Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for Connecticut by County
All Cancer Sites, 2015-2019
White Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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
Connecticut
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 110.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 104.3 to 115.8 and 322 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.5.
United States (6)
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 116.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 115.6 to 116.7 and 39,492 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.8.
Windham County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 147.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 101.3 to 204.4 and 8 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 6)
- 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).
Hartford County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 132.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 120.8 to 144.3 and 111 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 4)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 0.8.
New London County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 120.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 91.2 to 154.3 and 13 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 6)
- 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).
Tolland County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 119.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 65.7 to 194.1 and 3 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 8)
- 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).
New Haven County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 110.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 99.5 to 122.6 and 83 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (3, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -0.2.
Fairfield County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 92.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 84.0 to 101.7 and 97 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (5, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -0.9.
Litchfield County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 78.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.1 to 123.1 and 4 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (3, 8)
- 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).
Middlesex County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 59.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.0 to 97.3 and 3 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (6, 8)
- 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 06/29/2022 6:37 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† 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.