Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for Arizona by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Sorted by CI*Rank
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - 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:
- 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
Arizona
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 447.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 443.9 to 451.1 and 12,031 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -1.2.
United States
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 490.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 489.9 to 491.0 and 573,761 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -1.6.
Santa Cruz County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 365.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 326.4 to 407.4 and 66 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (12, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.0.
Yuma County (3)
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 390.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 370.8 to 410.4 and 318 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (12, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -0.4.
Apache County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 405.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 368.2 to 445.7 and 90 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (8, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.0.
Coconino County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 421.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 392.0 to 452.0 and 165 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (7, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.8.
Pinal County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 429.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 415.4 to 443.6 and 755 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (8, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -1.0.
Maricopa County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 438.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 433.2 to 442.9 and 6,450 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (8, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -1.3.
Pima County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 449.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 440.9 to 459.0 and 1,955 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (6, 10)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -1.3.
Gila County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 456.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 422.4 to 492.7 and 142 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (4, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.2 to -1.3.
Navajo County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 467.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 437.5 to 499.2 and 190 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (3, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.6.
Graham County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 470.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 415.5 to 530.8 and 54 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (2, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.6.
Yavapai County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 498.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 481.3 to 515.1 and 728 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (2, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.5.
Cochise County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 502.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 476.9 to 529.5 and 295 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (2, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.8.
Greenlee County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 526.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 409.2 to 667.0 and 14 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -0.2.
La Paz County (3)
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 528.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 462.0 to 602.2 and 60 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 1.3.
Mohave County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 571.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 552.4 to 590.6 and 749 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 3)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to -1.1.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/02/2025 6:37 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
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.
3 Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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.