Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for Maryland by County
All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020
Black Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Name
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of 122.7 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).
Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:
- 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.
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
- Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
- Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.
Line by Line Interpretation of the Report
Maryland
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 168.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 165.8 to 171.3 and 3,188 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -2.0.
United States
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 174.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 174.1 to 175.3 and 70,283 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -2.0.
Worcester County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 187.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 150.2 to 232.8 and 18 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (1, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.6.
Wicomico County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 207.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 183.1 to 234.7 and 55 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.0.
Washington County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 161.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 125.4 to 203.0 and 18 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (3, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.9 to -0.6.
Talbot County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 166.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 127.0 to 216.5 and 13 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (2, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.0.
St. Marys County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 199.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 168.7 to 233.2 and 32 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -0.6.
Somerset County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 183.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 143.6 to 230.5 and 15 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (1, 22)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -1.2.
Queen Annes County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 171.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 121.6 to 237.3 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (1, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to -1.4.
Prince Georges County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 156.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 151.9 to 161.0 and 999 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (12, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.9.
Montgomery County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 129.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 122.3 to 137.6 and 239 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 22 (19, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -1.9.
Kent County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 168.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 120.3 to 233.1 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (1, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.1 to -1.7.
Howard County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 137.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 123.7 to 152.4 and 76 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (16, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -1.2.
Harford County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 172.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 150.5 to 195.6 and 52 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (4, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.3.
Frederick County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 154.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 129.8 to 182.7 and 31 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (7, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.7 to -2.0.
Dorchester County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 226.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 188.0 to 271.1 and 26 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -0.8.
Charles County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 157.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 142.2 to 173.0 and 96 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (9, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -1.4.
Cecil County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 217.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 165.5 to 280.6 and 13 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to -0.9.
Carroll County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 124.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 88.6 to 170.9 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 23 (9, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.2 to -1.6.
Caroline County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 195.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 144.8 to 257.6 and 11 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 22)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -1.6.
Calvert County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 173.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 143.4 to 207.5 and 25 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (2, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.8.
Baltimore County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 168.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 160.7 to 176.5 and 384 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (8, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.3.
Baltimore City
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 206.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 199.9 to 212.3 and 908 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -1.6.
Anne Arundel County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 172.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 159.9 to 186.1 and 149 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (6, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.6.
Allegany County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 173.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 101.1 to 272.1 and 4 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (1, 23)
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : ***
- Rate : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
- CI*Rank⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/14/2024 11:14 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
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.
† 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 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.
‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.