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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Minnesota Counties versus United States

Colon & Rectum

All Races, Both Sexes

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


Minnesota


Chippewa County


Faribault County


Polk County


Hubbard County


Koochiching County


Nobles County


Wabasha County


Wadena County


Aitkin County


Anoka County


Becker County


Beltrami County


Benton County


Blue Earth County


Brown County


Carlton County


Carver County


Cass County


Clay County


Crow Wing County


Douglas County


Fillmore County


Freeborn County


Goodhue County


Itasca County


Kandiyohi County


Le Sueur County


Martin County


McLeod County


Meeker County


Mille Lacs County


Morrison County


Nicollet County


Otter Tail County


Renville County


Rice County


Sherburne County


Stearns County


Steele County


Winona County


Wright County


Dakota County


Hennepin County


Mower County


Olmsted County


Ramsey County


Scott County


St. Louis County


Washington County


Chisago County Dodge County Isanti County Lyon County Pine County Sibley County Waseca County Yellow Medicine County Big Stone County Clearwater County Cook County Cottonwood County Grant County Houston County Jackson County Kanabec County Kittson County Lac qui Parle County Lake County Lake of the Woods County Lincoln County Mahnomen County Marshall County Murray County Norman County Pennington County Pipestone County Pope County Red Lake County Redwood County Rock County Roseau County Stevens County Swift County Todd County Traverse County Watonwan County Wilkin County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/19/2024 12:20 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 Version 4.8.0.0. 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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). The Healthy People 2020 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:
Big Stone County, Clearwater County, Cook County, Cottonwood County, Grant County, Houston County, Jackson County, Kanabec County, Kittson County, Lac qui Parle County, Lake County, Lake of the Woods County, Lincoln County, Mahnomen County, Marshall County, Murray County, Norman County, Pennington County, Pipestone County, Pope County, Red Lake County, Redwood County, Rock County, Roseau County, Stevens County, Swift County, Todd County, Traverse County, Watonwan County, Wilkin County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Chisago County, Dodge County, Isanti County, Lyon County, Pine County, Sibley County, Waseca County, Yellow Medicine 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 does not include Puerto Rico.