Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for by County
All Cancer Sites, 2015-2019
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Sorted by CI*Rank
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - 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:
- 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.
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
- Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
- Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.
Line by Line Interpretation of the Report
Alaska
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 507.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 491.8 to 523.5 and 916 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 33 (21, 41)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -3.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.8 to -1.5.
United States
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 512.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 511.4 to 512.6 and 568,048 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.8.
Sitka City and Borough
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 415.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 314.6 to 537.7 and 12 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (8, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -0.5.
Kodiak Island Borough
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 441.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 332.9 to 573.5 and 13 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (6, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.7 to -1.0.
Fairbanks North Borough
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 449.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 406.2 to 495.8 and 94 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (11, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.0.
Aleutians West Census Area (3)
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 451.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 187.1 to 882.9 and 4 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (1, 21)
- Recent Trend : * 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).
Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (3)
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 468.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 313.4 to 673.7 and 7 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (4, 21)
- Recent Trend : * 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).
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 478.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 385.7 to 585.7 and 20 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (5, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -0.7.
Anchorage Municipality
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 496.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 471.6 to 521.9 and 342 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (9, 19)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -1.1.
Juneau City and Borough
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 496.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 427.3 to 574.0 and 43 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (6, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.5.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 510.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 369.2 to 686.9 and 10 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (3, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to 0.1.
Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 517.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 374.9 to 695.5 and 11 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (3, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.7 to 0.1.
Northwest Arctic Borough
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 522.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 361.9 to 728.9 and 7 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (2, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to 0.0.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 535.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 492.3 to 581.1 and 137 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (6, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -0.5.
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 541.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 410.3 to 699.5 and 12 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (3, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.7.
Valdez-Cordova Census Area
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 544.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 405.4 to 713.5 and 13 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (3, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to -0.5.
Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 555.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 506.6 to 606.8 and 110 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (5, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.1.
Wade Hampton Census Area
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 626.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 414.6 to 905.0 and 7 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to 0.6.
Dillingham Census Area (3)
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 692.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 471.9 to 978.6 and 8 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to 2.3.
Nome Census Area
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 703.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 512.5 to 938.2 and 11 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 19)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 2.1.
Bethel Census Area
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 709.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 548.4 to 898.2 and 18 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 0.7.
North Slope Borough
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 816.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 598.9 to 1,082.9 and 12 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to 0.9.
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 827.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 633.4 to 1,062.7 and 14 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 9)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 2.0.
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : * 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).
- CI*Rank⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * 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).
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : * 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).
- CI*Rank⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * 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).
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : * 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).
- CI*Rank⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * 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).
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : * 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).
- CI*Rank⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * 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).
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : * 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).
- CI*Rank⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * 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).
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : * 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).
- CI*Rank⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * 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).
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 08/15/2022 12:28 pm.
Alaska Census Area Name Change: please note that Wade Hampton Census Area, AK (FIPS code=02270) was renamed effective July 1, 2015, and the new name is Kusilvak Census Area (FIPS Code=02158). Due to the nature of data submissions, we will use the older code/name this year and transition to the new code/name with a future data release.
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:
Aleutians East, Bristol Bay, Denali, Haines, Lake and Peninsula, Yakutat City and Borough
† 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.
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.