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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Texas Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites

All Races, Female

Sorted by priority index

Explanation of Column Headers

State/County - The site and sex combination for this comparison.

Priority Index 1 - The priority index is based upon the direction of the trend and the rate comparison. An index of 1 is the highest priority - that trend is rising and the rate is already higher. An index of 9 is the lowest priority - the trend is falling and the rate is already lower.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


United States


Texas


Brooks County


Polk County


Atascosa County


Jim Wells County


Pecos County


Wheeler County


Bosque County


Bowie County


Burleson County


Calhoun County


Cass County


Coleman County


Coryell County


Ector County


Fannin County


Freestone County


Hamilton County


Henderson County


Hill County


Hockley County


Hunt County


Jasper County


Kaufman County


Kleberg County


Lamar County


Liberty County


Morris County


Nacogdoches County


Orange County


Palo Pinto County


Panola County


Real County


Rusk County


Shelby County


Trinity County


Upshur County


Uvalde County


Van Zandt County


Wichita County


Wise County


Wood County


Young County


Zavala County


Grayson County


Gregg County


Johnson County


Navarro County


Parker County


Red River County


Anderson County


Andrews County


Angelina County


Bailey County


Baylor County


Bee County


Blanco County


Callahan County


Camp County


Carson County


Castro County


Cherokee County


Childress County


Clay County


Colorado County


Cooke County


Crosby County


Dallam County


Dawson County


DeWitt County


Deaf Smith County


Delta County


Dimmit County


Donley County


Duval County


Eastland County


El Paso County


Erath County


Falls County


Fayette County


Fisher County


Floyd County


Franklin County


Frio County


Garza County


Goliad County


Gonzales County


Gray County


Grimes County


Guadalupe County


Hale County


Hall County


Hansford County


Hardeman County


Haskell County


Hood County


Hopkins County


Howard County


Jack County


Jackson County


Jim Hogg County


Jones County


Karnes County


Kinney County


La Salle County


Lamb County


Lampasas County


Lavaca County


Lee County


Leon County


Live Oak County


Llano County


Lynn County


Madison County


Marion County


Mason County


Matagorda County


Maverick County


McCulloch County


Medina County


Midland County


Milam County


Mills County


Mitchell County


Montague County


Moore County


Newton County


Nolan County


Ochiltree County


Reeves County


Refugio County


Runnels County


Sabine County


San Augustine County


San Jacinto County


San Saba County


Scurry County


Somervell County


Sutton County


Swisher County


Terry County


Tyler County


Val Verde County


Victoria County


Walker County


Ward County


Washington County


Webb County


Wilbarger County


Wilson County


Yoakum County


Austin County


Brewster County


Cameron County


Hidalgo County


Presidio County


Starr County


Willacy County


Zapata County


Aransas County


Bandera County


Bastrop County


Bell County


Bexar County


Brazoria County


Brown County


Burnet County


Caldwell County


Chambers County


Comal County


Comanche County


Dallas County


Ellis County


Gaines County


Galveston County


Hardin County


Harris County


Harrison County


Hays County


Houston County


Hutchinson County


Jefferson County


Kerr County


Kimble County


Limestone County


Lubbock County


McLennan County


Montgomery County


Nueces County


Potter County


Rains County


Randall County


Robertson County


Rockwall County


San Patricio County


Smith County


Stephens County


Tarrant County


Taylor County


Titus County


Tom Green County


Waller County


Wharton County


Brazos County


Collin County


Denton County


Fort Bend County


Gillespie County


Kendall County


Travis County


Williamson County


Winkler County


Archer County Coke County Concho County Crane County Crockett County Jeff Davis County Knox County Martin County Parmer County Armstrong County Borden County Briscoe County Cochran County Collingsworth County Cottle County Culberson County Dickens County Edwards County Foard County Glasscock County Hartley County Hemphill County Hudspeth County Irion County Kenedy County Kent County King County Lipscomb County Loving County McMullen County Menard County Motley County Oldham County Reagan County Roberts County Schleicher County Shackelford County Sherman County Sterling County Stonewall County Terrell County Throckmorton County Upton County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 8:10 am.

Trend2
     Rising     when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
     Stable     when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
     Falling     when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.
Rate Comparison
     Above     when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10
     Similar     when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.
     Below     when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate.
2 Recent trend in death rates is usually an Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period and/or calculation method used in the calculation of the trends may differ for selected geographic areas.
3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate. Previous versions of this table used one-year rates for states and five-year rates for counties. As of June 2018, only five-year rates are used.
Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
Note: 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.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).

Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Armstrong County, Borden County, Briscoe County, Cochran County, Collingsworth County, Cottle County, Culberson County, Dickens County, Edwards County, Foard County, Glasscock County, Hartley County, Hemphill County, Hudspeth County, Irion County, Kenedy County, Kent County, King County, Lipscomb County, Loving County, McMullen County, Menard County, Motley County, Oldham County, Reagan County, Roberts County, Schleicher County, Shackelford County, Sherman County, Sterling County, Stonewall County, Terrell County, Throckmorton County, Upton County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Archer County, Coke County, Concho County, Crane County, Crockett County, Jeff Davis County, Knox County, Martin County, Parmer County

Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer 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.

Data for United States do not include Puerto Rico.