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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 CI*Rank

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


Thurston County


Nance County


Webster County


Hitchcock County


Jefferson County


Boyd County


Franklin County


Nemaha County


Richardson County


Harlan County


Thayer County


Butler County


Greeley County


Cheyenne County


Lincoln County


Gage County


Burt County


Keith County


Colfax County


Dodge County


Sarpy County


Douglas County


Washington County


Brown County


Red Willow County


Clay County


Adams County


Chase County


Hamilton County


Morrill County


York County


Seward County


Fillmore County


Holt County


Polk County


Garden County


Cass County


Otoe County


Dawes County


Buffalo County


Dawson County


Knox County


Sherman County


Boone County


Johnson County


Madison County


Saunders County


Lancaster County


Dixon County


Scotts Bluff County


Dakota County


Hall County


Platte County


Phelps County


Box Butte County


Valley County


Pawnee County


Kimball County


Garfield County


Cedar County


Cuming County


Perkins County


Sheridan County


Merrick County


Howard County


Saline County


Furnas County


Nuckolls County


Cherry County


Pierce County


Stanton County


Kearney County


Wayne County


Antelope County


Custer County


Arthur County Banner County Blaine County Deuel County Dundy County Frontier County Gosper County Grant County Hayes County Hooker County Keya Paha County Logan County Loup County McPherson County Rock County Sioux County Thomas County Wheeler County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 5:53 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.

⋔ 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.

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.