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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report by State

All Cancer Sites, 2015-2019

White (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Rate

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 0.0 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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


United States


Kentucky


West Virginia


Mississippi


Oklahoma


Arkansas


Tennessee


Indiana


Ohio


Maine


Alabama


Missouri


Louisiana


Delaware


Michigan


Rhode Island


Vermont


Pennsylvania


Nevada


Kansas


Iowa


Illinois


South Carolina


New Hampshire


Georgia


Oregon


North Carolina


Washington


Wisconsin


Nebraska


South Dakota


Virginia


Idaho


Massachusetts


Maryland


Hawaii (8)


New Jersey


Texas


New York


Minnesota


Montana


Florida


Alaska


California


North Dakota


New Mexico


Connecticut


Wyoming


Arizona


Colorado


Utah


District of Columbia


Puerto Rico (8)

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/16/2022 3:43 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of estimates:
Puerto Rico

† 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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). The Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
The 1969-2018 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
* 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).


Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.