Both Sexes
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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
[none] |
Priority 2: rising and similar 
[none] |
Priority 3: rising and below 
[none] |
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Stable
Trend |
Priority 4: stable  and above
Bethel Census Area4
Ketchikan Gateway Borough4
North Slope Borough4
Northwest Arctic Borough4
Wade Hampton Census Area4 |
Priority 6: stable and similar
Dillingham Census Area4
Kodiak Island Borough4
Matanuska-Susitna Borough4
Nome Census Area4
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area4
Sitka City and Borough4
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area4
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area4
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area |
Priority 7: stable and below
[none] |
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Falling
Trend |
Priority 5: falling and above
[none] |
Priority 8: falling and similar
Alaska
Anchorage Municipality4
Fairbanks North Borough4
Juneau City and Borough4
Kenai Peninsula Borough4
Valdez-Cordova Census Area4 |
Priority 9: falling and below
[none] |
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Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/23/2013 6:43 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
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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.
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).
Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Aleutians East Borough4, Aleutians West Census Area4, Bristol Bay Borough4, Denali Borough, Lake and Peninsula Borough4, Yakutat City and Borough4
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Haines Borough4, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area4 |
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