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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report by State

All Cancer Sites, 2015-2019

Amer. Indian/Alaskan Native (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

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


Illinois


New Jersey


Texas


Georgia


New York


Connecticut


Tennessee


Pennsylvania


Massachusetts


Indiana


Maryland


Ohio


Arkansas


Hawaii (8)


Florida


Alabama


Missouri


Virginia


Kentucky


Louisiana


South Carolina


California


Utah


Colorado


Nevada


Rhode Island


Idaho


Arizona


Mississippi


Nebraska


New Mexico


Oregon


Iowa


North Carolina


Washington


Michigan


Wyoming


Wisconsin


Oklahoma


Minnesota


Kansas


Montana


Alaska


South Dakota


Maine


North Dakota


Delaware District of Columbia New Hampshire Puerto Rico (8) Vermont West Virginia

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 08/08/2022 5:28 am.

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:
Delaware, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Vermont, West Virginia

† 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.

Statistics for minorities may be affected by inconsistent race identification between the cancer case reports (sources for numerator of rate) and data from the Census Bureau (source for denominator of rate); and from undercounts of some population groups in the census.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.