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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Pennsylvania by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <50

Sorted by Count

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


Philadelphia County


Allegheny County


Montgomery County


Lancaster County


Bucks County


Delaware County


York County


Chester County


Berks County


Luzerne County


Lehigh County


Westmoreland County


Northampton County


Erie County


Cumberland County


Dauphin County


Washington County


Lackawanna County


Butler County


Beaver County


Monroe County


Franklin County


Blair County


Cambria County


Fayette County


Schuylkill County


Lebanon County


Lycoming County


Mercer County


Centre County


Adams County


Northumberland County


Clearfield County


Somerset County


Lawrence County


Indiana County


Armstrong County


Carbon County


Columbia County


Crawford County


Jefferson County


Venango County


McKean County


Tioga County


Perry County


Bedford County


Bradford County


Clarion County


Juniata County


Wayne County


Clinton County


Greene County


Mifflin County


Pike County


Huntingdon County


Warren County


Cameron County Elk County Forest County Fulton County Montour County Potter County Snyder County Sullivan County Susquehanna County Union County Wyoming County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2026 7:07 pm.

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.