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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Nebraska by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

Sorted by Recentaapc

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


Nebraska


United States


Saunders County


Dawson County


Richardson County


Knox County


Otoe County


Lincoln County


Sarpy County


Douglas County


Buffalo County


Seward County


Keith County


Kearney County


Dakota County


Merrick County


Polk County


Red Willow County


Scotts Bluff County


Butler County


Cass County


Custer County


Hall County


Madison County


Platte County


Washington County


York County


Saline County


Adams County


Antelope County


Cheyenne County


Box Butte County


Dodge County


Cuming County


Lancaster County


Burt County


Howard County


Gage County


Dawes County


Cedar County


Clay County


Colfax County


Furnas County


Hamilton County


Holt County


Jefferson County


Johnson County


Nemaha County


Phelps County


Pierce County


Thurston County


Arthur County Banner County Blaine County Boone County Boyd County Brown County Chase County Cherry County Deuel County Dixon County Dundy County Fillmore County Franklin County Frontier County Garden County Garfield County Gosper County Grant County Greeley County Harlan County Hayes County Hitchcock County Hooker County Keya Paha County Kimball County Logan County Loup County McPherson County Morrill County Nance County Nuckolls County Pawnee County Perkins County Rock County Sheridan County Sherman County Sioux County Stanton County Thayer County Thomas County Valley County Wayne County Webster County Wheeler County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/20/2026 6:37 pm.

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

Trend
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 (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.

‡ 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.

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.

Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.