Incidence Rate Report for Rhode Island by County

"All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Melanoma of the Skin, 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
Rhode Island(6),21.2 ,20.0, 22.4,249,2005-2009
US (SEER+NPCR)(1),19.2 ,19.2, 19.3,§,2005-2009
Washington County(6),33.5 ,29.2, 38.3,48,2005-2009
Newport County(6),26.4 ,22.0, 31.4,27,2005-2009
Kent County(6),25.2 ,22.1, 28.6,49,2005-2009
Bristol County(6),23.8 ,18.4, 30.3,14,2005-2009
Providence County(6),16.2 ,14.8, 17.6,108,2005-2009

Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/23/2013 4:43 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."
"§ 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.