Incidence Rate Report for Maine by County

"All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, Cervix, All Ages"
Sorted by Name

County,"Annual Incidence Rate(†) over rate period - cases per 100,000","Lower 95% Confidence Interval","Upper 95% Confidence Interval",Average Annual Count,Rate Period
Maine(6),6.7 ,5.9, 7.6,49,2005-2009
US (SEER+NPCR)(1),8.0 ,8.0, 8.1,§,2005-2009
Androscoggin County(6),9.3 ,6.1, 13.6,5,2005-2009
Aroostook County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Cumberland County(6),7.1 ,5.3, 9.4,11,2005-2009
Franklin County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Hancock County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Kennebec County(6),7.2 ,4.5, 10.8,5,2005-2009
Knox County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Lincoln County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Oxford County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Penobscot County(6),6.1 ,3.9, 9.1,5,2005-2009
Piscataquis County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Sagadahoc County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Somerset County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Waldo County(6),15.2 ,8.4, 25.2,3,2005-2009
Washington County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
York County(6),6.2 ,4.2, 8.7,7,2005-2009

Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/22/2013 3:55 pm.
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."
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates.  Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 cases were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.
"§ 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.

6 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2012 data submission. State rates include rates from metropolitan areas funded by SEER.


"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.