Incidence Rate Report for New Hampshire by County

"All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Cancer Sites, All Ages"
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County,"Annual Incidence Rate(†) over rate period - cases per 100,000","Lower 95% Confidence Interval","Upper 95% Confidence Interval",Average Annual Count,Rate Period
New Hampshire(6),499.3 ,494.1, 504.6,7229,2005-2009
US (SEER+NPCR)(1),465.0 ,464.7, 465.4,§,2005-2009
Rockingham County(6),522.9 ,511.5, 534.6,1651,2005-2009
Belknap County(6),515.6 ,492.9, 539.2,403,2005-2009
Strafford County(6),513.7 ,495.6, 532.3,618,2005-2009
Merrimack County(6),497.9 ,482.4, 513.7,813,2005-2009
Carroll County(6),496.2 ,472.3, 521.1,346,2005-2009
Cheshire County(6),489.5 ,469.0, 510.7,441,2005-2009
Hillsborough County(6),489.0 ,479.3, 498.9,1985,2005-2009
Sullivan County(6),488.2 ,462.0, 515.6,267,2005-2009
Coos County(6),478.5 ,449.6, 509.0,217,2005-2009
Grafton County(6),474.0 ,455.0, 493.6,485,2005-2009

Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/21/2013 11:40 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.