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Incidence Rate Report for West Virginia by County

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Cancer Sites, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County
Annual Incidence Rate
over rate period
(95% Confidence Interval)

Average Annual Count
Rate Period
West Virginia6 490.8 (486.6, 495.0) 10,893 2005-2009
US (SEER+NPCR)1 465.0 (464.7, 465.4)
§
2005-2009
Hampshire County6 592.6 (551.6, 636.1) 160 2005-2009
Cabell County6 580.4 (560.4, 601.0) 657 2005-2009
Wirt County6 565.8 (487.9, 653.4) 39 2005-2009
Mingo County6 561.5 (523.5, 601.6) 168 2005-2009
Logan County6 561.3 (529.2, 594.8) 237 2005-2009
Clay County6 560.2 (500.6, 625.1) 66 2005-2009
Ohio County6 558.0 (530.7, 586.3) 337 2005-2009
Hancock County6 552.7 (521.0, 586.1) 236 2005-2009
Lewis County6 538.9 (496.1, 584.6) 120 2005-2009
Lincoln County6 537.5 (497.9, 579.6) 140 2005-2009
Wetzel County6 533.6 (490.4, 579.9) 119 2005-2009
Kanawha County6 531.7 (518.6, 545.0) 1,294 2005-2009
Boone County6 526.4 (489.0, 566.0) 152 2005-2009
Greenbrier County6 523.8 (494.3, 554.8) 247 2005-2009
Fayette County6 522.0 (495.6, 549.5) 302 2005-2009
Mercer County6 517.6 (495.2, 540.8) 421 2005-2009
Gilmer County6 515.4 (446.4, 592.7) 42 2005-2009
Jackson County6 514.3 (481.3, 549.1) 186 2005-2009
Harrison County6 509.6 (488.0, 531.9) 431 2005-2009
Barbour County6 507.6 (462.9, 555.6) 98 2005-2009
Marion County6 503.3 (479.8, 527.8) 360 2005-2009
Webster County6 496.1 (440.4, 557.3) 60 2005-2009
Wood County6 494.6 (476.0, 513.9) 543 2005-2009
McDowell County6 486.3 (450.5, 524.3) 142 2005-2009
Tucker County6 485.3 (424.7, 553.2) 49 2005-2009
Wyoming County6 483.4 (447.3, 521.8) 139 2005-2009
Randolph County6 478.7 (446.6, 512.7) 170 2005-2009
Berkeley County6 478.1 (458.6, 498.3) 468 2005-2009
Nicholas County6 470.4 (437.4, 505.5) 156 2005-2009
Calhoun County6 468.3 (407.3, 536.5) 45 2005-2009
Upshur County6 467.7 (432.4, 505.2) 135 2005-2009
Mason County6 466.5 (433.5, 501.4) 153 2005-2009
Putnam County6 465.6 (441.5, 490.8) 288 2005-2009
Monongalia County6 465.1 (443.6, 487.4) 360 2005-2009
Preston County6 462.3 (431.4, 494.9) 172 2005-2009
Mineral County6 455.8 (423.0, 490.5) 149 2005-2009
Roane County6 452.6 (410.0, 498.8) 86 2005-2009
Ritchie County6 452.1 (401.2, 508.1) 60 2005-2009
Raleigh County6 451.8 (432.9, 471.4) 443 2005-2009
Monroe County6 447.8 (404.7, 494.7) 83 2005-2009
Marshall County6 443.0 (415.0, 472.4) 194 2005-2009
Braxton County6 431.6 (389.4, 477.4) 79 2005-2009
Tyler County6 426.6 (375.8, 483.1) 53 2005-2009
Pleasants County6 424.2 (365.7, 490.0) 39 2005-2009
Pocahontas County6 423.8 (371.9, 481.7) 51 2005-2009
Jefferson County6 412.7 (387.7, 438.9) 213 2005-2009
Brooke County6 412.3 (381.1, 445.5) 136 2005-2009
Summers County6 405.0 (364.8, 448.9) 76 2005-2009
Taylor County6 403.3 (364.9, 444.9) 83 2005-2009
Morgan County6 391.2 (354.0, 431.5) 84 2005-2009
Hardy County6 385.3 (343.3, 431.3) 64 2005-2009
Pendleton County6 365.0 (314.6, 422.1) 40 2005-2009
Wayne County6 356.4 (333.1, 380.9) 179 2005-2009
Grant County6 338.4 (298.7, 382.3) 56 2005-2009
Doddridge County6 336.7 (283.0, 398.2) 29 2005-2009
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/22/2013 2:43 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 (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 by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita 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.

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 is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.