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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Pennsylvania by County

Lung & Bronchus, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Rate

Explanation of Column Headers

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:

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


Pennsylvania


United States


Centre County


Sullivan County


Chester County


Montgomery County


Indiana County


Lancaster County


Bucks County


Northampton County


Union County


Lehigh County


Dauphin County


Columbia County


Butler County


Monroe County


Cumberland County


Somerset County


Berks County


Cambria County


Pike County


Bedford County


Adams County


Clinton County


Westmoreland County


Delaware County


Allegheny County


Jefferson County


Huntingdon County


Bradford County


Lebanon County


Clearfield County


Juniata County


Lawrence County


Franklin County


Carbon County


Philadelphia County


Tioga County


York County


Mercer County


Northumberland County


Mifflin County


Montour County


Snyder County


Beaver County


Clarion County


Lackawanna County


Blair County


Washington County


Luzerne County


Elk County


Erie County


Potter County


Crawford County


Susquehanna County


Armstrong County


Lycoming County


Warren County


Venango County


Fayette County


Schuylkill County


Wayne County


McKean County


Wyoming County


Fulton County


Perry County


Greene County


Forest County


Cameron County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2026 9:17 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† 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+).

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

* 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).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.