Incidence Rate Report for Connecticut by County

"All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Cancer Sites, All Ages"
Sorted by Rate

County,"Annual Incidence Rate(†) over rate period - cases per 100,000","Lower 95% Confidence Interval","Upper 95% Confidence Interval",Average Annual Count,Rate Period
Connecticut(3),508.5 ,505.3, 511.7,19858,2005-2009
US (SEER+NPCR)(1),465.0 ,464.7, 465.4,§,2005-2009
New London County(7),525.4 ,513.7, 537.3,1553,2005-2009
New Haven County(7),524.7 ,518.1, 531.4,4955,2005-2009
Fairfield County(7),513.5 ,507.1, 520.0,4977,2005-2009
Middlesex County(7),507.6 ,493.3, 522.2,986,2005-2009
Hartford County(7),500.0 ,493.7, 506.3,5006,2005-2009
Litchfield County(7),494.0 ,481.0, 507.3,1140,2005-2009
Tolland County(7),481.6 ,465.6, 498.0,713,2005-2009
Windham County(7),432.8 ,416.2, 449.9,527,2005-2009

Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/25/2013 8:19 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
"† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population [http://www.seer.cancer.gov/stdpopulations/stdpop.19ages.html] (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified [http://seer.cancer.gov/popdata/] by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita [http://seer.cancer.gov/data/hurricane.html] for 62 counties and parishes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The 1969-2009 US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates."
"§ Because of the impact on Louisiana's population for the July - December 2005 time period due to Hurricanes Katrina/Rita, SEER excluded Louisiana cases diagnosed for that six month time period. The count has been suppressed due to data consistency issues.  [http://seer.cancer.gov/data/hurricane.html]
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1 Source: CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2012 data submission and SEER November 2011 submission.

3 Source: SEER November 2011 submission.  State Cancer Registry also receives funding from CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries.

7 Source: SEER November 2011 submission.


"Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics.  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 [http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/suppressed.html] is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.