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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Iowa by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

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


Iowa


United States


Davis County


Palo Alto County


Emmet County


Greene County


Clarke County


Union County


Ringgold County


Montgomery County


Louisa County


Audubon County


Wapello County


Van Buren County


Wayne County


Keokuk County


Cass County


Decatur County


Clayton County


Chickasaw County


Hardin County


Tama County


Marion County


Clinton County


Fremont County


Pottawattamie County


Pocahontas County


Madison County


Franklin County


Des Moines County


Floyd County


Mills County


Kossuth County


Woodbury County


Adair County


Fayette County


Cerro Gordo County


Lyon County


O'Brien County


Calhoun County


Allamakee County


Henry County


Appanoose County


Iowa County


Mahaska County


Muscatine County


Butler County


Webster County


Jackson County


Boone County


Lee County


Dickinson County


Cherokee County


Polk County


Washington County


Jasper County


Page County


Hamilton County


Black Hawk County


Sac County


Wright County


Marshall County


Scott County


Bremer County


Cedar County


Benton County


Lucas County


Monroe County


Linn County


Howard County


Mitchell County


Ida County


Osceola County


Hancock County


Harrison County


Crawford County


Dubuque County


Jefferson County


Guthrie County


Plymouth County


Jones County


Buchanan County


Buena Vista County


Shelby County


Dallas County


Clay County


Humboldt County


Carroll County


Warren County


Delaware County


Johnson County


Story County


Winnebago County


Monona County


Poweshiek County


Grundy County


Winneshiek County


Sioux County


Adams County Taylor County Worth County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/02/2025 6:34 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.


Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

* 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).

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.