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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Alabama by County

All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 122.7 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


Alabama


United States


Wilcox County


Macon County


Escambia County


Crenshaw County


Sumter County


Perry County


Pike County


Covington County


Jackson County


Marengo County


Dallas County


Fayette County


Lowndes County


Conecuh County


Walker County


Barbour County


Hale County


Lamar County


Henry County


Clay County


Bibb County


Clarke County


Colbert County


Marion County


Tallapoosa County


Talladega County


Lawrence County


Blount County


Russell County


Mobile County


Randolph County


Etowah County


Coosa County


Calhoun County


Chambers County


Greene County


Geneva County


Washington County


Cleburne County


Cullman County


Marshall County


Morgan County


St. Clair County


Elmore County


Butler County


Cherokee County


Jefferson County


Coffee County


Franklin County


Chilton County


Montgomery County


Winston County


Lauderdale County


Monroe County


Choctaw County


Houston County


Dale County


Limestone County


Autauga County


DeKalb County


Tuscaloosa County


Lee County


Baldwin County


Pickens County


Madison County


Bullock County


Shelby County




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 11:37 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.

† 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 2030 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 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.
⋔ 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.


Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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.