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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Ohio Counties versus United States

Pancreas

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


Ohio


Hancock County


Preble County


Wood County


Belmont County


Delaware County


Lawrence County


Licking County


Madison County


Medina County


Ross County


Ashtabula County


Cuyahoga County


Hamilton County


Hardin County


Washington County


Allen County


Ashland County


Brown County


Butler County


Clark County


Clermont County


Clinton County


Columbiana County


Coshocton County


Crawford County


Darke County


Defiance County


Erie County


Fairfield County


Franklin County


Fulton County


Gallia County


Geauga County


Greene County


Guernsey County


Henry County


Highland County


Hocking County


Huron County


Jefferson County


Knox County


Lake County


Logan County


Lorain County


Mahoning County


Marion County


Mercer County


Montgomery County


Muskingum County


Ottawa County


Perry County


Pickaway County


Pike County


Portage County


Richland County


Sandusky County


Scioto County


Seneca County


Shelby County


Stark County


Summit County


Trumbull County


Tuscarawas County


Union County


Van Wert County


Warren County


Williams County


Wyandot County


Jackson County


Lucas County


Miami County


Wayne County


Adams County Athens County Auglaize County Carroll County Champaign County Fayette County Harrison County Holmes County Meigs County Morrow County Putnam County Monroe County Morgan County Noble County Paulding County Vinton County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/20/2026 12:30 pm.

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:
Monroe County, Morgan County, Noble County, Paulding County, Vinton County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Adams County, Athens County, Auglaize County, Carroll County, Champaign County, Fayette County, Harrison County, Holmes County, Meigs County, Morrow County, Putnam 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.