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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Montana 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


Montana


United States


Musselshell County


Broadwater County


Toole County


Powder River County


Granite County


Carbon County


Fallon County


Blaine County


Pondera County


Sweet Grass County


Deer Lodge County


Rosebud County


Dawson County


Missoula County


Phillips County


Sanders County


Stillwater County


Beaverhead County


Lincoln County


Cascade County


Custer County


Flathead County


Jefferson County


Teton County


Chouteau County


Lewis and Clark County


Silver Bow County


Big Horn County


Fergus County


Mineral County


Yellowstone County


Gallatin County


Powell County


Prairie County


Richland County


Park County


Ravalli County


Glacier County


Madison County


Roosevelt County


Sheridan County


Hill County


Valley County


Lake County


Judith Basin County


Wheatland County


Carter County Daniels County Garfield County Golden Valley County Liberty County McCone County Meagher County Petroleum County Treasure County Wibaux County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 10:24 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.