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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Pennsylvania by County

Liver & Bile Duct, 2019-2023

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

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


Philadelphia County


Perry County


Elk County


Dauphin County


Clearfield County


Northampton County


Monroe County


Schuylkill County


Lackawanna County


Lawrence County


Lycoming County


Northumberland County


Bradford County


Delaware County


Venango County


Beaver County


Luzerne County


Washington County


Greene County


Columbia County


Lehigh County


Allegheny County


Erie County


Fayette County


Indiana County


McKean County


Lebanon County


Carbon County


Somerset County


Crawford County


Berks County


Blair County


York County


Armstrong County


Bucks County


Susquehanna County


Warren County


Chester County


Montgomery County


Butler County


Westmoreland County


Lancaster County


Cumberland County


Mifflin County


Mercer County


Adams County


Centre County


Bedford County


Cambria County


Franklin County


Pike County


Wayne County


Cameron County Clarion County Clinton County Forest County Fulton County Huntingdon County Jefferson County Juniata County Montour County Potter County Snyder County Sullivan County Tioga County Union County Wyoming County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/17/2026 5:54 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.