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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for California by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

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

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


California


United States


Del Norte County


Ventura County


Placer County


Glenn County


Modoc County


Humboldt County


Calaveras County


Butte County


San Benito County


Madera County


Kings County


Merced County


Siskiyou County


Fresno County


Shasta County


Santa Barbara County


Sutter County


Riverside County


Tehama County


Lake County


Lassen County


Sacramento County


San Bernardino County


San Diego County


San Luis Obispo County


Yolo County


Amador County


Kern County


Los Angeles County


Orange County


San Joaquin County


Tuolumne County


Inyo County


Monterey County


Sonoma County


Colusa County


Mendocino County


Santa Cruz County


Yuba County


Nevada County


Stanislaus County


El Dorado County


Marin County


San Francisco County


Alameda County


Imperial County


Mariposa County


Santa Clara County


Napa County


San Mateo County


Plumas County


Solano County


Contra Costa County


Tulare County


Sierra County


Mono County


Trinity County


Alpine County





Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2026 11:05 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.