Incidence Rate Report for Maryland 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
Maryland(6),456.6 ,454.1, 459.1,26414,2005-2009
US (SEER+NPCR)(1),465.0 ,464.7, 465.4,§,2005-2009
Wicomico County(6),526.2 ,506.1, 547.0,523,2005-2009
Worcester County(6),504.4 ,481.1, 528.8,384,2005-2009
Harford County(6),494.8 ,482.2, 507.7,1209,2005-2009
Cecil County(6),491.9 ,472.3, 512.1,490,2005-2009
Frederick County(6),491.8 ,478.2, 505.6,1038,2005-2009
Allegany County(6),484.3 ,464.4, 505.0,463,2005-2009
Anne Arundel County(6),483.5 ,474.9, 492.2,2494,2005-2009
Somerset County(6),482.1 ,446.5, 520.0,138,2005-2009
Baltimore County(6),479.5 ,473.1, 486.0,4327,2005-2009
Talbot County(6),475.1 ,448.8, 502.8,269,2005-2009
Caroline County(6),474.4 ,442.6, 507.9,168,2005-2009
Calvert County(6),474.0 ,452.6, 496.1,393,2005-2009
Queen Annes County(6),473.9 ,447.6, 501.3,254,2005-2009
Baltimore City(6),471.2 ,463.6, 478.8,3008,2005-2009
Kent County(6),467.5 ,431.6, 505.9,134,2005-2009
Washington County(6),466.5 ,451.6, 481.8,746,2005-2009
St. Marys County(6),466.5 ,446.4, 487.3,425,2005-2009
Carroll County(6),464.2 ,449.9, 478.8,823,2005-2009
Dorchester County(6),449.0 ,420.4, 479.1,191,2005-2009
Howard County(6),432.5 ,420.7, 444.5,1107,2005-2009
Charles County(6),431.5 ,414.4, 449.1,519,2005-2009
Garrett County(6),418.1 ,389.0, 448.9,159,2005-2009
Prince Georges County(6),408.1 ,401.3, 415.0,2989,2005-2009
Montgomery County(6),406.7 ,401.1, 412.5,4032,2005-2009

Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/18/2013 2:26 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.

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.